This Fife wedding was styled by Dunfermline artist, Claire Christie for the McGregor family from Cupar. Relatives of the couple hosted the wedding on their private working farm outside Auchtermuchty with 3 barns providing the venue for the reception, the bar and the service. Their brief to Claire was for a traditional Scottish country barn wedding using items found on the farm and making interesting props with the salvaged materials
Nearly 400 years ago the King’s Poet, Ben Jonson walked from Culross Palace to Dunfermline Abbey. On Sunday 25 September you can join a guided walk inspired by his travels, finishing at Fire Station Creative where, from 4pm until 7pm, there will be live music and poetry. The walk starts at 10.30am beside Admiral Cochrane’s statue near the Palace and finishes at the Fire Station Creative at around 4pm. The
A Play, A Pie and A Pint sounds like a good way to spend a lunch hour. Oran Mor, the arts and entertainment venue at the end of Byres Road, Glasgow is where you’ll find this alliterative combination. Next week’s play is by Avocado Sweet’s own Jane Livingstone; Miss Veitch’s Roses is on every lunchtime at 1pm from Monday 19 September to Saturday 24 September inclusive and then moves to The Lemon
If you happen to be on the island of Islay check out the Ardbeg Distillery. Like many of the other whisky producers on the island, Ardbeg is housed in the immaculately restored white distillery buildings with the distinctive black roofs. The larger whisky distilleries are to Islay what the grand bank buildings used to be for the mainland – beautiful and impressive landmark buildings which have received significant investment. No
A stay on Loch Tay looks tempting in these two boathouses called Otter (pictured first) and Dipper. The owners will take you down the track to the Boathouses in their 4×4 so no need to worry about your suspension. There’s a generator for electricity that powers home comforts such as underfloor heating in the bathroom. There were no prices listed at www.lochtay.co.uk/ Dipper Boathouse (pictured below)
Locally landed lobster, crab and langoustine caught in the Firth of Forth, with no food miles, is now on sale to the general public at a brand new Seafood Kiosk in Pittenweem Harbour, where the shellfish are landed. The new initiative is led by the Fisherman’s Mutual Association (Pittenweem). The outlet, which will be open every day until the end of August and run by local fishmonger, George Allan, has
Rosé Wine by Paul Rudge, Reubens Winestore, Dunfermline Here’s latest piece from our wine columnist, Paul Rudge of Reubens Winestore, Dunfermline On the GRAPE VINE Summer is officially upon us and so far it`s not been too bad considering where we live. You can`t confidently plan a barbeque in advance, a family picnic or a camping weekend. However, we are optimistic that we’re in for a good summer this year
We’ve featured Fife photographer Kevin McCollum‘s pictures of places from all around the world including his No More than a Mile series – photos taken no more than a mile from his Pattiesmuir home, near Limekilns. This series of portraits is a recent addition to his portfolio.
This week we have a recipe for trout from Elaine Hardie at the Fyfe Smokery, Dunfermline. ‘This recipe is suitable for trout or Char. Locally many people fish for trout as a hobby, and most trout is farmed. But the season for wild sea trout is right now, so ask your fishmonger to source some for you. Wild sea trout are bigger than river trout, as they have an abundance
This huge living flower picture was created at The National Gallery London by The Flower Council of Holland as part of the Gallery’s exhibition of Dutch flower paintings from the 18th and 19th century. It was inspired by Dutch artist Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder’s floral masterpiece. You can see the video of almost 30 florists working for two days straight, using 100 blocks of florist foam, nearly 30,000 stems of