The tiny village of Carnock in Fife is the unlikely home of a new vegetarian cafe. Sharon Sutherland, a vegetarian for the past 30 years, and her partner, Steven Smith opened Tilly’s Organic Coffee House and vegetarian cafe on 6 September 2014. Luckily for them, their son Robbie Sutherland (pictured above) is the chef and has worked at Pillars of Hercules in Falkland as well as The Adamson and Rocca
This Saturday 11 October sees the Bothy Fest Exhibition begin with a preview at Kirkcaldy Galleries from 2-3.30pm. Dunfermline artist Alan Grieve has been collecting stories, stories that would usually be left locked in a person’s mind, or if told, the turns of phrase, often forgotten. Under his custodianship, these stories are woven with additional facts and fiction to take on new significance. Bothies are shelters to be found in the
Leslie & Rosie was started by Dunfermline based Lesley Ratomska in 2012. She says: ‘I wanted to create a range of gift items that evoked memories of Scotland’s heritage and history with a contemporary twist.’ Range includes mugs, teatowels, cards and cushions. www.leslieandrosie.co.uk
Dunfermline Live, back on Saturday 18 October to rock Scotland’s ancient capital, has its best line-up yet. Festival favourites such as headliners Embrace, King Creosote, Eugene McGuinness, Hector Bizerk, Dexters and AMWF will perform alongside emerging talent such as The Merrylees, Vigo Thieves, Scary People, Neon Waltz, Modern Faces and The Moon Kids. This year the event presents a packed one day schedule of quality acts playing at six venues all
Celebrated and award winning illustrator, Jill Calder is also a calligrapher, painter and occasional lecturer with a love of drawing, narrative, colour, ink, typography, deadlines and sketchbooks. Based in Cellardyke, she works for clients in every time zone. Jill’s first picture book, “Robert the Bruce, King of Scots” written by James Robertson and published by Birlinn Books, came out in May 2014. Since 2010 she has also been a visiting Artist
Great track filmed in the band’s childhood home of Ballingry, Fife. They say: ‘Born in July 2013, The Mona Lisa’s have gone from strength to strength with their infectious Indie rock. While adapting a range of influences such as The Strokes, The Hives and Kings of Leon amongst others, they bring something that little bit different to the live music scene. They released their debut single in May to a
Inspired by similar night markets from around the world two local girls Jamie Craig-Gentles and Liana Nickel started the Night Market in 2014 at Balgove Larder near St Andrews. Wednesday 24 September was the last of the summer markets but we’ll keep you posted as soon as the next one is in the diary. Stalls include Dunfermline chocolatier, Gill and Stan Lyth of Hello Chocolate.
On Friday 19 September 2014 Dundee joined the 162 cities around the world taking part in Global PARKing Day. The idea started in San Francisco in 2005 when Rebar Studio decided to transform car parking spaces for a day. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) led the way when 77 of its Interior Environmental Design students collaborated on six installations in car parking spaces around the university
The ever popular Fife Coastal Path has a number of great pit stops along the way. In March 2013 another cafe joined the route when Lis McTaggart gave up language teaching at Woodmill High School and opened McTaggart’s in Aberdour. Taking her inspiration from Delivino in Crieff, Perthshire, Lis commissioned Burns Design, who also design Tom Kitchin’s places, to create the interior. The menu includes salads, breakfast, panninis as well
Perhaps not a fashion collaboration you would have predicted but Primark is selling Harris Tweed jackets and waistcoats. Waistcoats are £30 and jackets are £80. All products have the wonderful Harris Tweed label – surely one of the best brand identities and not a branding agency in sight. The Hebridean fabric has a history of bringing beauty to many products over the years – Vans (shoes), Urban Ears (headphones) and