Ellie Forbes

2 weeks ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

The eighteenth century splendour of Dalkeith Palace will play host to an exhibition by Paul Martin this June. The exhibition will feature the final works of this remarkable artist, seen for the first time, alongside a retrospective of 50 years of painting and printmaking. Paul Martin began his studies in the late 1960s at Birmingham School of Art, a college dominated by Abstract Expressionism, before moving to the Royal Academy whose more traditional methods focused largely on life drawing.

2 weeks ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

One of Glasgow’s chicest restaurants, Maison by Glaschu is kicking off summer with a week-long ice cream cart pop-up and a Bastille Day bottomless steak frites special. Situated on its Gallic-style terrace in Princes Square, Maison by Glaschu will be serving up scoops of handmade ice cream with inventive flavours from 14-21 June, between 12–4pm. As a treat for shoppers and Glasgow sunseekers, the first 20 cones each day will be free.

2 weeks ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

Damien Warren-Smith, aka Garry Starr, on his Scottish roots, his alter ego and the Monty Python sketch he wished he’d created. I was born in Inverness but sadly left Scotland when I was less than a year old. My Dad worked for BBC Radio Scotland, but my Mum was from the northern beaches of Sydney and was adamant that she couldn’t raise two boys when it’s this dark in the winter. So we moved to the Australian bush and I grew up in a regional town called Cooma.

3 weeks ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

Charlie Aitken grew up listening to stories from his grandparents about their time living near the island of Rum Cay in the Bahamas, during the 1970s. The Aitken family, including Charlie’s father, spent much of their life living and working there, and it gave them a fresh perspective on life. When they eventually returned to Scotland, they brought the island’s way of life with them, even naming their family home in Glasgow, Rum Cay, inspired by Bahamian architecture.

3 weeks ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

An Aberdeenshire home inspired by Californian mid-century architecture has been crowned winner of Scotland’s Home of the Year. Hilltop House near Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire – a bright, contemporary home built on the natural footprint of the surrounding farm steading – scooped the top prize. It is home to Jessica Zanoni and husband Chris Labrooy, who live there with son Chase, 18, and dogs Enzo and Dino.