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Schools news round-up: Space, tennis and more

Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland's schools. PUPILS from The High School of Glasgow met former astronaut Anousheh Ansari at the Glasgow Science...

Dundee: ‘Lights! Music! Space!’

A NEW show inspired by space will have its premier in Dundee this spring. The concert - called "The Science Fiction Experience" - will feature...
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Book review: ‘Nala’s World’

Nala's World Dean Nicholson Hachette Children's Group NEARLY everyone with internet access has likely heard the adorable story of how Dunbar-born Dean Nicholson discovered and...
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Book Review: ‘Annie’s Boy’

Annie’s Boy Gary Todd New Holland Publishers [review rating="4" align = "left"] A WELL-KNOWN name in the boxing world, Gary Todd lets the reader get...

RESTAURANT REVIEW: The Black Grape, Edinburgh

Richard Bath pays a visit to The Black Grape on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. FOR years I would wander to work down the Royal Mile and...

River Tweed fishing season begins in Kelso

ANGLER Kent Håkansson from Sweden yesterday cast the first line of the River Tweed salmon fishing season in Kelso. The River Tweed Commission (RTC) hosted...

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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...

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