Thankfully this has nothing to do with red rooms. This clever idea is from Scottish illustrator, Emily MacKenzie. There are two prints that you can buy from her Etsy shop; 50 Shades of Scotland and, in the best non-partisan spirit, 50 Shades of England. Interesting to speculate what colours represent a nation; perhaps you’d expect Scotland to be the colours of hills, heather and thistles. Her other illustrations are cute
In summer the café at Abbot House, Dunfermline probably has one of the best views in Scotland. From the tables in the very pretty walled garden you can see the historic Dunfermline Abbey. With the 2016 opening of the new museum next door there are plans to link the Abbot House garden to the Museum’s modern garden, creating a larger, more diverse space. The garden is all the more impressive
Have you made Scotland’s answer to Birdman or Whiplash? If so dust off your dickie bow and shake out your slinkiest gown because you could be going to an awards ceremony. Fife Independent Film Expo is a grassroots film screening event run by Fife Cultural Trust, showcasing the best of independent micro budget films in Scotland. The deadline for submissions is 16 March and screening will take place at Lochgelly
No shortage of glitz in these pictures of Christian Grey’s apartment. Designed by Covet Lounge.
Only a couple of weeks left to catch this exhibition of legendary Glasgow-born photographer of the stars David Eustace. The exhibition is at the Scottish Gallery and comes highly recommended as ‘inspiring’ by photographer and Avocado Sweet reader Kevin McCollum.
Swing Ltd is probably not for the faint hearted. The night Avocado Sweet visited the Glasgow club, the performers, a couple both dressed in tails, were pulling members of the audience on to the dance floor to tango to an Eminem track quickly followed by a Glen Miller song. But the engaging owner Craig has big ambitions for this tiny venue. He’s recreating a 1920s style club complete with table
If you’ve bagged a hot date for tomorrow night, Avocado Sweet brings you some foolproof tips for making sure the evening goes without a hitch. We’ve actually pinched them from a 1938 edition of Click Photo Parade magazine but they still seem pretty apt. Just make sure you do the exact opposite in every case. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Adam Smith, Mary Somerville and Gordon Brown are not the only bright sparks to have hailed from Kirkcaldy. Admired by Sir Walter Scott, whom she knew, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain, Marjory Fleming was a child prodigy poet born in the town on 15 January 1803, the third child of accountant James Fleming and his wife Isabella. Isabella was a surgeon’s daughter and, as a gifted intellectual herself, Marjory’s
The work of legendary photographer Diane Arbus (1923- 1971) can be seen at Kirkcaldy Galleries from 14 February until 31 May. Arbus challenged concepts of identity, beauty and normality. Her photography revealed the complexities of human nature and relationships, making the ordinary extraordinary and the misunderstood familiar. Featuring twenty of her seminal pieces, this exhibition explores how her work reflected the social, political and economic changes taking place throughout the United
Reuben’s Cafe & Winestore has been shortlisted in the Best Independent Eatery category for The Scottish Independent Retail Awards. David Austin and Paul Rudge will be representing the Dunfermline store at the awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow on Sunday 7 February. Owner of the Dunfermline store, David said: ‘We’ve worked hard to establish Reuben’s as a quality food and drink destination in Dunfermline. We opened 5 years ago