The flowered bathing caps have been packed, the milk’s been cancelled and the television’s unplugged at the wall – we’re off on our holidays! No posts for a week or so but we’ll be back, rested and hopefully lightly toasted, on 10 July. Look forward to seeing you then, X
For those of us living in central Scotland it is quite a surprise to discover that the ‘Helix is Happening‘ nearby. Due to open this September, the Helix is an ambitious, even visionary, project aimed at transforming space between Grangemouth and Falkirk into a landscape of paths, waterways, public art, sports facilities and leisure services. The project has been developed with a £25 million Lottery Fund by Falkirk Council, Central
Australian Vogue, The Sunday Times and The Guardian have all featured Scottish furniture designer Angus Ross and at the end of 2012 he exhibited in Chicago with Craft Scotland. Angus knew his career move, from designing products for Boots and Mothercare, including their potties, to furniture design was meant to be when he found premises in Aberfeldy that had been used as a wood workshop since 1880. Much of his work is by
How clever – and yet how simple – is this? Japanese design studio Yoy have come up with a wood, aluminium and elastic canvas chair which can be stowed neatly on the wall as a work or art and then sat on comfortably when taken down and leant against a solid structure. It comes in two chair styles and a sofa. The young designers behind the concept, spatial designer Naoki
by Fife Psychogeographical Collective Today’s post is a brilliant reminder not to judge a place by its house prices. The Fife Psychogeographical Collective take a walk around from the former mining communities of Lochgelly and Lumphinnans to Cowdenbeath and uncover some of the area’s fascinating stories, stories of intellectual endeavour, political radicalism and high achieving women. This is an abridged version of an article that appeared in Fife Psychogeography in
The Fife Dunfermline Printmakers summer exhibition is on now at the Lochgelly Centre and runs until 14 August. All works are for sale. (Above) Untitled by Bill McKechnie and below, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining by Claire Yarrington. Above, The North Shore Anstruther by Clive Ramage and below, Found Affinity by Jai Llewellyn Below, Shutters by Thora Clyne If you are interested in becoming a member of the printmakers workshop, please
Looking very Hansel & Gretel, this gingerbread village is based on local buildings in Crail in the East Neuk of Fife and has been confected by Leven company Sucre Coeur for the Crail Food Festival. It can be seen in the window of Crail Gallery. The Festival is on this weekend, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, and includes participants such as The Fife Diet, with their smoothie bike (pictured below), and St
Scottish design studio, Lovely Pigeon, has opened its doors for a three week shop project in the sunny seaside village of Anstruther, Fife. The shop will also host daily workshops: Kirsty Thomas of Lovely Pigeon says the workshops will include, ‘fashion makeovers, illustrated jewellery, Minecrafting and t-shirt monsters’. ‘I am really excited to be featuring music from Fence Records and products from the likes of Nikki McWilliams, Hilary Grant and Laura
There they sat, three people of about the same age who grew up within streets of each other in the same small town, looking for all the world like prizewinners on speech day: the cleverest boy, the girl who’s best at writing and the bad boy who happens to be brilliant at drawing. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, best selling crime writer Val McDermid and Britain’s most successful artist Jack
We’re delighted to announce that our newest sponsors are the fabulous Bone & Rag, makers of tough and distinctive products for dogs. Their range includes beds, collars, leads and water bowls – all handmade in the UK and designed to look good in your home. The super tough Tank Dog Beds feature great fabric designs including cord, Liberty print, floral and vivid solid colour. They include easy to clean removable