Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
New cocktail menu at Edinburgh’s The Register Club
Adding a touch of glamour to the weekend ahead, Scottish Field’s Rosie Morton tries out The Register Club’s new cocktail menu… The 1920s and 30s. A time where revelry reigned, and rules were positively hurled from the window. Goodbye wartime austerity, hello lavish dĂ©cor, raucous jazz, and an excessive supply of cocktails. Launching their new…
Read MoreScottish Jazz Weekend 2021 dates are confirmed
This December, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival present the Scottish Jazz Weekend. This is a weekend of the cream of Scottish jazz performing live and online at Assembly Roxy. Scottish Jazz Weekend presents a programme that runs from the early days of jazz in New Orleans to modern jazz and music created in recent months.…
Read MoreWin the ultimate staycation with Naked Malt
Naked Malt, formally Naked Grouse, has announced that its global Live Naked Experience competition is officially open for entries. It is offering one lucky winner the chance of being whisked away with three friends to enjoy a staycation of a lifetime in their home country. The competition invites experience seekers from around the world to…
Read MoreHalf price entry to Scottish attractions this winter
A new campaign encouraging people across Scotland to experience a Great Day Out across the country this winter by taking advantage of a 50% discount offer has today been launched by VisitScotland. Whether it is visiting the lions at Five Sisters Zoo or enjoying a chocolate tasting experience from Master Chocolatier Iain Burnett in Perthshire,…
Read MoreThe fascinating rise of a Scots statesman
The eventful life and career of Sir John Malcolm, a distinguished combatant, statesman and man of letters who spent most of his life in India, has been a story little told in his native Scotland. An ambitious and bold man who left his impoverished beginnings as one of 17 children of a tenant farmer in…
Read MoreBidding now open on the Distillers’ Charity whisky auction
Online bidding opened today on The Distillers One of One sale, ahead of the live auction at Barnbougle Castle outside Edinburgh, on Friday 3 December. For the first time since the announcement earlier this year of a six-year partnership between The Distillers’ Charity and Sotheby’s to host three biennial auctions under the name The Distillers…
Read MoreSeaweed jewellery is the ultimate sustainable gift
A young Edinburgh designer has come up with the ultimate in sustainable and renewable jewellery – creating a collection made from Scottish seaweed. Iona Turner (22), who is also a surf instructor, is one of 10 highly talented silversmiths and jewellers from across Scotland whose innovative work has been selected by the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust…
Read More‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’ – we mark the occasion in our podcast
This week’s Scottish Field podcast marks an important moment in history. One hundred and fifty years to the day since Henry Morgan Stanley found the missing Dr David Livingstone in Africa, and reputedly greeted him with the words ‘Dr Livingston, I presume?’, we commemorate the life of the great Scottish explorer. From his humble beginnings…
Read MoreNew Glenfiddich 26-year-old whisky to mark COP26
Glenfiddich has created a limited-edition 26 Year Old whisky – in partnership with Stop Climate Chaos Scotland – to commemorate the climate change summit, COP26, in Glasgow this November. The partnership enables Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and Glenfiddich to raise awareness of the active steps Scotland is taking to tackle climate change. These include the…
Read MoreScottish history brought to life by Denise Mina
A tale of Scottish Tudor history told through a modern perspective, the multi-award-winning author captures our imaginations once more. Reviving the rule of Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband’s plot to murder her private secretary David Rizzio while she watches, this is a masterful reflection on one of Scottish history’s darkest periods. Quick paced…
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