Fishing in troubled waters

Fishing in troubled waters

by | Jul 8, 2020 | cuttings

I dive into Scotland’s ancient salmon net fishing industry and uncover the bubbling feud between the fishermen of the rivers and those of the coast On a cool spring day it can be a choppy journey for the Armadale Salmon crew, riding the waves of the Pentland Firth...
A growing work of art

A growing work of art

by | Feb 27, 2019 | cuttings, National Allotment Week

A group of Edinburgh allotmenteers are making quite an exhibition of themselves in their bid to grow their own in Scotland’s capital city When Lesley Stevenson takes a break from her work as painting conservator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art along...
How to grow and eat edible flowers

How to grow and eat edible flowers

by | Mar 30, 2017 | cuttings

I discover that my spring flower garden isn’t just good looking – but good eating too! When gardener Kathy Brown helped her mum decorate the annual Simnel cake as a child, it wasn’t hundreds-and-thousands or Easter eggs that were dotted among the marzipan balls – it...
Skinny Sips

Skinny Sips

by | Mar 16, 2017 | cuttings

First it was binge-Britain, then it was Dry January – now the London bar scene is welcoming the advent of ‘demure drinking’ with slim shots replacing stiff drinks No longer content with having our cake and eating it, now it seems we want to eat our cake and have a few...