No11 Brunswick Street was opened in 2012 following a £900,000 refurbishment to the grand town house by husband and wife team Hamish and Susan Grant. The boutique hotel and restaurant is in the centre of Edinburgh, close to The Playhouse and down a quiet street just off London Road. Originally built in 1822, the Georgian Town House was designed by the famous architect William Playfair. In the 1930s the building
You can only imagine the state of mind of the baillie’s son who, on this day in 1624, having misfired a musket into one of 17th century Dunfermline’s many thatched roofs, saw the entire town burn to a cinder over the course of four hours. Among the few buildings left standing was Abbot House. The records of many Scottish towns refer to this great fire but strangely it doesn’t seem
Nice little update from artist Olga Krasanova who we featured a few weeks ago explaining the inspirations behind her architectural windsocks. Here we can see Olga getting quite carried away by her now complete creations. See them fly this Saturday at the Fresh Air Festival in Dunfermline. Testing my #windsocks #pattern #workinprogress Video recorded by @shinbombz A video posted by Olga Krasanova (@olgakrasanova) on May 3, 2016 at 1:01am PDT
Flower school sounds much more charming than flower arranging classes. When she’s not busy creating wedding flowers for brides, Louise of Lou Lou Flowers is running a flower school at Fire Station Creative in Dunfermline, Fife. Short courses include Boho Bridal Bouquet and Pimp up your Pumpkin in October in time for Halloween. Details of courses listed below. Sunday 12 June – Half Day Workshop Luxury Hand Tie Gift Bouquet
While the artists of the Fire Station in Dunfermline are preparing for the Open Studios at the end of this month, Polish photography student, Gabriela Pieniazek, has captured their portraits within the context of their own working environments. “This project has made me step back and be more of an observer than a creator. I had to get to know the people personally. I fell in love with the process
We’re a bit late to this party; this funny instagram account has already been featured in The Independent and The Evening Standard. The Deliciouslystella instagram shares all the latest spirulizer, smoothie and coconut water recipes. Forget the avocado – just make sure you stock up on your Haribo.
Internationally acclaimed West End hit, Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, is coming to the Carnegie Hall this Wednesday, 18 May, featuring the award-winning original London cast. The tragic, touching and joyful tale of America’s greatest folk poet is told in his own words and includes Guthrie classics such as Bound for Glory, Pastures of Plenty, The Ballad of Tom Joad, This Land is Your Land. The performance
If you’ve a yen for a yurt then both these locations might be easy on the eye. The first is in Fife, on the Cambo Estate, and, because it’s May, their famous snowdrops might still be out – and the second is in The Trossachs close to Loch Lomond (pictured above). Trossach Yurts started as an organic farm called West Moss-side near Stirling and is also a centre for craft workshops and
Exciting new community-led project coming soon! Watch this space for news of interesting events, activities and publications celebrating the architectural and design assets of Dunfermline and West Fife. For more information, contact michellemcwilliams@me.com or janelivingstone@tiscali.co.uk.
Did you know that Dunfermline is mentioned in Moby Dick, the town’s monks used to eat porpoise rolled into spiced balls and the King was partial to a bit of whale tongue? You do if you’ve read From Hill to Sea – Dispatches from the Fife Psychogeographical Collective. Recently published by Bread and Circuses, this is Limekilns psychogeographer Murdo Eason’s first book and it has rapidly gained an enthusiastic international