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Dog gone it – a fascinating look at our canine friends

At Scottish Field, we love dogs. All sizes, all breeds - we adore our four-legged friends. And we're not the only ones - Of Dogs...
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Mackie’s goes under the microscope to test ice cream

Scientists have put a Scots ice cream brand under the microscope, to understand the impact of its new state-of-the-art freezer system on the smoothness of...
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Les Misérables is pure joy from start to finish

There are many great rivalries which have sprung up over the years - David and Goliath, Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, Rangers and Celtic, Doctor...
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Going for gold at Skye’s Kinloch Lodge

Chief Sub-Editor Rosie Morton visits the Isle of Skye ahead of Kinloch Lodge’s 50th anniversary... If you’re anything like me, you’ll be talking about it...
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Chronicle of 175 years of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

A show-stopping, page-turning new book turns the spotlight on the fascinating history of a world-renowned performing arts school and a jewel in Scotland’s cultural crown....
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Miriam Margolyes shares her Scottish roots

TV chatshow favourite Miriam Margolyes delves into her Scots family background this weekend. She joins The Big Scottish Book Club to recount the story of...

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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...