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Festival of Light

SPECTRA: Connecting you to the Granite city through light

Scotland’s Festival of Light returns to Aberdeen for its 10th year and the line up is as bright and colourful as ever, finds Grant Dickie. ...
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Review: Jesus Christ Superstar

Many a musical has attempted to belt its way to immortality. Still, few have come as close to achieving it as Jesus Christ Superstar, the...
Graham McTavish in National Galleries of Scotland Perspective Series film

Watch: Outland star Graham McTavish releases short film with the National Galleries of Scotland

Outland star Graham McTavish has released a new short film with the National Galleries of Scotland. The Scottish actor dives into the dramatic seascape that...
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How Scotland saved the 1994 rugby World Cup

It was 90 days that changed the history of women's rugby and saved the sport for generations to come. But now the story of how Scotland...
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Cairngorms: The UK’s biggest national park receivses £10m windfall to reach net zero

The UK's biggest national park has received a £10.7million windfall to help it become net zero, with hopes of also prescribing nature on the NHS....
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Calum McIlroy: Winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician

He learned about traditional music in his school ceilidh band, but now singer and mandolin player Calum McIlroy has been named Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician....

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
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Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...
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Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
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Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
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Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...