Nordic Living: Inside the Edinburgh Basement Apartment

AD Feature In a creative journey that embraced boldness and innovation, Nordic Living proudly presents its latest project—a basement apartment reborn with a modern contemporary charm.  Faced with a blank canvas, we saw an opportunity to infuse life into this subterranean space and bring forth a vibrant atmosphere. The core objective of this project was…

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Nordic Living: An Edinburgh Townhouse

AD Feature In the heart of Nordic Living’s latest project, a true Scandinavian-inspired masterpiece has taken shape.  With creative freedom and a vision for timeless elegance, we embarked on a journey to transform an ordinary property into a captivating Scandinavian retreat that marries the old and new with unmatched finesse.  Our design philosophy revolved around…

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Smart security systems and what you need to know about them

AD Feature The intelligent security system is one of the cornerstones of modern home maintenance and security.  In this article, Ajax Systems delves into what a security system is, explore the various types of systems available, and shed light on examples of smart security systems. Understanding Security Systems A security system is a network of…

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Young Islanders’ Network launched

CHILDREN and young people from Scotland’s islands will be sharing their views through a new Young Islanders’ Network (YIN), which was launched yesterday. The YIN has been set up as part of the Scottish Government’s national islands plan. The network will help to share young people’s views on how the plan is implemented. Ministers teamed…

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A timely gift for a shoe tycoon goes to auction

A gold watch may be the ‘go to’ retirement gift for long serving employees, but when staff at Victorian shoemaker, Clarks of Kilmarnock, decided to honour their founder in 1880, they decided to take things a step further. As a mark of their respect for George Clark, the employees presented him with an impressive ‘skeleton’…

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The moving story of political cartoonist and exile Josep Bartolí

Aurel’s multi-award-winning animated debut film Josep featured at Summerhall on January 30 and February 6 as part of the French Film Festival UK. Introduced by the director of CinemaAttic and Catalan Film Festival Rafael Cueto in the small theatre of no more than 30 people, it made for an intimate viewing befitting to the emotional…

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Scotland in the cold light of day

Landscape photographer Dougie Cunningham captures the bleak beauty of Scotland’s winters. Bitter winters consisting of long nights and cold, short days might not be everyone’s favourite time of year, but landscape photographer Dougie assures us there is no better time to capture the beauty of Scotland than through the winter months. Having spent the majority…

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A beautiful home with great views on a Scots isle

A rarely available one bedroom traditional Hebridean black house situated in a waterside location has been brought to the market. Bell Ingram present Gearraidh Iain, enjoying superb sea views over the Vallay strand on the Isle of North Uist Gearraidh Iain is a traditional black house which was built by the present owner’s grandfather some…

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