As the year draws to an end, celebrations are planned for New Year’s Eve. To mark the start of 2020 fireworks will be let off, and while this is a fun time for many, for dogs this can be a traumatising time. Continue reading Don’t let fireworks stop your dog having a Happy New Year
Projects to improve access to cinema across Scotland have been awarded more than £800,000.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop visited one of the 22 schemes to receive funding this year from the £1.6 million Cinema Equipment Fund through Screen Scotland. Continue reading £800,000 boost for community cinema projects
Dachshund duo Nova and Ottis proved to be the paw-fect pair of inseparable canines as they take part in a Christmas Day proposal photoshoot at DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre.
The loved-up pups were voted as the winning fur-ever friends from a competition on the hotel’s Facebook page. The four-legged fiancées will be part of a special ceremony at SKYbar in Edinburgh on Sunday 23rd February 2020 at its annual Wedding Showcase event.
Winning couple Nova and Ottis will be given the full wedding treatment and the hotel will help plan their furry-tail ending.
You can follow the journey of Nova and Ottis on social media with #skyBARKwedding.
For more details of SKYbar Wedding Showcase please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skybar-wedding-showcase-featuring-the-wedding-guru-and-skybarkwedding-tickets-86507366863
Let’s start from the basis that Underbelly’s events have been a disaster and should be shut down immediately (writes MIKE SMALL).
They soak up public money, refuse to be transparent about their profits, cause environmental damage to public parks, and shut down and blight open spaces held in the common good. Continue reading ‘Re-imagining’ Hogmanay in Edinburgh
As Edinburgh’s Hogmanay fast approaches, we just wanted to share a couple of updates with you. Continue reading Organisers all set for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
As 2019 draws to a close, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released details of some of the oddest requests, demands and enquiries it has received from Brits abroad this year and highlighted what it can and can’t help with when British people run into trouble abroad. Continue reading Can you give me 50 Cent’s phone number?
SCOTLAND’S dedicated body for business resilience is on the hunt for its next ethical hacker hero to help fight the ever-growing threat of cybercrime. Continue reading Hunt is on for Scotland’s next Hero Hacker
After the huge success of our festive screenings you can now enjoy another movie double header on Monday December 30th – we have something for everyone and screenings are completely free! Continue reading Another movie double bill at Stockbridge Library
– City centre café is on the hunt for 31 recipes for January –
AN EDINBURGH eatery is calling on proud home cooks to share their secret recipes for the perfect stovies – for them to be replicated by professional chefs and served to the public.
Café 1505 on Nicolson Street hopes to ignite the capital’s passion for the age-old comfort food by serving a new recipe each day in January, as part of its ‘Burns Month’ campaign.
At the end of the month, the café, which is operated by Surgeons Quarter, hopes to use customer feedback and sales figures to award the city’s ultimate recipe – crowning a member of the public as Edinburgh’s Stovies Queen or King.
The traditional potato-based stew typically contains leftover meat and onions, but recipes and ingredients vary widely across families and regions.
Scott Mitchell, Managing Director of Surgeons Quarter, said: “There are some fiercely proud cooks out there who have carefully-honed recipes passed down from generation to generation.
“Likewise, there are those who adapt the traditional formula by adding new, potentially controversial, ingredients and flavours.
“We’re urging the public to hand over their precious recipes for our catering team to prepare. Who knows, we might just settle the city’s ultimate stovies recipe once and for all.”
Café 1505 is owned by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSEd) and owes its name to the year of the historic institution’s inception.
It is operated by the college’s commercial arm, Surgeons Quarter, and all food is prepared on site by the same award-winning catering team that serve the thriving conference business and Ten Hill Place Hotel, Edinburgh’s largest independent hotel.
Alan Dickson, Executive Chef is looking forward to working with his team to do justice to the public’s recipes.
Alan said: “I’m really intrigued to find out what resonates, and whether the traditional or modern take on stovies is more popular with customers.
“One thing is for certain, my money is on a granny coming in first place – I’d be amazed if any of the younger generation can compete!”
Applicants are encouraged to hand their recipes to the Café 1505 team, send them a message on Facebook (Café 1505 @ Surgeons Quarter) or email them to:
cafe1505@surgeonsquarter.com
between now and the 31st of January.
The winning recipe will receive a 2 night bed and breakfast stay for two at Ten Hill Place Hotel.
Surgeons Quarter promotes, sells and manages all commercial activities held within the RCSEd campus. All profits support the charitable aims of the College which are education, assessment and advancement in surgical standards worldwide.
Ahead of 2020’s International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, The Duchess of Cambridge has written an open letter to midwives across the country: Continue reading Duchess of Cambridge pens open letter to midwives
