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Scottish Nursery Rhymes and Street Songs

Any child brought up in Scotland will know, off by heart, some of our very favourite nursery rhymes. They were sung to us by our mums and grannies and are an lovely memory of...

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A Brief History of Mother’s Day

This year, Mother’s Day - or Mothering Sunday - takes place on Sunday, March 26th. The day always falls three weeks before Easter Sunday and it’s a tradition that brings...

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Hats off to Johanna Basford, OBE

Hey everyone,Today’s blog is all about the global phenomenon that is colouring-in for adults! I’d like to start off by celebrating fellow Scot and illustration queen, Johanna Basford. Not only...

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Need some Mum-spiration?

Feeling uninspired for gifts for your wee Mum this year? Here are some of my faves this Christmas...It can be hard to find smaller, stocking filler type gifts which won’t...

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Scottish Gifts We Love

I’ve been feeling smug this week because I’ve managed to bag a few Christmas pressies already. But today I remembered with a sudden sense of clarity that this is what...

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The Friendly Games have begun!

The 2014 Commonwealth Games are in full swing and Glasgow (and Scotland) is buzzing.For the last few months there has been frantic cleaning, polishing, building, demolishing and painting going on...

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Our Latest Celeb Fan - Emma Thompson!

Much excitement in the GK studio this morning after heard the news that the very beautiful and generally wonderful Emma Thompson is our latest celebrity fan! Apparently she took a...

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