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Castle of Light trail in Edinburgh launches
what to see
Venture North day1: car-free NC500 to Dornoch
Discovering Caithness and Sutherland by public transport Join us on our journey as we visit Dornoch, Brora, Helmsdale and Wick in the far north of …
Burrell Collection Glasgow
Everything you need to know when visiting The Burrell Collection in Glasgow This article first appeared in Glasgow Foodie. Since opening in 1983, The Burrell …
Street Yoga Figures of Berlin
Street sign figures of Berlin If you have visited Berlin you may have spotted the little cork figures doing yoga on top of street signs, …
Travel To Do: Cat Island, Tashirojima, Japan
Cats are King on Tashirojima Island Tashirojima (田代島) is a small island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is a small island with a population of …
Fizz Friday with Prosecco DOC
Money off tickets for this fabulous feast of fizz Fizz Friday is back and this time in the real world at the main hall at …
X by Glenmorangie partner with Connect festival
X by Glenmorangie has announced a partnership with Connect which is taking place across The Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh between Friday 26th and Sunday 28th …
Raise the roof Perth Sculpture Trail
Celebrating the women of Perthshire The city of Perth is a favourite of mine. It’s a compact city with just enough of a balance of …
Theatre Review: Burn with Alan Cumming
“And still my motto is: I dare,” so says Alan Cumming as he dares to move Burns out of the biscuit tin with a modern …
Edinburgh Fringe Review – The Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz
Fancy five drinks alongside an entertaining and surprisingly educational pub quiz, with some slapstick, entendre and plenty of belly laughs? if the answer is yes …
Edinburgh Fringe Review – The Anorak
Men to the right, women to the left in this theatre as we sit to watch Finn McGee portray Marc Lepine, the killer of fourteen …
Edinburgh Fringe Review – Billy Boy
Our first show at the return of the Edinburgh Fringe was Billy Boy at Gilded Balloon Teviot. Billy Boy is a show by playwright Rosemary …
What to expect at the Johnnie Walker Experience Princes Street, Edinburgh
Inside the Johnnie Walker Experience, Edinburgh The Johnnie Walker Experience on Princes Street Edinburgh is now a fixture of the whisky tourism scene despite not …
Disgusting Food Museum Berlin
Search for the grossest food in the world Are you brave enough to visit what must be the smelliest and most repulsive museum we have …
Edinburgh Gin tours at The Real Mary King’s Close
What to expect on your Edinburgh Gin x The Real Mary King’s Close tour We joined a preview at The Real Mary King’s Close which has …
Edinburgh Gin Tasting Tours at The Real Mary Kings Close
Taste gin beneath the cobbled streets of Edinburgh The Real Mary King’s Close has teamed up with Edinburgh Gin to launch new ‘Stories and Wonders’ …
A Guide to visiting Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time
Everything you need to know for your first trip to Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Last year saw my very first visit to the Wimbledon …
Travel: Fichte Bunker, Berlin
We joined a tour from Berlin Unterwelten to a nineteenth century gasometer in the Kreuzberg district called Fichte Bunker. Having been used as a gasometer, …
Quirky : St Fillans Monster
The Crocodile and the frog The Crocodile and The Frog, no it’s not some fairy tale but a couple of painted rocks on the outskirts …
Botanic Gardens Railway Station
Lost railway station within Glasgow Botanic Gardens Underneath Glasgow Botanic Gardens lies a hidden station, a ghost of the past. Built-in 1896 by the Caledonian …
48 hours in Newcastle
How to spend 48 hours in Newcastle and Gateshead Discovering a city, or indeed cities (as Newcastle and Gateshead straddle opposite sides of the River …
IG Farben Haus, Frankfurt
Historic Building in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt is where you will find the old HQ of IG Farben, the giant German chemical conglomerate and what was …
Bockenheimer Warte Subway Station Entrance Frankfurt
Frankfurt subway station The Bockenheimer Warte subway station in Frankfurt was built in 1986 and designed by architect Zbigniew Peter Pininski. It seemingly has this, …
Travel: Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
The highest railway in Scotland Being history geeks, The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway is somewhere which has been on our to-do list for a while. (If …