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Rare portrait of Queen Charlotte made famous in Bridgerton goes under the hammer

Two rare portraits featuring King George III and his consort Queen Charlotte, whose story has been popularised by hit Netflix series Bridgerton, are to go...

Home inside ruin wins Scotland’s best building of the year

A house that has been set within a ruined old farm dwelling has won Scotland's best building of the year. Cuddymoss, in North Ayrshire,  was...

Rare Banksy artwork to be auctioned in Glasgow

A rare Banksy artwork could fetch £60,000 when it is auctioned off in Glasgow.  The screenprint, titled AGILE, was produced especially as a gift and...

Scot wins European Adventurer of the Year

For the first time a Scot has been awarded the prestigious European Adventurer of the Year for a record breaking expedition through the Arctic’s Northwest...

IKEA Edinburgh offers up unusual Christmas experience

IKEA in Edinburgh is offering customers the chance to enjoy a free Christmas dinner in one of its roomsets. Guests who book the experience will...

Listen: Hebridean Baker hoping for number one with Gaelic rendition of Auld Lang Syne

The Hebridean Baker Coinneach MacLeod is hoping for a number one hit after releasing a Gaelic rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Previous winners of the...

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SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
Chef Tom Kitchin. Credit Marc Miller

Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
Rosebank Distillery.

Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...