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1 Jun 2009
Summer is all about the great outdoors, so there’s nothing sweeter than enjoying a pint in the sunshine. Here’s our guide to the best beer gardens in Glasgow.
Long summer days mean that there is plenty time to escape the city and head for sandy beaches and salty shores. Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside… Here’s our guide to Edinburgh’s best beaches.
Gardens and beer, two words we like for themselves - but we like them even more when they are put together. So, in honour of summer, here’s our guide to Edinburgh’s top beer gardens.
Escape the regular way of city life and head to one of these scenic destinations or unique outdoor events. Much more fun than chips on a park bench.
1 Dec 2008
Edinburgh is a hot bed of little boutiques selling one-off items. They are also often referred to as charity shops and on the £20 outfit challenge they become my best friend, as we bond over woollen knits and dainty brooches. ‘We’ve just had a delivery…
There’s a distinct muskiness in the air. It’s the kind of smell that old men often get blamed for. Or for which dogs receive pitying stares. Sweaty, smoky and sharp, the smell of Arbroath smokie envelops the farmers’ market. Iain Spink, the stall owner…
1 Oct 2008
Scotland’s third largest city is both a thriving, youthful university town and a prosperous, grown-up city thanks to the North Sea oil industry. The people here are by nature industrious, proud and uncompromising. Inevitably, their conversation centres…
10 Sep 2009
‘This is not a roller disco!’ yells the coach, as a blur of fishnets and emerald green flies past. I’m here to meet Edinburgh’s roller derby squad, the Auld Reekie Roller Girls, if I can catch one … If you haven’t yet heard of roller derby, your days…
1 Mar 2009
Buses Bus services in Glasgow are owned by Stagecoach (www.stagecoashbus.com) and SPT (www.spt.co.uk). Yet the biggest provider is the First Group (www.firstgroup.com), with a fleet of around 1000 buses. Service and timetabling information can be…
When the late foreign secretary Robin Cook called the chicken tikka masala ‘Britain’s true national dish’, it was the moment the curry arrived. Until then seen as an ethnic food which had been brought over by Indian immigrants during the 1960s, its…
The Old Town Bookshop This is one of the more quaint little second hand bookshops, specialising in old Scottish history books and philosophical reads. No trashy romance novels in sight. 8 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, 0131 225 9237…
The Castle Museum Edinburgh Castle stands proud as one of the city’s most iconic landmarks and has more than a few historical tales to tell. Castlehill (E4), 0131 225 9846, www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk, open daily 9.30am-5pm, £12 (£9.50), child £6…
A little known fact is that Leith Links, Leith's park, is in fact the original home of international golf. Legend has it that in 1681 the Duke of York, later to become King James VII of Scotland, challenged two English noblemen to a golfing match after…
It’s got a subway network that travels round in a circle and the streets are laid out in a grid. With the best public transport in Scotland, Glasgow’s a cinch to get around. We tell you how to make the most of the city’s transport links. Buses…
Navigating your way around a strange city can be difficult enough, but Edinburgh in particular seems to find it amusing to convert from Old Town to New Town, or quiet side alley to bustling city street, in the blink of an eye. The following information…
In the first major retrospective of her lifetime’s work, Tracey Emin is showing her most famous pieces at the Scottish National Gallery or Modern Art until 7 November. Emin has been a controversial figure in the British art scene for over a decade. Even…
The Fudge Kitchen Outside this sweetly twee little shop there is usually a big sign inviting you in for free fudge tasting - you probably won’t need asking twice. 30 High Street (F4), 0131 558 1517, www.fudgekitchen.co.uk "> www.fudgekitchen.co.uk…
The West End of Glasgow is currently gearing up for its yearly festivities. David Pollock meets the festival’s founder and finds out what’s new for 2009.
The Doublet Bob Hardy: ‘This is what a real pub should be like, with lots of wee nooks you can sit in to hide away and while away the hours.’ 74 Park Road, Glasgow (C1), 0141 334 1982, Tue–Sat 11am–midnight, Sun 12.30pm–11pm, Mon 11am–11pm.
As travellers to our fair shores may already be aware, Scotland is considered a hotbed of supernatural activity. In fact, it is positively - to use a Scots word - ‘hoachin’ with ghosts, ghouls, spectres, spooks and spirits. This is especially true of…
Carmine's Restaurant ‘Located in the heart of Aberdeen, Carmine's is a truly unique wee restaurant. Open for a few hours over lunch and again at dinner (last orders are usually taken around 7.30pm), this tiny restaurant serves excellent pasta and…
It nearly caused the untimely end of Augustus Gloop ‘the greedy great big nincompoop’ in Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and it’s the downfall of many a good-intentioned diet. We are of course talking about chocolate. There’s…
Le Weekend festival ‘This is probably one of the most important events in Stirling’s arts calendar for me - and I’m not just saying that because I work on it! Le Weekend is a music festival that aims to challenge musical boundaries and was effectively…
Whisper sweet nothings No matter how hardened the heart, there are few that won’t be melted by some tender Scottish poetry. At the Scottish Poetry Library, you can while away a few hours, reading to one another. Perhaps some Carol Ann Duffy could set…
It’s pretty far from being the most glamorous viewpoint from which to see Glasgow, but for anyone who wishes to view the city in all its bare-bones and often raw glory, Paddy’s Market is worth taking a walk on the wild side for. Set on Shipbank Lane…
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