Kara Burke is an illustrator from Portland, Oregon who brilliantly captures the personality of dogs and cats in these adorable cushions and mini stuffed ornaments. Off the peg designs start at around £20 from Kara’s Etsy shop and she is happy to accept custom orders based on a photograph of your pet. You can find out more here and can contact Kara at kara.l.burke [!at]gmail.com.
If you want to make like Clark Gable and Ava Gardner in Mogambo and hang out in a safari tent, look no further than Falkirk. Carr’s Hill Caravan site, which enjoys fine views of the Ochil Hills, has just introduced two luxury safari tents. The tents are located separately from the touring pitches and offer a unique retreat in the Stirlingshire countryside . Carr’s Hill is situated in a peaceful
The parterre garden at Abbot House, which enjoys a fantastic backdrop in the form of Dunfermline Abbey, is one of the loveliest places in Fife for an outdoor event. This Saturday 27 June it will be the location for a fundraising event to support Abbot House which has been struggling for funds of late. As well as the pretty garden setting, you can enjoy a barbecue, a selection of real
The famous Great Tapestry of Scotland which tells the history of Scotland in rich and vibrant handstitched colour, is in Fife until September. You can see the entire tapestry, consisting of 160 individual panels running 143 metres long, at the Kirkcaldy Galleries throughout the summer. One of the biggest community arts projects in the world, a thousand volunteers worked for more than 50,000 hours to complete the project using a range of embroidery skills and
We’re delighted to bring you this new short story by up-and-coming novelist Catherine Simpson. Catherine, from Penicuik, is a previous winner of the prestigious Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award and her hotly anticipated novel Truestory will be published by Sandstone Press later this year. *** The only time I ever cried with joy was when my parents bought a caravan. I was nine years old and thought we might go
Drift, which previews at Pettycur Bay Sand Dunes in Fife from 26-29 June, is an innovative piece of visual theatre inspired by the true story of Shetland crofter Betty Mouat, who in 1886, aged 61, was the only passenger on the coastal cutter Columbine bound for Lerwick. A storm washed the captain and crew overboard and Miss Mouat was presumed lost at sea. More than a week later the Columbine grounded in Norway. Miss Mouat
Adding to their reputation as the home of great live music in Dunfermline, PJ Molloys hosts its popular Street Food Festival this Saturday 13 June. Traders on the day will bring such delights as Asian seafood, Austrian dumplings (pictured above), wood fired pizzas, speciality burgers and more. Drink vendors will include two of Scotland’s most exciting craft breweries, Drygate and Brewdog, as well as a selection of UK wide craft beers.
The new single by hotly tipped Dunfermline band The Moonkids has been getting a lot of radio play…
Dunfermline’s Public Park is in many ways little changed from this Victorian image complete with bandstand. Thanks to some dedicated local activists, it still plays a key role in the life of the town with events and improvements happening throughout the year. This Saturday it plays host to the Fresh Air Festival, back for its third year and bigger and better than ever before. The festival is a fantastic free event
A few months ago we moved from Dunfermline to Culross. Writing this, the view is of the slate and pan-tiled roofs of the various NTS-owned houses as well as our tallest building – the towered Town House – where questionable justice was meted out on a regular basis to thieves and adulterers. And it feels appropriate that a public building is the one that sticks out, that overlooks our everyday