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Free Harry Potter samples used to promote literacy
THE opening chapter of the first Harry Potter children's book is being made available for free online this summer to promote literacy. The first pages...
Union Chain Bridge refit enters final stage
RESTORATION work on the famous Union Chain Bridge connecting Scotland to England is nearly complete. The 202-year-old bridge, which links Fishwick in Berwickshire to Horncliffe...
The Proclaimers launch Mary’s Meals walking challenge
THEY rose to fame by walking 500 miles in song, but now The Proclaimers have set a walking challenge to raise money for Mary's Meals....
Review: Summer menu at The Ivy, Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe reviews the summer menu at The Ivy restaurant on Glasgow's Buchanan Street. LET'S face it, it's been a pretty drab summer so far....
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
