ROSIE HEALEY is an understated yet influential presence in Glasgow hospitality. After training in London with Yotam Ottolenghi, she opened Alchemilla with business partner Fergus McVicar in 2016, introducing a dazzling yet uncomplicated small plate menu.
Scotland is renowned all over the world for its whisky but there are fine drinking and dining establishments across the nation that offer so much more, as Jay Thundercliffe, Ailsa Sheldon and Paul Trainer reveal on their tasting tour.
The Riverside Festival sees electronic music pioneer Carl Cox renew his relationship with a Scottish crowd. The musical affection between superstar DJ and a Glasgow audience stretches back over thirty years.
A new exhibition of Jack Vettriano paintings at Kirkcaldy Galleries takes the artist back to where it all started. He was born in Fife in 1951, growing up in Methil and Leven.
Jack Vettriano has enjoyed worldwide fame for his iconic paintings. Now a new exhibition will bring his early work home to Kirkcaldy in Fife where he grew up
Stevie McLaughlin walks between the planting beds in his own field of dreams wearing a chef jacket and wellies. This is a working visit to check on the rare and heritage vegetables, fruit, herbs, and edible flowers grown specifically for Scotland’s only two Michelin star kitchen.
Food and drink stories to from across Scotland, specially selected by Lorraine Wilson, Ailsa Sheldon and Paul Trainer. Find your local inspiration. Compiled for the May issue of Best of Scotland magazine.
The first thing to note when arriving at Moskito in the late afternoon is the high ceilings and abundance of natural light streaming into the room. Architecture has been kind, this is not what you might expect from a basement venue on Bath Street in Glasgow. A smart refurbishment, capitalising on the corner location and absence of overhanging buildings nearby, made for an open, airy and bright space.
Two-star Michelin chef Michel Roux Jr has introduced a new immersive dining experience to the Highlands, inspired by the culinary history of one of Scotland’s most exclusive country house hotels. The concept launched on 12 April at five-star Inverlochy Castle near Fort William
It’s time to change gear. The Land Rover Defender lurches along the rough track above Luss, a stretch of Loch Lomond studded with islands bobs about in the distance as I adjust the oversized steering wheel, avoiding anything that resembles a boulder or a trench in our path.
