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Apartment on one of Edinburgh’s most iconic streets up for sale

A Georgian apartment on one of the most iconic streets in Edinburgh’s old town has gone on the market for nearly £1million. The historic three...

Scotland’s Rural College create award in memory of journalist Fordyce Maxwell

A new award has been created by Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) in memory of  journalist Fordyce Maxwell. The Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications has...

Delight after two osprey chicks hatch at wildlife reserve

A pair of ospreys have hatched two chicks during their breeding season at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire....
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Alistair Moffat on why book festivals still matter in the modern world

As the Borders Book Festival gets ready to return next month for its 20th edition, founder and director Alistair Moffat tells Scottish Field why it...
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Take a look at the top five bikepacking routes in Scotland

For round-the-world cyclist Markus Stitz bikepacking is the purest way to discover Scotland off the beaten track. An evolution of cycle touring, bikepacking sees riders...
FREE PICTURE:  Marchmont House Creative Spaces Launch, Scottish Borders, Mon 14/09/2020:
Marchmont Launches Skyboat Sculpture and £1 Million New Creative SpacesMarchmont - to invest in Scotland’s future as a centre for the arts and crafts.
Two new sculptures and a £1 million suite of workshops and studios intended to support traditional arts and crafts in Scotland have been unveiled at Marchmont House, near Duns in the Scottish Borders, And the team which has restored the magnificent 1750 Palladian mansion is determined that it will become a leading centre for artists and makers.
The heart of the Skyboat sculpture is Girl Hannah, an 11 metres long wooden former fishing boat positioned on the estate, which is now suspended on a wooden frame more than 4 metres in the air.  
Pictured with Skyboat is Hugo Burge, Marchmont’s director (foreground) and sculptor Charlie Poulsen (on boat).
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Marchmont House owner Hugo Burge dies aged 51

The owner of artists' retreat Marchmont House Hugo Burge has died aged 51. A statement issued by Marchmont House said Hugo died suddenly on Wednesday....

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
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...