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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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It’s scary just how much pancake you’ll be able to eat

Seasonal bites are all the rage these days, and with Halloween on our doorstep, pancake pioneers Stack and Still are no different. This week, for...
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Have a terrifyingly tasty Halloween thanks to M&S

It's no secret that I absolutely LOVE Halloween.  A huge horror and Sci-fi fan, I've always been intrigued by the ghoulish and sinister and with...
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Scotland at the heart of Aldi’s 2019 Christmas range

Supermarket Aldi has revealed its Christmas 2019 menu – and Scottish produce is playing a major part of it. The budget supermarket is out to...

New partnership will boost Scottish seafood

Seafood Scotland has committed to a year-long partnership with Scottish Chefs in a collaborative programme worth over £10,000 - the first of its kind between...
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Restaurant takes awkwardness out of first dates

Scottish restaurant is helping to remove the awkwardness from first dates by implementing a 21st century ‘split bill’ arrangement. Blackwood’s Bar and Grill, part of...
At Loch Fyne, Edinburgh, are Andrew Krukowski, Gordon Munro (Cllr Edin City Council), Daniel Hu, Liz McAreavey (Chief Exec of Edin Chamber of Commerce), Cammy Day (Deputy Leader Edinburgh City Council) and Michael Horan MD (Photo: Stewart Attwood)

Making a splash as restaurant re-opens

A Scots restaurant and bar venue has reopened its doors following a significant refurbishment. The team at the popular Loch Fyne Restaurant + Bar venue...

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