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Connect Festival makes a triumphant return

Morag Bootland visits the Connect music festival on the outskirts of Edinburgh. I'M late to the party, but it’s better late than never. Connect Festival...

Aberdeen Art Fair returns on Friday

FIFTEEN exhibitors are lined up for this weekend's 10th Aberdeen Art Fair in the city's music hall. The fair begins on Friday evening with a...

Bonnie & Wild unveils monthly White Heather Ceilidh Club

A MONTHLY "White Heather Ceilidh Club" is being launched by Bonnie & Wild, the food hall in Edinburgh's St James Quarter shopping centre. More than...

‘East Coast Harbour Race’ launched at Musselburgh Racecourse

FISHERROW harbour in Musselburgh is due to get a boost following the launch of the "East Coast Harbour Race" at the Honest Toun's racecourse. The...

The Village and The Road nears its end

IT'S the final chance to catch the world premiere of The Village and The Road in Edinburgh this weekend. The show - which mixes music...
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WHISKY NEWS ROUND-UP: Finn Thomson, Ardbeg, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted look through the latest whisky news. THE Thomson family is marking its 300-year connection with the whisky industry by launching...

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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...