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Mountain experts urge public to ‘#ThinkWINTER’

MOUNTAIN safety campaigners have launched their "#ThinkWINTER" campaign urging the public to access the right information and advice before venturing into the hills. Now in...
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Firefighting with Scotland’s first female gamekeeping lecturer

Sophie Clark, Scotland's first female gamekeeping lecturer, shares the story of why she's also a retained firefighter. I GREW up in the small harbour village...

Munro unveils Scottish electric 4×4

AN ELECTRIC 4x4 off-road vehicle capable of running for 16 hours is being unveiled this evening. East Kilbride-based carmaker Munro has named its first vehicle...

Line-up revealed for Borders Art Fair

MORE than 70 artists, galleries, and makers have been lined-up for next year's Borders Art Fair. Exhibitors taking part in the event include Marchmont-based sculptors...

Bid to save Edinburgh Filmhouse

A CINEMA operator from Bathgate has unveiled a bid to save Edinburgh Filmhouse. Gregory Lynn, who now lives in Dunbar, has run the Prince Charles...

National Trust for Scotland podcast bags brace of prizes

THE National Trust for Scotland podcast has bagged a brace of awards. The Love Scotland podcast was named as the "brand extension of the year"...

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...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

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...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

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...
Chef Tom Kitchin. Credit Marc Miller

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...
Rosebank Distillery.

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...