Posts Tagged ‘Dundee’
V&A Dundee to recreate Scotland’s earliest reggae club
V&A Dundee will recreate one of Scotland’s earliest reggae club nights at a one-off event next month, in celebration of its current exhibition Studio Nicholas Daley. Nicholas Daley, who regularly collaborates with musicians and DJs when creating his collections, has curated an evening that will pay homage to grassroots club night The Reggae Klub. Tay…
Read MoreA carefully designed eco-friendly family home
An exceptional, architect-designed, eco-friendly family home in an outstanding location is now on the property market. The Old Court, close to Alyth was built in 2013, and is presented for sale by Bell Ingram. The five-bedroom property provides a high specification of fixtures and fittings, and sits well in the surrounding countryside with panoramic southerly…
Read MoreCask Trade gears up for its first whisky auction
Peter Ranscombe meets Simon Aron, who has created a platform to put barrels of Scotch under the hammer. BARELY a week goes passed when a whisky auction doesn’t hit the headlines, with investors bidding for record-breaking Scotch in London, New York and Hong Kong. Yet the vast majority of those spirits swap hands in bottles,…
Read MoreThe trials and tribulations of going through IVF
Three couples open up about their fertility problems as they each undergo a round of IVF treatment in this powerful and often moving documentary. For all our advances in medical science, the number of people suffering from fertility issues remains stubbornly high with one in seven couples in the UK – 3.5million people – experiencing…
Read MoreBlacks Outdoors teams up with British Heart Foundation
Glasgow retailer Blacks Outdoors have teamed up with the UK’s biggest heart research charity to offer discounts to store customers who donate unwanted clothing and footwear to The British Heart Foundation. Customers who shop in store with Blacks are eligible to receive a 15% discount off their in-store purchases, by donating their quality unwanted clothing…
Read MoreWhen protestors raged at the Skye Road Bridge
The protests against tolls on the Skye Road Bridge is to feature in a new TV series. BBC Scotland is turning the spotlight on stories of protests in Scotland which grabbed the headlines – and left lasting effects on the communities involved. On 22 October, The Battle of Skye Bridge will be shown on BBC Scotland, from…
Read MoreAn outstanding country property with space and charm
Beautiful family accommodation in a delightful rural setting is available at Clatto Bloomside. Presented by Galbraith, this is a delightful extended cottage offering deceptively spacious and charming accommodation essentially over one level with upstairs family room and study. The house’s attractive, part rendered, part stone exterior is topped by a slate/red pan tile roof. To…
Read MoreNetflix chef arrives at Dundee’s Italian Grill
Fresh from taking part in Netflix show The Final Table, Graham Campbell, who is Scotland’s youngest ever Michelin starred chef, has returned to Dundee to embrace his next challenge. Having taken part in one of the world’s highest rated and most prestigious culinary shows, Graham is the new head chef of one of the most…
Read MoreWell-presented B listed home brought to the market
An outstanding former dower house, very well-presented B Listed period property, is now on the property market. Presented for sale by Galbraith, Balmuirfield House is an outstanding offering superb highly spacious family accommodation in a lovely quiet setting on the edge of the thriving city of Dundee. Believed to have been completed in 1904, Balmuirfield…
Read MoreArts champions take their message to Holyrood
Leading lights of Scotland’s contemporary art scene head to Parliament this week to champion the positive impact of visual art in our communities – and to present every MSP with a specially commissioned original print by artist Ruth Ewan. The initiative is part of the Art in Action campaign being run by Scottish Contemporary Art…
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