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There will be plenty of whisky experiences for visitors to enjoy.

Record breaking ticket sales for Whisky Festival

Culture | Scotland
The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival has got off to a world-class start, breaking its own records. A surge in demand for tickets for the...

One pot has the lot for delicious recipes

Books
This book, One-Pot Cuisine, by Le Creuset contains 100 recipes for slow-cooked meaty casseroles, tagines and other simple one-pot dishes as well as divine desserts. They...
Newton of Condie before the fire

Scottish clan is like a phoenix from the flames

Culture
Over the centuries Clan Oliphant, as much as any Scottish clan, has seen its fortunes rise and fall against the backdrop of turbulent historical events....
Sculptor and forensic artist Christian Cardell Corbet

How the true face of Robert the Bruce was discovered

Culture
Scotland’s most legendary and romanticised king, Robert the Bruce, has become a symbol of national pride for many Scots around the world. Immortalised in countless...
A restored section of the map

Out of the ashes came an incredibly rare artefact

Culture
At first glance it looked like a bundle of rags, scrunched up into a ball, encrusted with dirt and eaten by insects. It had been...
Abbotsford House, located in the Scottish Borders, was home to Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott’s lasting legacy for the whole nation

Culture | Scotland
No author has ever had as much influence and impact as Sir Walter Scott. With his narrative poems and his series of stories, latterly called...
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