Alan Bannerman with his team at the Red House Hotel As the Scottish hospitality sector begins its recovery, a family which describes itself as having “hospitality in its DNA”, has revealed how it coped with lockdown, and how it’s fighting back. The Bannerman family own and run three separate businesses in Blairgowrie and Coupar Angus, […]
Life, Arts & Leisure
Festival goes live with 170+ performances
Nicola Benedetti is in residence It may not be the Edinburgh Festival as we know it, but the show will go on, writes JULENA DRUMI Edinburgh International Festival has announced a return of live performances with a diverse programme of UK and international artists. The Festival’s ambition is to pave the way for other organisations to rebuild their own live performance programmes and to re-establish Edinburgh as a global centre […]
Desperate for a holiday… really? Why we need to control travel
AS I SEE IT: Sunseekers who can’t wait to get away could be storing up trouble, says TERRY MURDEN Shocking, truly shocking. I’m not referring to the behaviour of Rangers fans, nor the alleged behaviour of the Premiership winning team. It’s holidaymakers. After a year of pledging to change the way we live, to seek […]
Material progress in war on fashion waste
Ross Powell: ‘it opened my eyes to the damage being done by the fashion industry’ Interview: Ross Powell, CEO, Cashmere Circle As a teenager Ross Powell thought he’d found the ideal job once he’d completed his studies – greenkeeping at a local golf course just as he was developing a talent for playing the game. For […]
The hidden cost of home schooling
WILLIAM WILKIE says that in an age of screen teaching all parents must focus more on their children’s eyesight After a year of home schooling there are legitimate questions to be asked about the potential effect of an unprecedented increase in screen time on children’s eye health, particularly younger children in their formative years. While […]