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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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Mackie’s takes the cake in its second year

More than 250,000 scoops of ice cream – or about 12.5 million licks – have been consumed at a much-loved Scottish ice cream brand’s parlour...
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Mealtime madness for families in Scotland

More than half (54%) of children in Scotland aged 5-15 say they are served more than two different dinner options every night, according to new...
It's Nick Bairn - the chef as a young lad

Chef Nick Nairn recalls growing up in Stirling and the Trossachs

Growing up in Stirling and the Trossachs was an idyllic childhood for Nick Nairn - and the perfect preparation for a life of culinary success....
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Two tasty teas that are perfect for winter

A Scottish independent whole leaf tea company have just launched their brand new limited edition Christmas teas for the festive period. Award-winning Eteaket, based in...
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Ka Pao to open its own permanent restaurant

The company behind the hugely popular Glasgow restaurant Ox and Finch have today announced the scheduled opening of a second restaurant in January 2020. The...
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Scots non-alcoholic ‘champagne’ hits the stores

Scottish non-alcoholic champagne-inspired range Sparklingly Sober has achieved a supermarket deal. Made in small batches just outside Glasgow, Sparklingly Sober’s non-alcoholic cocktail range includes the...

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