Posts Tagged ‘blanket’
Edinburgh cinema holding dog-friendly screenings of Wes Anderson film
An Edinburgh cinema is to hold dog-friendly screenings with pooches even getting their own blankets. Cameo Picturehouse has two special screenings of Asteroid City for people who want to take along their four legged friends to the cinema with them. The film, by Wes Anderson, will be shown on 1 July at 11am and 2…
Read MoreThe martyrs who brought Christianity to the Scots
The latest offering from national treasure Alistair Moffat is a deeply lovely account of the ‘white martyrs’, the Irish priests who, at huge risk to themselves, brought Christianity to the pagan Scots. A beautifully written comfort blanket of a book, it is part travelogue, part rumination on life, part history lesson. Moffat spent a summer…
Read MoreM&S goes off wine’s beaten track
Peter Ranscombe reviews the new “Found” range of “unexpected and undiscovered” wines from Marks & Spencer. MARKS & Spencer wine buyers Sue Daniels and Belinda Kleinig have had a busy lockdown. After launching Markies’ “Classics” and “This is…” ranges last year, they’ve embarked on their latest vinous adventure – “Found”. This new selection features “unexpected…
Read MoreDrivers unprepared for winter weather breakdowns
Car owners in Scotland are more likely to carry an umbrella than basic safety equipment. That’s the surprise statistic to emerge after an NFU Mutual and RAC survey of more than 1,500 UK-wide car owners on their ability to cope with a winter breakdown. As a result, a rural insurance company is urging Scottish drivers…
Read MoreExploring vintage variation with Gallica
Peter Ranscombe explores how weather conditions can affect wines from vintage to vintage with Gallica winemaker Rosemary Cakebread. PICTURE California and it’s hard to escape images of the pier at Santa Monica or the sun-drenched beaches of Malibu, Newport and Venice. Yet head north from Los Angeles and it’s possible to explore how variations in…
Read MoreCalling all Scottish knitters – toy mice and blankets needed for playful cats!
Scottish cat lovers are being asked to help unwanted cats and kittens this spring by making fun mouse toys and cosy blankets as part of Cats Protection’s knitting bee. The UK’s largest cat charity will be launching its 2017 Scotland appeal for homemade knitted creations at the Spring Knitting & Stitching Show at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 27-30 April. The charity will be…
Read MoreLet it snow, let it snow
Well the new year has started with a flurry – a flurry of snow that is! Like the rest of the country Scotland has been shivering under a blanket of the white stuff. Getting back to work after the mince pies and chocolates of Christmas, has been a bit of an effort as everyone has…
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