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Darcey Bussell explores her Scottish heritage

A trip around Scotland’s islands with Darcey Bussell

Scotland's coasts and islands are coming to national TV screens in a new TV series presented by Dame Darcey Bussell. The ballerina and former Strictly...

Social activist looks at being middle class

Social activist Darren McGarvey ‘crosses over the tracks’ and back again in this new series which takes a thought-provoking and entertaining look at social class in...

February/March 2021 edition of Scottish Field is out now

The February/March 2021 edition of Scottish Field is now available in shops and online. In this packed issue, we have six pages of recipes from...
György Kurtág

Scottish Ensemble’s Musical Book Club dates

The Scottish Ensemble has revealed Sally Beamish as the latest classical music star to grace its Musical Book Club guest list. Taking place on Wednesday...
Ian Rankin. Area Feature, Cromerty.

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BBC Scotland orders new series of Shelf Isolation

Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, Lorraine Kelly, Fern Brady, Alex Norton and Ian Rankin are amongst some of the names lined up to take part...

It’s all in the eye of the beholder for Scots magician

Magician R Paul Wilson is a professional con-artist, film-maker and star of TV’s The Real Hustle. He tells Scottish Field how he gave up his...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
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...