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Glasgow’s going Greek with new West End eaterie

A new Greek restaurant is to open in Glasgow's West End. Gyros is reimagined Greek street food that combines a modern taste with traditional Greek...
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All set for the seventh Glasgow Coffee Festival

The eyes of the coffee world will be on the Dear Green Place in May when the Glasgow Coffee Festival returns to the Briggait for...
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Fringe by the Sea announces its latest acts

East Lothian arts festival Fringe by the Sea has today announced the more acts to go on sale for 2022. This ten day festival will...

The intriguing stories of an Edinburgh landmark

Calton Hill: Journeys and Evocations is an interesting collection of history and folklore on one of Edinburgh’s most famous landmarks. Told by means of prose,...
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School of Rock musical is just a class act

ANDREW Lloyd Webber isn't a name that instantly springs to mind when you think of rock music. Nor, indeed, is Julian Fellowes, the creator of...

Royal Highland Show’s 200 year celebrations begin

The Royal Highland Show has begun marking its 200th anniversary with a series of immersive storytelling installations across Scotland. Taking place over four weeks in...

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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...
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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...