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Danny MacAskill is ‘Doing the Dubhs’

CYCLIST Danny MacAskill has released his latest video - riding down the legendary Dubh Slabs on the edge of the Cuillins on Skye. https://youtu.be/4Ym2F-tHdkk In...

Inverness serves up ‘ice pancakes’

A RARE phenomenon has been spotted on the River Ness. "Ice pancakes" have been seen floating in Inverness. Chris Conroy, river director of Ness District...
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Perthshire platform doubles number of artists

A WEBSITE created to boost artists and makers in Perthshire has double its number of members in just six months. Perthshire Artisans was launched in...

Celtic Connections closes with special farewell concert

EUROPE'S largest winter music festival comes to an end on Tuesday with a new event. Celtic Connections' farewell concert, which will be broadcast online from...

Brothers launch their Outlandish beers

TWO brothers from Lanarkshire have fulfilled their life-long dream by opening a microbrewery. The first beers from Ronnie and Kenny Lees hit the shelves last...

Seasonal rangers return to Cairngorms

SEASONAL rangers will once again be "on patrol" in the Cairngorms National Park this summer. The national park authority hired its first seasonal rangers last...

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...
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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...
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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...