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Scotland Through A Lens: Alastair MacDonald Jackson

After nearly two years exploring Scotland’s remotest areas, Alastair MacDonald Jackson has captured the essence of island life.   I've been taking photographs fairly seriously for...
Nicola Benedetti launches 2024 Edinburgh International Festival programme. Credit Mihaela Bodlovic.

Edinburgh International Festival: August 2024 programme announced

Nicola Benedetti's second programme as director of the Edinburgh International Festival has been unveiled. With more than 160 performances in the city this August, we...
Shaq Taylor as Hamilton and Company. Photo by Danny Kaan

Review: Hamilton, Festival Theatre Edinburgh

You would be hard pressed to find a Broadway or West End show in the past few years that has created the same social impact...
 Sally Jeffrey with the Wallace Sword.

Life with the Wallace Monument: ‘Braveheart is still a huge draw, even after 30 years it has an impact everyday’

Visitor Experience Assistant Sally Jeffrey on climbing the 246 steps of the Wallace Monument everyday and her devastation after climate change protesters attacked the Wallace...
The 18th century sword was found on Culloden Moor.

Culloden battlefield broadsword to be auctioned by Bonhams

A sword found at the site of Battle of Culloden is to be put up for auction. Fought in 1746 it was the final engagement...
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Lazy Sundays at Le Petit Beefbar

Morag Bootland relaxes over a leisurely Sunday roast accompanied by soothing live jazz at Le Petit Beefbar on Edinburgh’s George Street. Edinburgh is in 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,...
Thomas Macrae.

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...