Innovation in action event – come along!
Welcome to my July posting, no recipe this month, but an invitation to join me and some wonderful Fife people to celebrate IAD 2016 please read on and join me at Lindores Abbey on Friday 26th August e mail with any questionsct@christophertrotter.co.uk or just book now!
Thanks
Christopher
Douglas Dunn Christopher Trotter
Brian Johnstone Drew Mckenzie Smith
John Sampson Gareth Roberts
This August, in the last days of summer, a group of artists and businesses in Fife combine their skills and innovations in celebration of the Year of Innovation, Architecture & Design on the site of Fife’s newest distillery at Lindores Abbey.
Friar John Cor by order of the King, to make Aqua Vitae VIII bolls of malt.
Earliest written record of Scotch Whisky, 1494. https://www.lindoresabbey.com/
Douglas Dunn, winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and founder of St Andrews University creative writing courses, together with Brian Johnstone, a founder of the StAnza Poetry Festival and with his own acclaimed poetic voice, will perform their accessible and engaging poetry.
Among the finest of our poets – Melvyn Bragg
https://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/douglas-dunn
A Poetic master… a skilled builder – The Scotsman
https://brianjohnstonepoet.co.uk/
Music will be provided by multi-instrumentalist John Sampson, well known as both an actor and the collaborator of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. John’s performance will range across many styles but will include tunes from the period when the Lindores monks were distilling the original whisky.
A bewildering array of recorders, crumhorns, pipes and
whistles…leaves audiences entranced – Sevenoaks Literary
https://www.johnsampson.co.uk/
Drew Mckenzie Smith is building on the legacy of whisky distilling at Lindores by creating a unique whisky, and will share the story of design and innovation in the new building as well as some of the Abbey’s history. He is joined by Gareth Roberts from Organic Architects in Hellensburgh, specialists in ecologically aware community buildings, who will discuss the design of the new distillery
Fife Food Ambassador Christopher Trotter will talk on the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016 and how it is being recognised in Fife. He will also provide a local food experience to bring all the evening’s themes together.
This unique collaboration is not to be missed by those interested in any aspect of the arts. Hosted by Drew & Helen Mckenzie Smith, the celebration will be held in the grounds of the ancient abbey but with provision for wet weather
The ticket price for the evening will include:
welcome drinks & nibbles
readings from two leading poets
eclectic musical performance
Local food & wine
short talk on the new distillery
short talk on the architectural design
Friday, 26 August 2016 from 19:00 to 22:00 Tickets: £25 all inclusive
Lindores Abbey Distillery, Abbey Road, Newburgh, Fife KY14 6HH
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