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Flower power will show that spring is finally on its way
The Stirlingshire Snowdrop Festival festival returns this winter in a collective display of the Spring-bringing flowers. The three sites for this year’s festival will be...
Tuned in for new appointments at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has made two major appointments. The orchestra has appointed Paul Philbert as its new principal timpani and Luis Eisen as...
Book review: A Shetland Childhood
Growing up in the 1950s seems a long time ago - and growing up in 1950s Shetland was another world entirely. Catherine Emslie presents a...
Scotland gets ready for a week of celebrating Robert Burns
Robert Burns Night is not far away, and a host of events are taking place over the coming week to mark the occasion. Celebrated annually...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
