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Rising star Angus ready to release his debut EP
An emerging Scots musical talent is preparing for the launch of his debut deluxe edition EP. Angus Munro, who The Scotsman described s ‘soulful and outrageous …the highest range I’ve ever seen’, The Herald as ‘tightly energetic and precisely punchy’ and rated by BBC Radio Scotland as ‘the best artist we’ve ever had in session’,…
Read MoreRestaurants lining up their Burns Night treats
Two Scots restaurants are getting ready for some special Burns Night celebrations. After the sell-out success of the event last year, Wedgwood the Restaurant, at 265 Canongate on the Royal Mile, is once again teaming up with The Real Mary King’s Close for a Burns Supper like no other. Diners can enjoy a contemporary Scottish…
Read MoreTandoori vegetables make a delicious meal
Scots love their Indian food – and this week Scottish Field will bring you five recipes from Indian restaurants across the country. Today, we bring you Tandoori Vegetables, from Mother India in Glasgow. Whether you want to follow Mother India’s recipe exactly, or whether you like to get adventurous in the kitchen and add your…
Read MoreBrighten your nights with Innes Watson’s new album
As the twinkling lights and decorations that punctured the dark days are packed away for another year there is nothing better to restore the spirits than some good music, a panacea to help pass the hours until the sun again rides high in the sky. So here’s a new album released by Innes Watson last…
Read MoreCastle’s £10,000 fundraiser is now underway
An appeal to raise £10,000 to save a Scots castle from ruin has been launched today. The Kinloch Castle Friends Association Crowdfunding appeal began at noon, and will be live for four weeks, with a target of £10,000. Built by an immensely wealthy Lancashire industrialist, George Bullough just as the 19th century came to close,…
Read MoreAn exclusive home close to the 18th at St Andrews
A beautiful home in an exclusive private cul-de-sac, close to the 18th fairway of the world famous Old Course and to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, is now for sale. Presented for sale by Savills, Cryanreuch is a late Arts and Crafts Voysey style villa. It is harled and painted white with sandstone window…
Read MoreLesley’s making a hue and cry in the world of art
It’s been nearly two decades since award-winning painter Lesley Birch swapped her keyboards for a canvas. Born in Glasgow and based in Scotland until her late 30s, Lesley was a full-time musician writing songs and touring as a session keyboards player for chart-topping band Hue & Cry. Nowadays, she paints from her studios in York…
Read MoreUpmarket new apartments set to go on show
The most upmarket collection of new apartments to launch in Scotland’s recent history will finally start welcoming guests and prospective buyers from Saturday, 19 January. Unlike anything ever launched in Edinburgh – and more akin in ambition and level of high-end style to a development built in the most salubrious parts of London or Paris…
Read MoreGranite Noir Festival to welcome First Minister
Granite Noir – Aberdeen’s crime writing festival – has revealed Scotland’s First Minster as chair for one of the festival’s opening events. A voracious reader since childhood, Nicola Sturgeon will chair an event with author Abir Mukherjee, the child of immigrants from India, who was bought up in the West of Scotland, on Friday, February…
Read MoreScotland gets ready for its biggest ever Chinese New Year
Scotland’s largest Chinese New Year celebration will see Edinburgh painted red for the Year of the Pig. A diverse programme of events will see cross cultural celebrations connect local audiences and businesses with Chinese visitors and performers in Edinburgh for a brand new festival. Scotland’s largest ever celebration of Chinese New Year will take place…
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