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REVIEW: Yotel Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe straps himself in for lift-off as he reviews Yotel in Glasgow. I’VE never been a great one for gimmicks – “A sprat to catch a mackerel” was one of my Granny’s favourite sayings and often echoes through my lugholes. But the spaceship theme running through Yotel in Glasgow even managed to make the…
Read MoreREVIEW: Ralph & Finns, Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe enjoys chef Kevin O’Neill’s Scottish dishes at Ralph & Finns in Glasgow. WITH its soaring sandstone buildings and its baffling grid-iron street layout, Glasgow city centre is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find that most rural of delicacies – venison. Yet, amid the honking of the bus horns and the wailing…
Read MoreReview: Summer menu at The Ivy, Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe reviews the summer menu at The Ivy restaurant on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street. LET’S face it, it’s been a pretty drab summer so far. Apart from the small matter of a record-breaking, climate change-induced heatwave last month, the weather’s not been quite as sunny as we wanted. That’s why the summer menu at The…
Read MoreGet your ‘Bake Off’ on
LOCKDOWN getting a bit monotonous? Looking for new ways to connect with friends? Or give the kids something to do other than home schooling and Tik Tok? My 11-year-old daughter and I had the pleasure of taking part in a virtual choux masterclass hosted by award-winning Glaswegian pastry chef Helen Vass as part of YORStory,…
Read MoreChristmas recycling – an easy guide
IT’S a question that will plague hundreds of households this afternoon – can I recycle my Christmas crackers? Fortunately, recycling firm Biffa has come up with a handy guide to help sort out the landfill from the recycling. Steve Oulds, the firm’s national commercial manager, said: “We know it can often be tricky working out…
Read MoreChristmas Day reading suggestions from Scottish Field
IF YOU’RE looking for stories to read today to brighten up your Christmas then we’ve got plenty of great ideas for you. If you haven’t read the January issue of Scottish Field magazine then you can buy the digital edition online and get stuck straight in. Even if you’ve already devoured our latest issue, we…
Read MoreREVIEW: Mark Hearld’s Menagerie
Abigail Pooley visits The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh to review Mark Hearld’s latest exhibition. MARK HEARLD returns to The Scottish Gallery with his latest body of work, Mark Hearld’s Menagerie. This exhibition tells the story of Mark’s lockdown experience. Mark has always found comfort in the natural world, and this has often influenced his work.…
Read MoreLockdown cupboard clearing reveals secrets in historic family home
Lady Dorothy Ogilvy unearths the past as she clears out the cupboards at Winton Castle in East Lothian. WHAT did you do in Lockdown? I did what most people without any medical training did: stayed at home, oversaw home-schooling, shopped for my endlessly hungry teenagers and shielding parents, did the day-job via Zoom, cleaned the…
Read MoreEasy festive styling tips from an expert
You don’t have to be a design guru to make your home feel special this Christmas writes Kate Henderson, owner of Henderson’s Garden & Home Store in Melrose. PEOPLE worry they are not creative enough or might get something wrong when it comes to trying out new ideas at Christmas. But if you use what…
Read MoreReview: Tigerlily’s festive afternoon ‘T’ service
AFTER an extremely tough year, there’s never been a better excuse to indulge in some epicurean delights. It’s one of the few things we’ve been able to enjoy in 2020 and, while we might not be able to dine exactly the way we’d like, there are a huge variety of businesses that have adapted to…
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