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Orkney and Cairngorms to host outdoor art

ORKNEY and the Cairngorms have been selected to host "Green Space Dark Skies", a series of massive outdoor artworks. Volunteers - including paddleboarders and kayakers...

Rare Coralroot Orchid found in Wester Ross

A RARE Coralroot Orchid has been found in Wester Ross for the first time in 250 years. The orchid was spotted earlier this month on...
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Cockburns of Leith opens first bottle shop in 226 years

COCKBURNS OF LEITH, Scotland's oldest wine merchant, has opened its first shop in the company's 226-year history. The store - which sits on Frederick Street...
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The Week in Pictures: Fleurs de Villes, Graffiti, and more

Which images have caught the eye of Scottish Field’s team this week? Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted flick through photos of Fleurs de Villes, fraffiti...

Glastonbury: Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie joins climate fight

SCOTTISH actress Rose Leslie has today joined WaterAid's climate fight at the Glastonbury music festival. The Game of Thrones star was joined by her husband,...
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Gordonstoun pupils wins national photo contest

A PHOTOGRAPH of a red deer stag has won Gordonstoun pupil Olivia Barnett first prize in a national competition. Her photograph had already won the...

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...
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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...