Plays: "Balmoral", "Benefactors", "Wild Honey" Vol 2 (World Dramatists): "Balmoral", "Benefactors", "Wild Honey" v. 2 (Contemporary Dramatists)
The Milton (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week I spent a magical week on a work experience placement at the Isle of Eriska Hotel, Spa & Island - lucky me! The hotel is about 10 miles from Oban, but is on a private island accessed over a hundred year old bridge, you would never find it if you didn't know it was there. The owner, Beppo Buchanan-Smith and his family restored the hotel in the 1970's and it represents a real slice of luxurious...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The five star Gleneagles resort in Perthshire (above) and Rocco Forte's The Balmoral in Edinburgh are teaming up to offer an incredible "Taste of Scotland " package this season, providing guests with a true Scottish gourmet experience in two legendary, luxurious and multi award-winning locations. At the historic Balmoral in Edinburgh , travelers will be welcomed into a complimentary upgraded...
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Scotland's Balmoral Hotel Hotels getting gussied up for holiday time is hardly something new, nor is the deluge of "Super-Amazing-Can't-Miss-It" packages that accompany tinsel being hung. Trust us; we'll be hearing (and writing) about them ad infinitum. Finding metallic ornaments and maybe even a Christmas goose dinner is easy enough at any number of establishments, so today we're highlighting...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
RSA is Regional Selective Assistance which offers taxpayers' money to certain areas of Scotland which have been designated Assisted Areas. Like all business who met the criteria, Diageo applied in 1999 for a grant and received £1m towards the expansion of its Kilmarnock plant - which is now to close with the loss of 700 jobs. Then in November 2001 the then labour/libdem Scottish government awarded...
Mig's Journal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Gorgeous morning. Denny and I walk the length of the Long Walk which goes from Windsor Castle to the 'Copper Horse' with King George III sat proudly upon it, a total of three miles. We also walked all the way back. We were completely fagged out. The glorious views of the castle relieved the pain of our aching toes and knees. Came back to Clewer Fields and devoured a massive breakfast with John. Do...
The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Two of Scotland’s premier hotels– Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral in Edinburgh and Gleneagles in Perthshire– have teamed up this fall to offer guests a gourmet experience in two different (gorgeous) locations. Priced from £1200 for two people with two nights at each hotel, the Taste of Scotland package is available until December 22, 2009 and [...]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
SHE may be the biggest-selling female singer in Scotland, but Barbara Dickson hates the word "celebrity". She arrives at the Balmoral on the bus, after opting to stay
ABC News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
As biography hits the U.S., "GMA" visits the Queen Mother's native Scotland.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
• On "Good Morning America," ABC News' Kate Snow will be the first American journalist to report from inside Balmoral Castle of Scotland, which is the summer home of the Queen of England. "GMA" will air the live report tomorrow. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
The Queen set aside an afternoon of her family holiday in Scotland to host an informal, private lunch for the Victorian Premier, John Brumby, and his wife, Rosemary McKenzie, in the grounds of Balmoral Castle.
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
The Queen set aside an afternoon of her family holiday in Scotland yesterday to host an informal, private lunch for the Victorian Premier, John Brumby and his wife, Rosemary McKenzie in the grounds of Balmoral Castle.
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
The Queen set aside an afternoon of her family holiday in Scotland yesterday to host an informal, private lunch for the Victorian Premier, John Brumby and his wife, Rosemary McKenzie in the grounds of Balmoral Castle.
Stuff Queer People Need To Know (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
MedIndia.net is reporting that the Scotland police are searching for a more diverse workforce, explicitly requesting that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people apply to guard the Queen at Windsor Castle and Balmoral. Scotland Yard wrote in a notice for the open positions, “Applications are particularly welcomed from women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and black and minority [...]...
Cottages Scotland (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
Large, detached, self-catering Holiday Lodge, sleeps six, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Dating back to the 19th century, this detached Victorian Lodge, Turner Hall House , offers spacious, family holiday accommodation. From the garden there is also access to woods behind the house for walks. Fishing, shooting, golf, gliding, skiing and horse riding all available locally, whilst Ballater itself...
Cottages Scotland (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Large, self-catering, country Holiday Cottage, sleeps eight, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Knock is a spacious and very well-equipped traditional stone house, sitting in a woodland area on Mar Estate at Inverey. Offering Magnificent views across the Upper Dee Valley to Ben Macdui, the heart of the Cairngorm National Park, here you will find mountain activities which have made this part of the...
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