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Tamfest moves online with Grado and Isa
TAMFEST, the Ayr festival that celebrates Robert Burns' Tam O’Shanter poem, has unveiled plans to shift its activities online in the run-up to Halloween. Its...
‘Save Our Scotland’ tartans launched
DESIGNER Clare Campbell has created two tartans for the National Trust for Scotland's "Save Our Scotland" emergency fundraising campaign. Campbell, founder of design firm Prickly...
Splash of colour as The Balmoral reopens
THE Balmoral in Edinburgh marked its reopening on Saturday with flowers lining the steps to the hotel's front door. General manager Richard Cooke and his...
Coasts and waters calendar seeks photographs
BUDDING photographers are being asked to submit their coasts and waters pictures to a competition being run by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The agency is...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
