Sand, sea and art: Pittenweem Arts Festival
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Posts From Michelle McWilliams
Bloomsbury on the Hudson
If you didn’t know already that Scots born singer Angela McCluskey was a colourful character, a peek inside the jewel bright home she shares with film composer husband Paul Cantelon would soon tell you. The couple live in a riot of Bloomsbury-esque colour in this lovely New York loft overlooking the Hudson which very much reflects their vibrant and creative personalities. The lady of the house, Angela. Many thanks to
Tales from allotment 65 – on bird scaring and books
by Nicki Slater, The Imagination Workshop *** It’s been an amazing month and I am astounded by how things have changed after a sunny spell. Everything looks so much happier for some warm sun, rain and my organic liquid feeding: all leaves are now a healthy green and everything is flowering. We have started harvesting in earnest and are eating courgettes, beetroots (both roots and leaves), potatoes, broad beans, lettuce,
Dear Photograph
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Free Festival Fun this Weekend
At the risk of sounding like one of those thrifty guides to ‘living a wonderful life with only 20p’, it’s good to find free entertainment in these straitened times. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh are hosting free events this Saturday, 23 July, as part of wider festivals with other ticketed events. The Merchant City Festival in Glasgow has a free event around the merchant city streets on Saturday afternoon. Visitors walking
Let's talk trash
It’s not all rubbish in the world of bins you know. There’s some good stuff out there. What do you think of these daft refuse sacks, £10 from Suck UK? And for some killer bin style check out these bad boys by Wesco, £166 and £213 from Only-retro-bins. Funny how often a search for the stylish and the practical ends up with the old fashioned. Here’s a great looking old
Days out in Scotland: Dollar and Bridge of Allan
Our first day out is to Dollar Glen in Clackmannanshire and then on to Bridge of Allan near Stirling. For those unfamiliar with the area here is proof that you don’t have to travel all the way to the Highlands to enjoy beautiful scenery. Just 25 miles north of Edinburgh, the pretty village of Dollar has a glen with a river and waterfalls that you can walk beside to reach
Days Out with Avocado Sweet
Now that day trips are reinvented as daycations perhaps our fondest memories will be different. No more being travel sick in the back of a seventies car or picnics in a layby at the side of the dual carriageway, no trying to imagine a view without the sheet of rain in front of it or travelling home in silence because the whole family has fallen out. Perhaps the current generation
Scottish Gin – now there's a neat idea
by Shane Dunning, Woodwinters England has long had a great reputation for the production and consumption of Gin, or Genever; the original Dutch name given to the curative spirit first designed by Franz de la Boe. William of Orange drastically reduced the level of taxation on the importation of Genever into England and the drink very quickly became London’s favourite; drunk neat it was, for while, cheaper than beer. Tonic
Pattern: Stripes
Is there anything that can’t be improved by the addition of a stripe? This hammock is £55 from Deckchair Stripes, a company with an exceptional dedication to the stripe. Everything they produce from aprons to beach tents is striped in a fantastic range of colourways. The limited edition Kenwood Mixer, £469.99 from Amazon – why can’t all kitchen apppliances be this bright and beautiful? For wall to wall stripieness: this