“Our work in the arts has always been led by an interest in the possibilities and challenges of production alongside a collaborative working method with artists. For us, Saison International is a natural progression of this; enabling us to work closely and slowly with artists as well as to further our learning about production techniques and possibilities.
When it comes to catching those all-important ZZZ's and forty winks, the family-owned Wrought Iron and Brass Bed Company fly the flag for sustainable green handcrafted metal beds and British made mattresses.
When Wendy Killin and John McGonagle decided the time had come to give up apartment living, they did so in some style, swapping their flat in Glasgow’s west end for a grand two-storey sandstone villa on the city’s southside, replete with original Victorian features and mature gardens. Even the driveway had pillars.
Scottish cashmere is reputed to be among the very best you can get, but what makes it so special? After all, most of the world’s cashmere starts off from the same place – the fine, soft hair of goats tended by nomadic herdsmen in Mongolia.
A south-facing hillside on the shores of beautiful Loch Duich in Lochalsh would be many people’s dream plot. It certainly seemed so to outdoors-loving couple Peter and Neepa Atkinson when they were searching for a site on which to build a home.
The vintage stores, independent retailers and quirky businesses that are breathing life into the Merchants’ Quarter of Kirkcaldy High Street have a new neighbour: Phil+Sophy.
