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Review: St Patrick’s Day whiskey
James Robertson reviews St Patrick’s Day whiskey for his drinks blog. THERE was a brief moment on Sunday watching the rugby unfold that I thought maybe, just maybe we – as in Scotland – were going to get our hands on the Triple Crown. But as in years past that moment disappeared as the men…
Read MoreScottish Opera prepares for Il Trittico
Ahead of tomorrow’s performance of Puccini’s Il Trittico, Simone Waters speaks to Scottish Opera designer Charles Edwards. IF DESIGNING the set for one opera is a challenge then designing the set for three operas together is something on a whole different scale. Designer Charles Edwards has been faced with exactly that task as Scottish Opera…
Read MoreREVIEW: The Holey Roast
Megan Amato fills her hole with “The Holey Roast”. THE Broughton and Bross bagels are two of Edinburgh’s culinary treasures – one of which is a regular in the Michelin guide and the other so popular that new locations are popping up faster than dandelions. Together, they have created “The Holey Roast”: Bross’s signature “everything”…
Read MoreMelody Thornton: A star shines in Edinburgh
Simone Waters speaks to Melody Thornton, who’s starring in The Bodyguard at the Edinburgh Playhouse. EDINBURGH welcomes a constant stream of visitors throughout the year. Coming from across the globe, they flock to see Auld Reekie’s beautiful architecture and soak in its long history. One of the city’s most recent arrivals is the American singer,…
Read MoreCredo: Pippa Evans
Comedian and writer Pippa Evans tells Simone Waters about her audience pet hate, favourite tour snack, and why an ambulance is the perfect tool for performers. Credo… Latin. (n) ‘I believe’. A set of beliefs that influences the way you live. I grew up in West London but now I live in Edinburgh – Marchmont…
Read MoreBook review: ‘Clanlands Almanac’ paperback
Book reviewer Simone Waters brings a fresh pair of eyes to the paperback release of Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish’s The Clanlands Almanac. The Clanlands Almanac Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Hodder & Stoughton SCOTLAND’S two favourite storytelling sons are back. Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to success; this duo…
Read MoreReview: The Makings of a Murderer
Lish Walker listens to the Scottish detective who caught serial killer Peter Tobin in The Makings of a Murderer. THE stories behind some of Britain’s most notorious serial killers were explored at Pitlochry Festival Theatre last Sunday by Scottish former Detective Superintendent David Swindle. The stage is set simply, like an old-school detective’s office, which…
Read MoreSpectra light festival is back in Aberdeen
Grant Dickie shines the spotlight on Spectra, Scotland’s festival of light, which has rolled into Aberdeen. SPECTRA, Scotland’s festival of light, returns to Aberdeen for another weekend full of colour and imagination to brighten our winter nights. The festival brings imaginative installations from artists around the globe to the Granite City in a spectacular and…
Read MoreBook Review: ‘Snow Widows’
Snow Widows Katherine MacInnes William Collins Books [review rating=”3″ align = “left”] THIS meta-biography written in present tense gives the before lesser heard voices of women a chance to have their own outlet. Former journalist and prizewinning biographer Katherine MacInnes has long been researching the female perspective on polar exploration’s golden age and has travelled…
Read MoreGREYWALLS: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Greywalls ‘new’ roast lunches are a return to what the classic East Lothian country house hotel has been doing superbly for more than a century, writes editor Richard Bath. THERE is something quintessentially civilised about Greywalls, the gorgeous Lutyens arts and crafts mansion in Gullane that sits amid sumptuous gardens designed by Gertrude Jekyll and…
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