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Loch Ness Centre to get £1.5 million upgrade

THE The Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition at Drumnadrochit is undergoing a £1.5 million investment. Ronnie Bremner and designer Tony Hamsworth opened the centre and...

Fort William Mountain Festival unveils line-up

ORGANISERS have revealed the programme for next month's Fort William Mountain Festival. The festival - which runs on 16-19 February - includes guided activities, films,...

Scottish Ballet heads to London with Coppélia

SCOTTISH Ballet is preparing to take Edinburgh International Festival hit Coppélia to Sadler's Wells in London, as well as touring A Streetcar Named Desire throughout...

Simon Howie searches for more ‘R Burns’

BUTCHER Simon Howie has launched a quest to find more "R Burns" - or get people to change their names on social media. The Perthshire...

Voting deadline approaches for Eat Game Awards

FANS have until 10 January to cast their votes in the Eat Game Awards. Run by the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC), the...

One for Capricorns at The Alchemist in Glasgow

BAR chain The Alchemist has opened its first outlet in Glasgow and is offering a free cocktail this month to people born under the zodiac...

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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...
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...