These 1960s plans for Irvine ‘New Town’ show the architects had the best intentions even if the results attracted controversy. Irvine was officially designated as a ‘New Town’ in 1966, the fifth and last to be developed in Scotland and the only ‘new town’ to be located on the coast. The other Scottish ‘New Towns’ were East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld and Livingston. Plans are afoot for Irvine. There is the
Still haven’t bought your souvenir to celebrate Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon? Here’s a stylish commemorative mug by designer Gillian Kyle and illustrator Clare Forrest. ‘Andy Murray’ was so popular he’s sold out but is back in stock 23 September. Other ‘Local Heroes’ include Robert Burns, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mary Queen of Scots and Alexander Graham Bell. Gillian, who is known for her range of Tunnocks teacakes and caramel wafer
Brilliant Fife photographer Kevin McCollum is back from an enviable trip to New York and Chicago bringing back with him not the usual collection of selfies and naked knee shots but these stunning images in both colour and black and white. New York really is the city equivalent of Kate Moss – no matter the advancing years nor the decadence, it has just so many looks and seems hardly able
Lego Dance by Annette Jung. This clever animation is only 29 seconds long but probably took up several months of Annette Jung’s life.
Mmmm – tasty little idea this: delicious handmade cookie mixes in a jar that not only make baking easy but also provide a nifty present solution. There is a fabulous range of mixes including white chocolate and cranberry, milk chocolate, spotty dotty, Swiss nougat, chocolate and ginger, oat and sultana and oat, cherry and dark chocolate. Jars start at £8.50 and are available from a range of delis and outlets throughout Scotland including Reubens in Dunfermline.
A former crimer reporter with the LA Times, Abigail Goldman, draws on her professional experiences to create these tiny, detailed recreations of real life crimes scenes. The works, according to the artist, explore the dynamic between ‘what’s funny and what’s ghastly’. See more of her Dieoramas here.
You’ll need to do more than tighten your belt to afford this flooring. At $75 a square foot it’s not cheap but there’s something appealing about this well-worn, handsome flooring made from recycled belts. From Ting London.
Mid-Term Break I sat all morning in the college sick bay Counting bells knelling classes to a close. At two o’clock our neighbors drove me home. In the porch I met my father crying– He had always taken funerals in his stride– And Big Jim Evans saying it was a hard blow. The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram When I came in, and I was embarrassed By
This just seemed like a good way to start a Friday. Street musicians from America, Italy, Brazil and Japan accompany each other in this fantastic version of Dock of the Bay …
100% Madagascan chocolate was described by one Hello Chocolate customer as ‘like chewing paracetamol’. But Gill Lyth, founder of the Dunfermline chocolate company, doesn’t sell the most bitter of all chocolates – she just uses it for her tasting events. She explains: ‘During our chocolate experience events we taste chocolate from around the world, from countries like Tanzania & Ecuador and, despite its bitterness, some customers actually like the 100%