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Rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from possible love interest sells for £33k

An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold...
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Totally Tina arrives in Aberdeen

Totally Tina invited the Granite City to come along and shake a tail feather as the show’s tour took it to Aberdeen’s Tivoli theatre. Grant...
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Treasures gifted to Orcadian naval officer Captain James Moodie returned to Orkney after 300 years

Centuries-old weapons owned by Orcadian naval officer Captain James Moodie have been gifted to the people of Orkney by his family.  Three stunning Ottoman weapons...
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Book Lovers Bookshop: We speak to the author behind the UK’s first brick and mortar romance-only bookshop

Romance may be one of the biggest money-making genres in the publishing industry, but it has historically been dismissed in literary circles due to outdated...
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Review: Extra Ordinary, X_O, Glasgow

It’s hard to keep up with the rate at which trendy new restaurants are popping up in Glasgow.  Last year saw the opening of the...
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Antiques expert Jeremy Cooper donates collection with links to Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin to Glasgow School of Art

Author, curator and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper has donated a significant part of his collection of rare 1990’s British art ephemera to The Glasgow School...

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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...

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