After an absolutely frenetic week at the salt mines, I was delighted to have the prospect of an innovative dining experience at the end of it. A collaboration between police box favourite Barnacles & Bones and Ruaraidh Menzies’ Ror’s Kitchen, it promised four courses of seasonal treats in a mystery location. Ror had told us…

Regular attendees at the Edinburgh Farmers’ Market on Castle Terrace will be familiar with the outstanding work of Hammond Charcuterie. Having been in operation for two years, Rachel Hammond’s Borders-based business is now looking to take things to the next level with new, expanded premises from which to deliver butchery workshops and up production levels…