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Review: The Hari Afternoon Tea & London Tea Friends Summer Festival

Summertime in Auld Reekie can feel a lot more hectic than The Big Smoke. So, instead of breaking to London for the hustle and bustle,...
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Travel Review, Knipoch Hotel: ‘A visit to Knipoch is like taking a deep, restorative breath of crisp, cleansing Highland air’

I knew that Shakespeare’s singular Scottish play, Macbeth, was set in Scotland, of course, but I had no idea that the murder that inspired it...
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Travel Review: Seaton House, St Andrews

Visitors flock to St Andrews for different reasons, whether it be to play rounds of gold on the town's historic championship courses, visit the third-oldest...
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Fred Olsen: Scotland, Scilly Isles & The West Country 10 Night Cruise

At the ripe old age of 33, I packed my bags, hopped on the 30-minute train from Haymarket to Rosyth and into the waiting taxi...
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Galgorm Resort is the perfect place for a luxury spa break in Northern Ireland

There are spa breaks, and there are spa breaks. But when I agreed to travel to Northern Ireland to visit Galgorm Resort I was fairly...
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Marine Troon Hotel: ‘A relaxed sense of luxury and you don’t need to like golf to love this hotel’

Marooned just steps away from the golden sands of Troon beach lies the sandstone monolith that is the Marine Troon Hotel. Golf fans may be...
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Review: The Hari Afternoon Tea & London Tea Friends Summer Festival

Summertime in Auld Reekie can feel a lot more hectic than The Big Smoke. So, instead of breaking to London for the hustle and bustle,...
Knipoch-Lounge 2025

Travel Review, Knipoch Hotel: ‘A visit to Knipoch is like taking a deep, restorative breath of crisp, cleansing Highland air’

I knew that Shakespeare’s singular Scottish play, Macbeth, was set in Scotland, of course, but I had no idea that the murder that inspired it...
IMG_3159_jpg

Travel Review: Seaton House, St Andrews

Visitors flock to St Andrews for different reasons, whether it be to play rounds of gold on the town's historic championship courses, visit the third-oldest...
IMG_9293

Fred Olsen: Scotland, Scilly Isles & The West Country 10 Night Cruise

At the ripe old age of 33, I packed my bags, hopped on the 30-minute train from Haymarket to Rosyth and into the waiting taxi...
galgorm exterior web

Galgorm Resort is the perfect place for a luxury spa break in Northern Ireland

There are spa breaks, and there are spa breaks. But when I agreed to travel to Northern Ireland to visit Galgorm Resort I was fairly...
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Marine Troon Hotel: ‘A relaxed sense of luxury and you don’t need to like golf to love this hotel’

Marooned just steps away from the golden sands of Troon beach lies the sandstone monolith that is the Marine Troon Hotel. Golf fans may be...
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Café campaign is far from rubbish with a tonne of trash

A Scots café which launched a litter picking campaign has collected more than a tonne of litter during its six-month run. The award-winning, Real Food...
DUNKELD, UK - 2021:  Strathmore Foods, one of UK???s leading ready meal manufacturers, is launching a new brand of venison ready meals, Findowie Farmhouse.  The brand is named after the farm where the venison for these products is reared ??? Meikle Findowie, near Dunkeld in Perthshire. This farm is owned and operated by the Nisbet family who own and run Strathmore Foods. Pictured Colin Nisbet - Founder, with daughter Julie Nisbet - Managing Director and son Douglas Nisbet - Operations Director. (Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY)

Findowie Farmhouse launch Scots venison ready meals

One of Scotland’s biggest food producers is on a mission to put venison on the menu in 2022. Findowie Farmhouse have laid out a guide...
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Six by Nico starts the year with 2021’s diner favourites

Six by Nico restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh will showcase some of the most memorable dishes from the previous year, with inspirations from all over...
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Bagels to whet the appetite of the capital’s foodies

Bross Bagels founder Larah Bross has opened the doors to the brand’s very first Bross Deli – and Edinburgh’s first ever Jewish deli of its...

Burns Night is given a Caribbean twist with Dewar’s

Dewar's whisky are bringing the heat of the Caribbean to the UK this month with an exclusive Burns Night meal kit. Inspired by the fusion...

New beer supports Doddie Weir’s foundation

A new beer is being released, to support the charity of former Scotland rugby hero Doddie Weir. St Andrews Brewing Company have announced the release...

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