Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Edinburgh Gin have been getting into the festival spirit
With the world’s largest arts festival in town, Edinburgh Gin has been welcoming international visitors and locals alike to enjoy the festivities in style. Taking over the city with a range of bespoke pop up bars and activities, Edinburgh Gin has presence throughout the Festival with sites at some of the festival’s main venues. Appearing…
Read MoreA special menu will mark the end of the Festivals
The end of this year’s Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals is being marked by an extra special menu at a leading Edinburgh Hotel. The Pompadour by Galvin, head chef, Daniel Ashmore has designed a very special menu to ensure the perfect finale of this year’s event On Monday, 27 August, ahead of the firework display…
Read MoreDoctor Who star enjoys A Joke at the Fringe
Humour is a very subjective thing in the 21st century, with so many people taking offence when something is meant to be fun. As newspapers, websites, tweets, blogs and vlogs discuss whether something is offensive or not, that’s at the very core of A Joke, currently being performed at the Assembly Rooms, as part of…
Read MoreMonkey business at the Fringe with Nina Conti
The daughter of Scots movie star Tom Conti is appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Nina Conti is a British Comedy Award winning ventriloquist and daughter of the Paisley-born actor. She is currently appearing in the Festival Fringe at Underbelly Bristo Square, in Nina Conti is Monkey, and she tells Scottish Field about her…
Read MoreGlasgow pipes up as it welcomes the world’s bagpipers
The world’s biggest piping festival will bring 40,000 visitors from across the globe to Glasgow this week. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, runs until Sunday, 19 August, and got underway on Monday with a special performance from the Fountain Trust Pipe Band who travelled over 3600 miles from Ohio to take part in…
Read MoreProperty market took a beasting from poor weather
The Ayrshire property market was hit by the Beast from the East earlier this year, causing a significant slowdown in house sales. However, the sector is bouncing back after very poor weather earlier this year, according to independent property consultancy Galbraith. The firm has published its Ayrshire sales report for the second quarter of 2018…
Read MoreFestival fireworks as you’ve never seen them before
There’s a different way to enjoy the Edinburgh Festival fireworks, thanks to a view with a difference. You can toast the end of Edinburgh’s festival season in seafaring style and soak up the magnificent fireworks concert on at sunset, as Maid of the Forth has announced its exclusive Festival Fireworks Cruise on 27 August. This…
Read MoreTraditional style in a modern-build country home
A recently built and traditionally styled six-bedroom country house is now for sale in Perthshire. Creag Bheag, designed by the highly regarded Denholm Partnership, is located in in Meikle Logie, Dunkeld, and presented for sale by Knight Frank. Set over two levels, this is an exceptionally well appointed and finished property to a very high…
Read MoreDedication of the voice of the Military Tattoo
The voice of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo since 1992, Alasdair Hutton OBE tells the story of ‘the greatest show on earth’ each August. Despite claiming to have only been given the job as script writer and narrator of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo ‘because they were desperate,’ Alasdair certainly has the military savvy for…
Read MoreFringe review – Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience
Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience offers two hours of capers and a three course dinner served by the irrepressible Basil, Sybil and Manuel. The chaos starts from the outset and all the usual jokes are thrown into the mix, from the rat to the jokes about Barcelona. Only grump is the lack of bar staff at the…
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