Robert Ormerod

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jillian Rayfield |Robert Ormerod

A new land-reform bill aims to unwind a long history of inequality. But centuries of feudalism are difficult to shake. The Loch Tay area of the Scottish Highlands has long attracted visitors in search of stunning scenery, outdoor adventure and a glimpse of Taymouth Castle, a lavish neo-Gothic estate that sits in the shadows of the green Grampian Mountains. Built in the early 1800s by the once-powerful Campbell clan, Taymouth Castle has had a bit of a bumpy road.

Aug 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Robert Ormerod

It's summer in Edinburgh and visitors from around the world have arrived for the 77th edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the chaotic, scrappy, sprawling arts event that opened Friday and runs through Aug. 26. This year, there are more than 3,600 shows on the program, by artists from 58 countries: theater, stand-up, circus and cabaret performances, as usual - but also film screenings, whiskey tastings and a life drawing class with dogs.

Nov 2, 2023 | departures.com | Sophie Mancini |Diana Markosian |Robert Ormerod |Tom Craig

Film and TV The Scottish actor reflects on his homeland, the pleasure of a good drink, and the endless appeal of New York City. I HAVE AN obsession with the color green. It’s a color of opposites. Green is life, growth, and health. It’s also sickness, greed, and envy. It’s good and bad at once.

Oct 27, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Robert Ormerod

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save The blue steel Botanic Gardens Footbridge over the River Kelvin, on the Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 11, 2023.

Sep 26, 2023 | departures.com | Siobhan Reid |Robert Ormerod

I’M IN THE middle-of-nowhere Wales. A disco ball glitters overhead and a handsome man wearing a dark, fitted suit approaches my table and offers me a glass of wine. He says something about “viscosity” and “stone fruit aromas,” but I’m too focused on what’s going on behind him to pay attention. Out of a roaring fire emerges a red lacquered Peking duck, glazed in mahogany shine and bubbling vigorously in its juices.