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Dalkeith Palace to stage an arts and ornamental event

Dalkeith Palace is set to open its doors for Art and Ornament, an exhibition celebrating 300 years of Master Carver Grinling Gibbons. Taking place from...

A true celebration of Scottish mountaineering

Subtitled ‘A Celebration of Scottish Mountaineering’, The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a huge guide to the greatest crags in Scotland revolves around some...
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New kid on the Block

Princes Street is an uncommon location for a restaurant, but I would gladly travel to more unusual places for a good steak dinner. Bar +...

A whisky atlas of Europe will hit the shelves this week

An atlas covering the whisky (and whiskey) distilleries of Europe is set to be published next month. The Whisk(e)y Atlas Europe 2022 is the continuation...
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Artist Erraid Gaskell – from Bangladesh to Buchlyvie

Modern Expressionist painter Erraid Gaskell finished her degree in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2020 but, like many...
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Art for Peace project at St Giles’ Cathedral

Burns&Beyond - Edinburgh’s flagship Burns festival - today launched the Art for Peace project Les Colombes. Les Colombes, a major, internationally renowned installation created by...

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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...
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...