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Book review: The Battle of Killiecrankie 1689

While the Battle of Culloden is quite clearly ingrained in many minds, one of the first great battles in the quest for Scottish independence is...

Can you cut it and be a cake baking champ?

Cake Fest Perth and Kinross is back for a second 'slice of the action' in 2018 as part of the annual Winter Festival celebrations. After...

A new take on the new make from Scots distillery

A new Scots spirit that's neither a whisky or a gin has been launched. The Ncn'ean  has created a new take on a new make,...
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A century of serving Scotland is marked

A leading high street retailer is marking the centenary anniversary of serving its first Scottish customers this month. Marks & Spencer began trading as a...

New book marks a lost era in small Scottish town

A new book on a small town in the south of Scotland takes readers back into an almost forgotten era where people were far closer...

Celebrate the wonderful artisan foods of Scotland

Scotland is known throughout the world for its delicious food - and so much of it is a craft in its own right. That's why...

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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his personal cask at Lochranza Distillery

Scottish star Ewan McGregor is set to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery for charity. The rare 26...
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The Macallan releases rare 84 Year Old dram – its oldest ever whisky

The Macallan has released a rare 84 Year Old dram - the oldest whisky to come from the distillery. The whisky, from 1940, forms part...

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