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Hollywood stars’ favourite tea comes to Glasgow

A TASTE of Hollywood has come to Glasgow as Oprah Winfrey’s favourite tea is being served at The Dhabba and Dakhin Indian restaurants. Previously only...

Jason Donovan rekindles Edinburgh link as ‘Joseph’ returns

Beverley Lyons spoke to Jason Donovan ahead of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse. ACTOR and singer Jason Donovan can’t...

Silvy Weatherall show comes to Dumfries

SCOTTISH artist Silvy Weatherall has a new exhibition, "Broken Journeys", opening next week at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries. Weatherall describes herself as "a hater...

Hamilton & Inches launches first recycled gold range

JEWELLERY chain Hamilton & Inches has launched its first collection made from recycled 18-carat solid yellow gold. The "Gold Luna" collection, which was made at...

Farming and crofting families offered support

CROFTERS and livestock farmers in Caithness, Stranraer, and Ullapool are being offered help to grow their profits. The Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI) and...

Feeding call as National Red Squirrel Week looms

IF YOU live in an area with red squirrels then keep feeding them during the autumn and winter. That's the message from the Red Squirrel...

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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...