New barn wedding venue, Crombie Point, near Dunfermline, Fife As anyone who has tried to organise a wedding will tell you; a whirlwind romance is a non-starter as far as venues are concerned. With venues booked ahead for one, two and even three years it was good news for Fife nuptials that Windmill Barn Events at Crombie Point, near Dunfermline opened their doors to weddings in summer 2016. The new
This 30 ft mural was created over two days in Wellwood Social Club, Dunfermline by local artist, Alan Grieve. Both the artist and the mural are now at The Tramway in Glasgow until Wednesday 12 October; ‘Colour This’ was created for the National Theatre of Scotland as part of ‘Home Away’, an NTS festival celebrating participatory theatre. After the success of a colouring-in wall at his Cemetery exhibition in his
Children will be the architects, landscape designers and clients for their own outdoor classroom in Dunfermline this spring. James Daw from Sam Foster Architects and Paul Morsley from Iglu Studio, landscape design will help the Primary 7 pupils from Commercial and St Margaret’s to build the classroom in the nearby woods which are used by both schools. At the launch at the end of September, James explained that, as the
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
Loneliness, poverty and the wellbeing of the very young are some of the most difficult challenges facing today’s society and it is through the prism of these three key themes that new Carnegie Dunfermline Trust Chairman David Walker has set out to tackle his two year stint in the Trust chair. ‘Im not trying to make a name for myself,’ he says, ‘just trying to find a way to make
Blueprint Dunfermline, a community-led celebration of architecture and the built environment in Dunfermline and West Fife, launches on Friday 2 September and will run until the middle of 2017. We are proud to say that Avocado Sweet is leading a consortium of local groups to deliver this unique initiative. It is the kind of programme that more usually a city would stage, often centred around the opening of a grand,
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