Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Scots distillery is given a business helping hand
A Scottish distillery is reaping the rewards after being given a business boost. Highland Boundary, a craft distillery based in Alyth, near Blairgowrie. Co-founders Marian Bruce and Simon Montador identified a gap in the market for Scandinavian-inspired spirits with the botanicals sourced from local woodlands. Although they had significant experience in scientific research and business,…
Read MoreGiving folk a regular venue in the capital
A new live music club – dedicated to presenting the very best in folk, trad and roots-based music – opens its doors for the first time next month. Going under the name RootsBase, the weekly gigs will take place every Tuesday at the Gilded Balloon Basement, located in the Rose Theatre in Edinburgh, and will…
Read MoreDrug networks target rural and coastal Scotland
The charity Crimestoppers has this week launched a campaign to highlight the pain and suffering that criminals from English cities are inflicting on vulnerable people in Scotland’s rural and coastal towns. The campaign aims to raise awareness of County Lines, which is when criminals from major cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, London and Birmingham are…
Read MoreScots aquarium joins the fight against sea pollution
A Scottish marine facility is joining aquariums from around the world to help tackle the serious issue of plastic pollution. Huge quantities of plastic waste pollute our seas and coastlines, threatening most marine species all over the world – and Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire is doings its bit to help with the problem. The…
Read MoreCastle’s £10,000 fundraiser is now underway
An appeal to raise £10,000 to save a Scots castle from ruin has been launched today. The Kinloch Castle Friends Association Crowdfunding appeal began at noon, and will be live for four weeks, with a target of £10,000. Built by an immensely wealthy Lancashire industrialist, George Bullough just as the 19th century came to close,…
Read MorePlans for defending the nation are mapped out
Two map experts explore the extraordinarily rich legacy of Scottish military mapping over the course of the last five centuries in Scotland: Defending the Nation. Carolyn Anderson and Christopher Fleet’s research includes fortification plans, reconnaissance mapping, battle plans, tactical maps and plans of mines. The book also explores a number of unrealised proposals and projected schemes.…
Read MoreJulianne Moore’s pride in her strong Scottish roots
Most would never have been aware of Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore’s Scottish heritage; a New York resident with that all-American pearly white smile, why would you think any differently? Yet it is also hard to miss that auburn hair and alabaster skin that glows across her sharp cheekbones. With close scrutiny, it is easy to…
Read MoreWaving hello at a surf school for people with autism
Creating and providing equal opporunities for all is a major part of life in Scotland today. Glyn Morris and Kev Anderson run a surf school, for people with autism. Based on the Moray Firth, they have been giving people with autism the chance to take to the waves. Scottish Field spoke to Glyn about the…
Read MoreThe Scottish clan that has risen from the ashes
Chief John Macleod of Raasay manages to keep up-to-date with island life, despite living ten thousand miles away. With the distinctive basalt ‘chimney’ of Dùn Caan framing the spectacular Hebridean seascape from the mainland, the Isle of Raasay lies just a mile off Portree, the Isle of Skye’s capital town. As well as being the…
Read MoreFormer manse is a unique Victorian property
An elegant Victorian property which retains many of its original features is now available in the heart of Royal Deeside. Presented for sale by MacKinnons Solicitors, Craggan, in Bridge of Gairn, by Ballater, is a spectacular south facing former Manse, believed to have been built around 1870, and is very much a property with the…
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