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When sounds of the sixties meet the nineties

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Imagine if The Beach Boys sounded like a Scottish indie band from the 90s. This is Be Like Pablo. The band make hook-laden pop tunes...

A stunning conversion to be found in Fife

Homes & Gardens | Property

A Georgian house meets the contemporary in Ferrymuir Stables, a superb stables and coachhouse property conversion. Presented to the market by Savills, Ferrymuir Stables can be...

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Dame Judi Dench to headline Boswell Book Festival

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Dame Judi Dench will headline Scotland's biography and memoir festival. Running at Dumfries House, in East Ayrshire, the eighth Boswell Book Festival will host a...

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Hamilton and Inches pays tribute to its proud past

Culture | Fashion | Scotland

A new era of watchmaking has chimed for Scotland’s luxury jewellery house Hamilton & Inches. The firm is releasing a new classic wristwatch the Eighty...

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Bid to build a broch in the north of Scotland

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Scottish tourism has so many bold and varied tourist attractions. Some are based in brand new buildings, capitalising on modern technology, while others are steeped...

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Scottish Opera prepares for a Russian first

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The first ever performance of Rachmaninov on the Scottish Opera stage, and the Scottish premiere of Francesca da Rimini, are taking place soon. The 2017/18...

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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

Cask and Still | Whisky

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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky

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...

Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Spirits | Whisky

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,...

Scottish star Ewan McGregor to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his personal cask at Lochranza Distillery

Cask and Still | Whisky | Whisky News

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...

The Macallan releases rare 84 Year Old dram – its oldest ever whisky

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | 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...

Charity founded by whisky writer Charlie Maclean helps bring clean water to nearly 2,000 after first year

News | Whisky

A fledgling Scottish charity founded by iconic whisky writer Charlie Maclean has provided clean water for life to 1,847 Madagascans after just a year. The...