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Scotland Magazine section Scottish ShoppingSend and deliverThanks to mail order, Scotland is never very far away. Kate Patrick stamps approval on some of the players The essence of Scotland is only a click away, although it’s fair to say that if you picked up the phone you would enjoy the banter that comes with ordering almost anything by mail from a specialist Scottish company. Part of the fun of bringing snatches of Scotland to your far-off kitchen, living ro... By Kate Patrick from Issue 29 published on 25/10/2006 Read all about itScotland has some fantastic secondhand and antiquarian bookshop. Hannah Adcock browses through some of her favourites If there is one word to sum up the secondhand book buying business – and this is asking a lot – it is serendipity. So often you go in to a secondhand bookshop with a title in mind before leaving with something unexpected and far superior. The internet and chain stores can offer a certain kind of bo... By Hannah Adcock from Issue 27 published on 09/06/2006 Name the dateTullibardine distillery’s new shop, 1488, is named after a key historical date. But with heads set in the future, it’s part of Scotland’s newest shopping experience. Kate Patrick reports The first distillery to be built in the 20th century was the work of the engineer William Delme Evans, who sited his new baby where a brewery had been, on the other side of Auchterarder from Tullibardine Moor, just on the cusp of the Highlands. The story goes that an illicit still had once operated... By Kate Patrick from Issue 19 published on 20/3/2005 Food glorious foodIt’s a cut above the weekly supermarket run. Shopping for food in Scotland is all about seeking out the best delicatessens, bakers, butchers, cheesemongers and ice cream shops. Kate Patrick takes stock (lots of it) A British national newspaper once made the mistake of comparing Valvona & Crolla, Edinburgh’s Italian delicatessen and a destination in its own right, with ‘the best of anything in London’. It missed the point entirely: V&C bears favourable comparison with the best of anything in Italy, which is its... By Kate Patrick from Issue 17 published on 29/11/2004 The good, the true and the beautifulCraft and gift shops selling quirky, one-off or uniquely Scottish products are found all over Scotland. Kate Patrick provides a short-cut to some of the best What is it about quaint Victorian girls’ names that makes them so well-suited for shops that sell interesting, quirky or one-off pieces: the perfect rose-quartz necklace, or a sequined wrap, or a greetings card which is nothing short of a work of art? In Edinburgh, Doris & Mary and Gertrude & Lily ... By Kate Patrick from Issue 15 published on 18/7/2004 The rail thingScotland's disused Victorian railways have reinvented themselves as venues for shopping, eating, sleeping and guarding our cultural heritage. Kate Patrick knows her station. There are railway stations with bland ticket machines, draughty, grey platforms and empty cardboard coffee cups - they're the ones still in working order. Then there are those which are restored, attractive buildings, decorated with hanging baskets of flowers, and which have atmospheric tearooms and... By Kate Patrick from Issue 14 published on 2/5/2004 Cashmere if you canWith Scottish knitwear now appearing on the international designer catwalks as high-fashion in its own right, Kate Patrick talks us through some of the best places for pullovers in Scotland Thanks to a phenomenal renaissance in the popularity of Scottish cashmere and other high-quality knitwear, the wool-hungry shopper no longer actually needs to go to Scotland to buy it. With top Scottish designers producing collections alongside their own – Belinda Robertson for Michael Kors, Hillar... By Kate Patrick from Issue 13 published on 25/3/2004 Add a sparkle to your lifeScotland is famed for its exquisite jewellery. Kate Patrick picks out some gems Face it, girls, there’s nothing like the thrill of a new diamond – except, possibly, when it’s set in platinum in a ring, ear-ring or pendant. Fifth Avenue, Bond Street, Place Vendome and Via Montenapoleone have a lot to answer for, although it’s not as if we can escape the seductive lure of precio... By Kate Patrick from Issue 12 published on 19/1/2004 KiltmakersThe kilt is becoming ever more popular. Kate Patrick picks out the best shops to buy one from Some years ago the designer Vivienne Westwood launched a ‘Highland Warrior’ tartan collection for men. The idea was to photograph the pieces on real Scotsmen. One was low-slung, to reveal the navel; a matching, full-length, slightly fluffy cape was flung around the shoulders, and at the neck and cu... By Kate Patrick from Issue 11 published on 17/11/2003 Simply irresistibleSCOTLAND IS BLESSED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF ‘MUST-VISIT’ SHOPS. KATE PATRICK PICKS SOME OUTLETS THAT ARE WORTH A JOURNEY IN THEIR OWN RIGHT A famous novelist of my acquaintance once went to Edinburgh to search for examples of his particular passion in life: antique machine tools. He found exactly what he wanted; but it took several hours of negotiation with the vendor, who couldn’t bear to part with a particularly fine antique plane, ev... By Kate Patrick from Issue 9 published on 20/7/2003 Social climbersKate Patrick reports on the success of pedlars mail order clothing: a smart combination of evolution and integrity Scene one: catalogue purveying lifestyle products plops through letterbox, the third to arrive this week. Occupants of house skim through atmospherically-styled shots of pale suede fringed cushions and hemlock-fragranced homeopathic roomspray, and wonder quite how these totems are going to fit in wi... By Kate Patrick from Issue 4 published on 9/9/2002 Highlands and lowlifesThe widespread eviction of tenant crofters in the Scottish highlands in the late 18th and 19th centuries transformed the landscape. James Irvine Robertson examines the consequences From the peak of Ben Bragghie in the far north of Scotland, a mighty 100-foot statue stares majestically out across the North Sea. Largely paid for by his sorrowing tenants, it is a memorial raised in 1834 to the first Duke of Sutherland. He invested huge sums of money from one of the greatest fortu... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 3 published on 5/7/2002 Jenners of Edinburgh winds of changeThe oldest independent department store in the world says it's been contemporary since 1838. Kate Patrick went to Jenners to find out how Apersonal recollection, to begin. I spent much of the 1980s working at Vogue magazine, during the era when models became supermodels, labels were designer labels and you didn’t just dress: you power-dressed, preferably complete with Cutler & Gross sunglasses. Stores and specialist retailers in the f... By Kate Patrick from Issue 3 published on 5/7/2002 Inch by InchTradition plays a key part in one of Edinburgh's finest jewellers, but it hasn't stopped Hamilton and Inches moving from strenth to strength. Kate Patrick goes shopping In the year Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, Degas first painted ballet scenes and the Civil Rights Act was passed by US Congress, James Hamilton and his nephew Robert Kirk Inches formed a partnership in Edinburgh to create and sell jewellery and fine silver. It was 1866, and Victorian Edinburgh pros... By Kate Patrick from Issue 1 published on 5/3/2002 |  | ||||||||||||
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