Taking time with your Dhansak is so rewarding

We bring you the second of our tasty Indian recipes this week, courtesy of Chaakoo in Glasgow. Chaakoo’s first goal was to be embraced by the food-lovers of Glasgow and within 10 weeks of opening they held the top spot on TripAdvisor above the other 2000 restaurants in Glasgow. They’ve remained in the top 20…

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Lesley’s making a hue and cry in the world of art

It’s been nearly two decades since award-winning painter Lesley Birch swapped her keyboards for a canvas. Born in Glasgow and based in Scotland until her late 30s, Lesley was a full-time musician writing songs and touring as a session keyboards player for chart-topping band Hue & Cry. Nowadays, she paints from her studios in York…

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This £3million sporting estate offers potential

An exceptional established Scottish sporting estate with consented forestry planting land and leisure development potential is now for sale. The Inverchaolain Estate, in the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, is presented for sale by Edwin Thompson. The estate is beautifully situated in a remote unspoilt area of high amenity characterised by beautiful coastlines and sea lochs, frequently…

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Scotland’s Trade Fair will be the biggest for 10 years

There’s just over a week to go until the biggest Scotland’s Trade Fair in a decade. It will open at the SEC in Glasgow where 571 exhibitors have booked stands for Scotland’s main gift buying show opens. Running from 20-22 January there is still time to register for a free entry ticket – but be…

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Private home surrounded by woodland and a loch

A beautiful home on the coast of Loch Fyne is now available on the property market. Presented by Robb Residential, Olbia is a lovely detached bungalow set in tranquil woodland and riverside gardens close to the coastline of Loch Fyne at Inverneill, near Lochgilphead, on the west coast of Scotland. The house is completed in…

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The Scots breaking down the walls to explore China

Scotland’s history links with China are being explored in a new television documentary. BBC Two Scotland is showing Scots in China, with the first part having aired on Monday, 7 January, and the second is due to show on 14 January. Neil Oliver meets extraordinary Scottish people from all walks of life, living and working…

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Symposium will discuss the art of tapestry

The heritage and future of tapestry art is to be discussed at a gathering in Scotland. The Cordis Trust presents a symposium bringing together an international panel of speakers to discuss and debate contemporary tapestry. This will take place on Saturday, 16 March, at the RBGE Lecture Theatre, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh. Since its inception,…

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Dippy the dinosaur arrives after millions of years

Glasgow’s latest visitor has been waiting for their trip to the city for millions of years. After delighting more than 132,000 dinosaur enthusiasts during his time at Ulster Museum, Belfast, Dippy has begun his journey across the Irish Sea to Scotland. Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure is being brought to visitors in Scotland…

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Scottish Opera set to perform Czech drama

Scottish Opera presents Leos Janácek’s intense drama Kátya Kabanová in a new co-production this March. It is brought to life with Theater Magdeburg, directed by the renowned British director Stephen Lawless and conducted by Stuart Stratford. Following the recent success of Czech operas on the Scottish Opera stage with Janácek’s Jenufa (2015) and Dvorák’s Rusalka…

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Glasgow shoppers are the UK’s most independent

Glasgow has been crowned as the UK’s most ‘independent’ city, new research has revealed. The research, conducted by business finance provider Liberis, looked into where the hotspots for independent retailers are, looking at the number of local businesses per capita in 20 major cities, as well discovering which demographics are most supportive towards small local…

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