Scottish honour for being entrepreneurial

If you were told the most entrepreneurial place in Britain was in Scotland, you’d most likely assume it was in Glasgow or Edinburgh. But you’d be wrong. It’s Fife. Fife has been named by the UK Government as winner in two categories, the Promoting Entrepreneurial Spirit category and overall winner award, marking exceptional economic successes…

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Navy salute from gin firm to boost nautical charity

A Scots firm is to donate £5 from the sale of every bottle of its Navy Strength Gin to a worth cause. Darnley’s Gin will make the donation for each purchase through their website shop, from 11 November to 11 December, to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) as we mark the 100th…

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Scotland can vote for miracle moggy Maximus

A miracle moggy from Fife is up for a national award after surviving a horrific hit-and-run which left him fighting for his life. Maximus, from Inverkeithing, was five-years-old when a suspected hit-and-run accident left him with extensive head injuries. His skull was fractured in several places, his jaw was completely split in two, and his right…

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All things white and beautiful this festive season

Much as we don’t like to admit it, Christmas is on its way. It’s fast approaching the time of year when everyone begins to think about family and friends, presents and parties, sparkles and – love ‘em or hate ‘em – sprouts! Often, the last thing anyone has time for is decorating their home, which…

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Araminta Campbell creates bespoke tartan for five star hotel

Renowned Scottish textile designer Araminta Campbell has created bespoke tweed and tartan for the reopening of a five star hotel in Braemar. The Fife Arms Hotel, set in the heart of the historic town, has been undergoing an extensive refurbishment since being acquired in 2015 by art dealers Iwan and Manuela Wirth of Hauser &…

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Scots firm ensuring our wood doesn’t go to waste

In the 21st century, the environment is one of the regular issues we hear being discussed on TV news, in our newspapers, and online. So often we hear of big businesses finally waking up to the demands of society, to create environmentally-friendly products for the consumers. At Selbrae House, this is an important area for…

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Michelin star restaurant’s new nine course menu

A Scottish Michelin-starred restaurant is to launch a new nine course menu. Billy Boyter, chef patron at Fife’s Michelin-starred The Cellar in Anstruther, is changing things up at the restaurant this autumn by moving to just one nine course menu. Guests will now be served a set menu designed to showcase the very best seasonal…

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Big names for contemporary Burns festival

The world’s biggest contemporary Burns celebration has announced some top class names for their 2019 event. The Big Burns Supper takes place from 24 January–3 February in Dumfries, with 111 events across 11 days of world class music, comedy, theatre and cabaret. Scottish rocker KT Tunstall, award-winning contemporary Scottish folk band, The Peatbog Faeries and…

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A new song to remember the Unknown Warrior

Singer-songwriter Ricky Ross has composed a song inspired by the symbolic figure of the Unknown Warrior for Armistice Day. The story of his Ballad of the Unknown Warrior will feature in an hour-long BBC Radio Scotland documentary on Sunday, 11 November at 10am. And prior to the transmission, Deacon Blue frontman Ricky and BBC Scotland…

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The forgotten past of Scotland’s secret gardens

This summer’s dry weather has revealed the forgotten past of hidden and long-lost gardens across the country. The Oxford English Dictionary describes a garden as ‘an enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables’. And to all intents and purposes that is exactly what it is, but it still seems…

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