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The Traitors: Inside Ardross Castle where The Traitors is filmed

Culture
The Traitors has been back on our screen and viewers are loving the show’s Gothic castle as much as its twists and turns. We take inside...
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Cancelled Robert Burns manuscript could have put his career at risk

Culture
A scholar has discovered an unseen manuscript from Robert Burns which he believes could have cost him his career had it been published because of...
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Watch: Edinburgh International Festival releases film following local dancers

Arts & Antiques | Culture
They stunned audiences with their precision performance at last year's Edinburgh International Festival. And now a short film has been released following three emerging Scottish...
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Rare Roman armour to go on display after experts complete ‘ancient jigsaw puzzle’

Culture
An incredibly rare piece of Roman armour from the second century has been reconstructed from dozens of fragments. The brass arm guard, held in the...
All pictures credit: Alan Richardson.

Oldest known Scottish tartan brought back to life for people to wear

Culture
It was discovered 40 years ago in a peat bog after being buried for centuries. And now the oldest-known piece of Scottish tartan ever found...
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Watch: Crown actors Dominic West and Jim Murray explore salmon fishing on the River Deveron

Outdoors | Wildlife & Conservation
Watch as The Crown actors Dominic West and Jim Murray discover what is being done to help wild Atlantic salmon numbers in the River Deveron....
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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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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’

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | 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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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...
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