Posts by Peter Ranscombe
Atlantic Salmon Trust auction is open
THE Atlantic Salmon Trust has launched its annual auction to raise money for research. More than 100 lots are up for grabs, including fishing, shooting, and stalking experiences at some of Scotland’s most exclusive locations. Works of art, clothing, and food and drink are also going under the online hammer. Wild salmon stocks have plunged…
Read MoreGlasgow Print Studio marks National Poetry Day
TO MARK National Poetry Day, Glasgow Print Studio is holding a preview tonight of a exhibition inspired in part by Scottish poet Sorley MacLean. Artist Ken Currie took inspiration for “Chunnacas na mairbh beò” – “The Dead Have Been Seen Alive” – from MacLean’s poem “Hallaig”, about the clearances on the Isle of Raasay. The…
Read MoreBorn Free brings 25 bronze lions to Edinburgh
TWENTY-FIVE life-sized bronze statues of lions will be unveiled today in Edinburgh by international wildlife charity Born Free. The statues include one of Elsa, the lion made famous in the 1966 film Born Free. The exhibition will spend the next three months in The Meadows, with three of the statues appearing in St Andrew Square.…
Read MoreREVIEW: Lagg Distillery’s maiden single malt
James Robertson reviews the maiden whisky from Lagg Distillery on Arran. LAGG Distillery, the sister distillery owned by Isle of Arran Distillers, has launched its inaugural limited release single malt. A heavily-peated whisky matured in ex bourbon barrels, batch one has been highly anticipated and it does not disappoint. Lagg is located on the southern…
Read MoreScottish hotels triumph in Conde Nast list
SCOTLAND’S hotels have taken four of the top ten spots at Conde Nast Traveller magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards, with Glasgow named as the UK’s friendliest city. The Fife Arms in Aberdeenshire topped the list of the best hotels outside London, with Edinburgh duo The Caledonian at number three and The George at number seven, with…
Read MoreREVIEW: “South Pacific”
Kenny Smith reviews South Pacific at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. GROWING up, my parents’ musical tastes were more Gilbert and Sullivan than Lennon and McCartney, and definitely more Rodgers and Hammerstein than Chaka Demus and Pliers. So, I’ve always had an appreciation for a good musical, especially those from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stable,…
Read MoreJason Donovan rekindles Edinburgh link as ‘Joseph’ returns
Beverley Lyons spoke to Jason Donovan ahead of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse. ACTOR and singer Jason Donovan can’t wait to return to Edinburgh with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat this month because it is giving him the chance to catch up with his son. “My son is…
Read MoreSilvy Weatherall show comes to Dumfries
SCOTTISH artist Silvy Weatherall has a new exhibition, “Broken Journeys”, opening next week at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries. Weatherall describes herself as “a hater of waste”. She works with “objects that have become obsolete and worthless, whether it is smashed china or other broken things destined for landfill”. Works on show at the centre…
Read MoreHamilton & Inches launches first recycled gold range
JEWELLERY chain Hamilton & Inches has launched its first collection made from recycled 18-carat solid yellow gold. The “Gold Luna” collection, which was made at the company’s workshop on George Street in Edinburgh, includings earrings and a necklet. Victoria Houghton, chief executive at Hamilton & Inches, said: “After the success of the sterling ‘Silver Luna’…
Read MoreREVIEW: Native, Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe ‘goes native’ as he reviews an apartment-hotel in Glasgow city centre. MENTION the phrase “ocean liners” and a series of names trips off the tongue – The Titanic, The Queen Mary, The QE2. But how about The Caledonia, The Cameronia, and The United Kingdom? Glasgow’s often forgotten role as the home of the…
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