Thousands of UK women take part in major global hairstyle event

By Reporter | June 19, 2017

A night of simultaneous styling celebrated the hairdressing industry and showcased the season’s hottest hair trends with the UK’s top stylists Last night, thousands of women across the UK took part in a unique global hairdressing event. They were joined by hundreds of thousands more, in 35 countries around the world that are all having…

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DOSCA take the top spot at TradFest 2017 Battle of the Folk Bands

By Reporter | May 10, 2017

The penultimate night of TradFest 2017 saw DOSCA – one of Scotland’s most promising trad acts – reign victorious, after a panel of judges declared them the winners of the debut Battle of the Folk Bands competition.  DOSCA – an energetic five-piece ensemble of bagpipes, flute, guitar, bass and drums – had stiff competition from HECLA, The Iona…

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Sail away with a Maid of the Forth musical cruise

By Reporter | May 9, 2017

  Who needs another Friday or Saturday night on the sofa or in the pub when you can set sail with an evening musical cruise on the Firth of Forth. Maid of the Forth, the acclaimed family-run sightseeing cruise on the Firth of Forth, has announced its first Folk cruises for the 2017 season which…

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First vines planted at Taittinger’s Domaine Evremond in Kent

By Peter Ranscombe | May 4, 2017

PETER RANSCOMBE “WE HAVE even arranged for bubbles to fall from the sky,” laughed Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, president of the eponymous Champagne house, as he prepared to plant the first vines at Domaine Evremond, the French producer’s vineyard at Chilham, in Kent. His joke drew nervous giggles from the crowd of journalists, drinks industry veterans and…

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Mary Queen of Scots Festival announced for September 2017

By Reporter | May 2, 2017

A new festival in Fife celebrating Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has been announced for September.  The Mary Queen of Scots Festival, a signature event of the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017, will be held in Kinross on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September 2017 and will commemorate Mary Stuart’s life and legacy, showcasing not…

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Get connected

By Reporter | April 5, 2017

Europe’s biggest science festival invites audiences to Get Connected as it explores what it means to live in the Information Age. Running now until 16 April, Edinburgh International Science Festival, powered by EDF Energy, is taking place in 29 venues across Edinburgh. Cutting-edge discussions and debates on themes of our modern, connected world including technology,…

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Award-winning Dundee architects to design multi-million pound leisure complex

By Reporter | March 28, 2017

An award-winning Dundee architects’ studio is designing a multi-million pound leisure complex overlooking a Perthshire loch. After a focused effort, the Andrew Black Design team managed to successfully navigate their way through strict planning policy within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to gain planning permission for the development. They will be working with…

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Edinburgh Gin celebrate the International Science Festival with social media crowdsourced gin

By Reporter | March 15, 2017

How can you combine social media with one of Scotland’s oldest traditions, distilling? Edinburgh Gin has the answer. Edinburgh Gin is celebrating the Edinburgh International Science Festival (1-16 April) with ‘Distilling Live’, a live gin distilling with recipes crowdsourced from three social media platforms. The world’s first and Europe’s biggest science festival invites audiences to…

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