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Scottish Youth Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture
THE Scottish Youth Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture has been presented to Steph McKenna from Lochaber. McKenna divides her time between local charity Lochaber...
Edinburgh Science Festival launches line-up
THE line-up for the Edinburgh Science Festival has been announced. Thirty-one venues will host events on 1-16 April. "Edinburgh Science Festival continues its commitment to...
Walter Scott Prize longlist unveiled
THE longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been published Twelve novels are in the running for the £25,000 prize, which celebrates...
The story behind the Doddie Weir Cup
SCOTLAND beat Wales on Saturday to win rugby's Doddie Weir Cup. Ahead of the Six Nations match, the silversmiths from Hamilton & Inches in Edinburgh...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
