Scottish firm has made a lasting impression

The Woollard & Henry paper mill has made an indelible mark on the Scottish fabrication industry. Ernest Woollard’s legacy is invisible – unless you hold it up to the light. The engineering company he founded in Dyce, Aberdeen, Woollard & Henry, is now one of only five firms worldwide which know the secrets of the…

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This is a beautiful, genuine one-of-a-kind home

A secluded architect-designed house built to very high specifications in 2003, offering breath-taking views sea views to the Holy Island of Iona, Inch Kenneth, Ulva and Ben More, is now for sale. Presented for sale by Savills, Torr Buan House, in Ulva Ferry on the Isle of Mull, is a place of dramatic views and…

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Elegance, charm and a church in this Georgian property

An elegant Georgian former Manse, with steadings and a church, have been brought to the property market. Galbraith has been appointed to sell The Anchorage, an elegant Georgian former Manse which offers significant potential to create a leisure or tourism business in a popular area of Moray close to sandy beaches. The property, which dates…

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The Scot who brought tea to the whole world

All over the world, people love their tea – and the man who made it an internationally popular beverage is to be celebrated in a new documentary on TV next week. The Man Who Charmed The World is the story of Sir Thomas Lipton, a Scots entrepreneur who, from humble beginnings, established a global retail…

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‘The Italian Job’ becomes the ‘South African Job’

Peter Ranscombe examines how producers in South Africa are using Italian grape varieties to craft wines that have identities all of their own. WITH its stone archways and wooden beams, the building that houses Idiom’s wine tasting rooms and restaurant could pass as a modern Italian villa – if it wasn’t in South Africa. The…

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The 150th birthday of the fastest clipper to sail the seas

This month marks the 150th anniversary of the launch of the Aberdeen-built Thermopylae, the fastest clipper that ever sailed. English poet and writer Cicely Fox Smith wrote, ‘Of all that fleet of swift and lovely ships, none was perhaps ever built more lovely and more swift than the famous clipper Thermopylae… there was some secret…

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Tranquility and comfort in architect designed home

A secluded architect-designed house built to very high specifications in 2003, offering breath-taking views sea views to the Holy Island of Iona, Inch Kenneth, Ulva and Ben More, is now for sale. Presented for sale by Savills, Torr Buan House, in Ulva Ferry on the Isle of Mull, is a place of dramatic views and…

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Time to set a course for The Little Chartroom

Chef Roberta Hall worked at The Kitchin for three years before spending six years at Castle Terrace, where she eventually became head chef. The LittleChartroom – named after her love of sailing – is the first restaurant for Hall and partner Shaun McCarron, who managed Castle Terrace. Halfway down Leith Walk, the atmosphere at this tiny 18-cover…

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A beautiful B-listed home is now available to buy

A handsome detached Georgian house protected by a category ‘B’ listing is now available to purchase. Presented by Robb Residential, Ardlamont House, near Tighnabruaich, dates from approximately 1820 and is laid out over two storeys with a garden level. The house is of harled finish with painted smooth ashlar at quoins, window mullions and door…

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Jacobite’s new £2.4 million catamaran sets sail on Loch Ness

Cruise tour operator Jacobite has welcomed a £2.4 million catamaran to its fleet. The Jacobite Maverick sailed its maiden voyage on Loch Ness this week and was saluted in a fly-by thanks to Scotland’s Maverick pilot David Heather-Hayes. ‘When searching for a fitting name, ‘Maverick’ stood out as it means quite unlike anything else –…

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