Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Morphsuits you, sir, with a business leap of faith
A few beers on a night out led three Edinburgh entrepreneurs to ditch the day jobs and get serious about skintight spandex. Many entrepreneurs dream of finding a way to make a living that involves working with their mates to build up a business founded on a common passion. Andthat’s exactly what brothers Ali and…
Read MoreBecky puts best feet forward for struggling gardeners
An Edinburgh horticulture student will walk more than 150 miles along the Great Wall of China to raise money for struggling gardeners. Becky Cross, who is studying Horticulture with Plantsmanship at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), is hoping to raise £3000 for Perennial – a charity which supports people working in horticulture. The challenge will see…
Read MoreScots breakfast isn’t the healthiest in the world
Scots like their food, but our breakfast diet sadly isn’t in Europe’s top 10 most health. We’re more than half way through January and the Christmas leftovers are long-gone, those final calorific chocolates, cheese and mince-pies have been eaten or thrown away. It is well and truly time to improve our diet, and where better…
Read MoreMountain photos with a view to a hill
Sven Soell’s photographs capture the mood, moment and sheer joy of being out and about on Scotland’s mountains. Photography had simply been a bit of a hobby for German-born Sven Soell before he rehomed Bert, his border collie, in 2013. ‘I had a camera and I like hill walking, and it started to become a…
Read MoreArbikie Distillery celebrates major US export deal
Family-owned luxury spirits producer Arbikie celebrated its fifth birthday by signing an agreement that will see its brands exported to selected states in the United States. The Angus-based sustainable, field-to-bottle distiller has agreed a substantial distribution deal with a leading US importer. The distiller, which launched in 2014 with Scotland’s first potato vodka, distils vodka,…
Read MoreDavid Tennant returns to Scotland for new drama
A new thriller set in Scotland continues tonight on our TV screens. When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they know and trust, the small Scottish community they call home becomes riven with doubt and suspicion as those closest to the family begin to question everything they thought they knew about…
Read MoreSee inside The Balmoral in the World’s Greatest Hotels
Edinburgh’s The Balmoral is to feature in a TV series about the World’s Greatest Hotels tonight, Friday. This brand new Channel 5 series features the world’s most iconic and amazing hotels from around the world. With each episode dedicated to a single world famous hotel, the show will unravel what it takes to become an…
Read MoreMountain film festival returns after two years
Youth – or lack of it – is no barrier as the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival highlights adventurers aged from four to 97. As the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival (EMFF) returns in February after a longer-than-normal two-year break, you might feel that you’ve aged since the last event in 2018. Don’t worry, you’ll feel more…
Read MoreStars shine brightly in this Scots novel
Cameron Sparks’ life isn’t going to plan, in Bright Stars by Sophie Duffy. He and his wife have separated and he is being forced to move back in with his widowed dad, plus he’s awaiting a disciplinary at work following an incident in the underground vaults of Edinburgh where he works as a Ghost Tour…
Read MoreSpending a season with the wild geese
It is impossible not to be charmed by the poignant and lyrical way in which Wintering effortlessly sketches vivid portraits of these often underappreciated birds. The reader is invited to share in the solace which Stephen Rutt finds in nature through the book’s elegant and very readable prose, which although soothing, never loses its poetic…
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