LATEST POSTS

Art competition winners (from left) Millie Dickinson, Jock Ferguson, Ann Watson, Roy McGowan, Mhairi Lafferty and Marjorie Rae.

Amateurs were picture perfect when they took top prizes in art competition

An amateur art competition aims to give talented Scottish painters the chance to get their break into the artworld. Following an unveiling in Lochgelly last...
The NYC Tartan Day Parade

Drumming up support for Tartan Day Parade in New York

New York is getting ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Tartan Day with the NYC Tartan Day Parade. Taking place on Saturday, 7...
Programme Name: Still Game S8 - TX: n/a - Episode: Still Game - Generics (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: (l/r) Boabby (GAVIN MITCHELL), Winston (PAUL RILEY), Victor (GREG HEMPHILL), Jack (FORD KIERNAN), Isa (JANE MCCARRY), Tam (MARK COX), Navid (SANJEEV KOHLI) - (C) BBC Studios - Photographer: Alan Peebles

Scottish comedy Still Game is back for its eighth run – and it’s bigger and better than ever

Hit Scottish comedy series Still Game is returning for another series next week. The BBC Scotland show has become a huge success across the whole...
Work on the Union Canal began 200 years ago next week

All set to celebrate 200 years of the Union Canal

The famous Union Canal linking Edinburgh with Falkirk and Glasgow is this year celebrating its 200th birthday. The first turf was cut in Edinburgh to...
shutterstock_693822274

See the sights of Scotland in just two days – on the one island

Athletes are being offered the chance to see some of the most glorious sights in Scotland on the new Ultra Tour of Arran. Rat Race...
Julia Spencer as Flora MacDonald

Iconic Scots given a makeover as part of celebration

Scottish icons have been given a major makeover, to celebrate the strength and depth of the country’s creative and textile sector. Creative Legends, the first...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Ardbeg Smokiverse_2 WEB

Ardbeg Smokiverse explores a new high gravity dimension

Islay-based Ardbeg Distillery has unveiled Ardbeg Smokiverse - its new limited-edition release to mark Ardbeg Day 2025, which takes place on Saturday 31st May as the...
Artist Gina Parr outside Glen Scotia Distillery

Glen Scotia reveals oldest ever whisky – a 50-year-old that’s the first edition in its new Elements series

Glen Scotia has unveiled a 50-year-old as the first edition in its new Elements of Campbeltown collection. The Elements of Campbeltown Collection takes inspiration from...
The Macallan The Tree of Life.

The Macallan unveils single malts inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – including rare 46 Year Old

The Macallan has launched two single malts inspired by Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including a 46 Year Old whisky. Inspired by Mackintosh’s 1902 stained-glass...
TSC--41

A Dram with Ben Curtis, The Single Cask: ‘Older doesn’t always mean better. It’s the cask that makes the whisky’

It has been a busy year for the team at The Single Cask as they opened up their new flagship bar in Singapore and expanded...
Whisky Bothy_Interior 1

Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route

Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route.  The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...
Taiwan bottles (2)

Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...

Author