X by Glenmorangie is added to the mix

Glenmorangie has launched a new ‘made to mix’ whisky. X by Glenmorangie has been highlighted at a striking terrace in Edinburgh, with a Made to Mix jukebox taking centre stage for the launch. X by Glenmorangie’s Made to Mix jukebox places the new single malt, which is specially made for mixing, as a star attraction…

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High spirits as The Alchemist opens first Scots restaurant

The Alchemist officially opens the doors to its first-ever Scottish site today. October 22. Based in the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Quarter – and it’s offering locals the chance to get in touch with their spiritual side. Teaming up with world renowned centre for spirituality, The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, The Alchemist will…

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All-female The Tempest will re-open The Tron Theatre

Drama is returning to Glasgow’s Tron Theatre later this month. The last, exclusively Tron Theatre Company production to grace the main auditorium stage was the 2019 pantomime, Cinderfella, and they have announced their re-opening production, The Tempest will run from 29 October–13 November – and will also be one with an all-female cast. Artistic director,…

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Eco play Who Are You? ready to receive its premiere

An environmentally-themed play is set to take to the stage – and online – in the capital this month. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, in association with Naked Productions, are staging the Sound Stage premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s (Our Country’s Good) new environmentally themed play Who Are You?. Sound Stage is…

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A unique night time promenade performance

Dunes by the sea are coming to life each night until September 19. Commissioned by Hospitalfield and Arbroath 2020+1, Over Lunan is an extraordinary promenade performance in the dunes of Lunan Bay near Arbroath in Angus. Created by Angus Farquhar, creative director of social action and arts organisation Aproxima Arts with dramaturg and former Artistic…

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Reviews: Madhouse

This play, Madhouse, was like being in a student house, chaotic and disruptive. The setting is a kitchen table and the themes explored include the usual travails of student life, pregnancy, sexual orientation confusion, debt, self harm and the ultimate crime of student communal living, sleeping with a fellow flat mate. At times amusing with…

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74th Edinburgh International Film Festival starts today

The 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival kicks off today with a fantastic programme of feature and short films celebrating the long-awaited return to cinema. This special programme of in-person and digital screenings includes 31 new features and 73 shorts – with 18 marking their world and three international premieres at the Festival – and with…

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Review: The End of the Line

On reading the themes of The End of the Line before I went I felt I was about to enter the very throat of the dragon that is modern woke: divorce, loneliness of the young, eating disorder, therapy, reality over expectation etc. it was all there. How very, very wrong I was about my preconceived…

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National Trust for Scotland opens doors on House of Dun

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland is ready to take visitors on a trip back in time with the re-opening of the House of Dun heritage park near Montrose. The project, one of the biggest in the charity’s 90th anniversary year, tells the story of Angus, its people and landscape in a fresh and…

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Sheila Fleet opens stunning new jewellery retail gallery

Orkney-based jewellery designer Sheila Fleet OBE has opened a brand-new gallery in the heart of historic St Andrews. After over a year in development, Sheila is delighted to have opened the doors to her new gallery. The store will be the designer’s fifth jewellery gallery. Sheila Fleet, together with interior designer/artist Marion Yorston, present and…

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