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Restoring Cairngorms forests – one burger at a time

VENISON from red deer shot in the Cairngorms is being sold to fund tree planting. Deer are culled in the Cairngorms National Park to stop...

Abbotsford prepares for tomorrow’s ScottFest

SIR Walter Scott's home at Abbotsford near Tweedbank is making the final preparations for its "ScottFest". The three-day festival celebrating the life of Scotland's most...

Whisky festivals prepare for busy September

SCOTLAND'S whisky festivals are preparing for a busy September, with Distilled taking place in Elgin, and the National Whisky Festival of Scotland rolling into Aberdeen....

River City marks 20th birthday

SOME familiar faces are returning to Shieldinch for a special River City episode to mark the TV soap's 20th birthday. Filming began this week on...

School pupils receive their exam results

PUPILS from schools throughout Scotland have been receiving their National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher exam results today. A group of brave pupils at Auchmuty...

It’s time to explore Scottish Field’s September issue…

SEPTEMBER'S issue of Scottish Field magazine is available now, both in shops and online. This year's Autunn Breaks special feature takes VisitScotland's "Year of Stories"...

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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...