Behind-the-scenes at the Balmoral Hotel in new TV show

Edinburgh’s Balmoral is set to appear in a new Channel 5 documentary series, featuring never-before-seen access to one of the most iconic hotels in the world, as staff deliver 24/7 luxury. The four-part series, which premiers on Friday, 21 May, at 7pm, follows the team at The Balmoral throughout 2020 as they navigate through the…

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Ardnamurchan Distillery launches new membership club

Ardnamurchan Distillery have announced the launch of a brand-new membership club for intrepid whisky enthusiasts, The AD/venturers. To celebrate the unveiling of the club, the sales and marketing team will be undertaking a 180 mile walk from their bottling warehouse in Fife to the Ardnamurchan Distillery in the Western Highlands. Departing on May 25, the…

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Bowhouse Market is ready to run this weekend

From Paisley to Perthshire, the Lothians to Dundee, this month’s Bowhouse Market Weekend offers the widest range of food and drink stalls so far this year as producers from across Scotland come together to celebrate spring. Taking place on his will be the first Market Weekend of the year that will be open to visitors…

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Singleton’s 54-Year-Old 1966 vintage single malt Scotch whisky

Diageo has announced the second and final bottling in The Singleton’s Paragon of Time Collection, a 54-Year-Old 1966 vintage single malt Scotch whisky. This is the oldest single malt release from The Singleton of Dufftown and Diageo to date: an exploration of time in pursuit of true richness. This highly limited release from the Dufftown…

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Johnnie Walker’s new ‘Highland Home’ at Clynelish Distillery

Johnnie Walker has opened the doors to its stunning new Highland Home visitor experience at Clynelish Distillery in the latest step towards the recovery of Scottish tourism. Located in the Sutherland town of Brora on the famous NC500 scenic route, the transformed distillery adds a new high-quality attraction to the Highlands, as Scotland’s tourism sector…

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Get your Glad Rags on for a host of new events

Glad Rags & Cartridge Bags, Scotland’s leading ladies’ clay shooting events, are going from strength to strength and expanding. Despite all the challenges of Covid-19 and the ever-changing guidelines and restrictions to be followed, Glad Rags & Cartridge Bags has come out the other side, as new enquiries are coming in continually, events are selling…

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Four of the rainiest UK cities revealed to be in Scotland

Glasgow has been named as the rainiest city in the UK in a new study. Online estate agents Emoov have used National Trust, BBC and Climate Central data to reveal some of the rainiest cities in the UK, calculating average yearly rainfall in inches – with Glasgow taking the top spot with a whopping 49…

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Making it happen for creative graduates at the Conservatoire

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Making It Happen programme is supporting and celebrating its graduates’ creativity and career goals. A film exploring mental health in working-class male communities, a music podcast of folk songs centred on Glasgow’s iconic River Clyde, a mother and daughter performance piece, and a documentary that examines youth culture in rural…

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The GlenAllachie launches its new wine cask series

The GlenAllachie has revealed the inaugural bottlings released within its new wine cask series. Headed up by award-winning master distiller Billy Walker, he carefully selected premium barriques formerly used to age fine wines across France, Italy, and Spain to create three expressions to kick off the limited edition range: an 11-year-old Grattamacco Cask Finish (UK…

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Celebrate the country’s natural diversity at Marine Fest

One of the UK’s leading conservation and education charities, the Scottish Seabird Centre, will host its first ever Marine Fest. Running from 31 May to 13 June, it aims to raise awareness of the diversity of Scotland’s marine environment and wildlife and the pressures facing them. The Marine Fest programme was officially launched as Scotland’s…

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