DVD: SHETLAND (The Complete Series 1-3) starring Douglas Henshall, Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson amazon.co.uk: £17:77 An impressive Douglas Henshall stars as DI Jimmy Perez, leading his team investigating crime within an isolated, sometimes inhospitable and yet hauntingly beautiful landscape. Based on the novels by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, the… . . . BOOK: MAPPING […]
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Hooked on Quality
Quality produce and careful preparation are at the heart of Scotland’s world-renowned food industry. When it comes to food, comedians may regularly joke about a Scottish predilection for frying everything (and adding chips), but countless award-winning chefs—Tom Kitchen, Paul Kitching and Nick Nairn, to name just three—know that Scotland’s land and waters offer some truly […]
Curtain Raisers
Show-based city-break packages are well established in London, but there are plenty of reasons for theatre-lovers to head north to Scotland… Every year, millions of visitors flock to London’s West End to enjoy globally-recognised shows on the stages of iconic theatres on and around the likes of Shaftesbury Avenue and Drury Lane. Yet there’s more […]
Nocturne #3 Review
DVD: THE SECRET AGENT starring Toby Jones, Cicky McClure, Ian Hart amazon.co.uk: £14:99 This new BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel may be set in a Victorian London brimming with espionage and terrorism but – with only a few notable exceptions – was filmed chiefly in and around Edinburgh and Glasgow. Atmospheric and superbly performed, the […]
Discovery
Dundee may once have been known for its ‘Jute, Jam and Journalism’, but the self-declared ‘City of Discovery’ is home to one of the most important ships in the history of science… The Royal Research Ship Discovery, now permanently berthed at Discovery Point on Dundee’s evolving waterfront, was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship built […]
Corrour Station
Not many railway stations owe their existence to the determination of just one man, but Corrour Station on Rannoch Moor simply wouldn’t be where it is today if it hadn’t been for Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet of Pollok. Back in 1891, Sir John purchased the Corrour Estate with the intention of using it very […]
Nocturne #2 Review
DVD: GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS: SERIES 6 starring Michael Portillo amazon.co.uk: £24:29 Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways as, armed with his copy of George Bradshaw’s famous handbook, he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the Victorian monthly guide. In this sixth series Portillo travels from Ayr […]
