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Hollywood producer inspires Highlands and islands

HOLLYWOOD producer Jason Lust will help students in the Highlands and islands access the film industry under a new scheme launched today. The "FutureCreative" programme...

James IV – Queen of the Fight opens in Glasgow

THE latest instalment in writer Rona Munro's James plays, James IV – Queen of the Fight, opens at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow tonight. The...

Finzean will host ‘Celebration of Game’ dinner

FINZEAN farm shop in Aberdeenshire will host a "Celebration of Game" dinner on 11 November as part of Great British Game Week. Sanjay Bhattacharya, head...
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Scotland’s ancient clans unite to ‘crown’ Buchanan chief

Clan Buchanan, one of Scotland’s most ancient clans, reunited for the inauguration of the first Buchanan Clan Chief for over 340 years.

 

The newly appointed true heir and chief of the Buchanan Clan, John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan, was heralded in by trumpet fanfare and accompanied by a procession of pipers, banner bearers and twelve fellow clan chiefs.

 

The Chief was ‘crowned’ in traditional fashion with the ‘Balmoral Bonnet’ hat and presented with painstakingly recreated ‘clan jewels’.

First Buchanan clan chief appointed in 341 years

THE Buchanan clan has a chief again for the first time since 1681. John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan was appointed to the role on Saturday at...

Take flight with November’s issue of Scottish Field…

THE November issue of Scottish Field magazine is on sale now, both in shops and online. In the first issue of the magazine published since...
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Whisky news round-up: Leith, Royal Mile, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes another light-hearted look at the latest whisky news. FANCY helping to invent new whiskies? Then Port of Leith has the answer. The...

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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...
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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...