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A variety of beautiful objects going under the hammer

April is a busy month at McTear's auction house in Glasgow. At Style & Taste: Fine Furniture & Works of Art on 28 April, lot...

Making a big impression with Les Dawson tribute

Actor, comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw is coming to Scotland this summer with a new show. Les Dawson: Flying High is an homage, and celebration...
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More than 1,200 international performers from more than ten nations will open the show at Edinburgh Castle this Friday (3 August). 

This year’s Tattoo (3-25 August) will celebrate ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ taking audiences on a journey of human evolution to man’s greatest achievements. The theme will mark Scotland’s Year of Young People and pay homage to the RAF’s centenary.

Top Secret Drum Corps are heading to the Tattoo

Swiss drumming sensation, The Top Secret Drum Corps, has been revealed as the first confirmed international act to take to the Castle Esplanade when The...

Free food for the first 100 customers at Glasgow eaterie

While we may not have the Mediterranean weather, Glasgow's newest grab-and-go restaurant, Gyros, is heating up Byres Road. Spearheaded by the team behind the ever...
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The Scandal at Mayerling ready to open this week

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting shocking real events from 1889, opens for its new tour in Glasgow this week....

The amazing story of the man who took on tigers

Duff Hart-Davis has skilfully recounted Indian railway worker and British Indian Army colonel Jim Corbett’s extraordinary tale. This brave individual faced off against man-eating leopards...

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Review: Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

The Scotch Whisky Experience sits in a prominent spot on the Royal Mile, a landmark in itself inviting tourists to discover the world of whisky...
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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...

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