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More big name guests for the Cultural Coven podcast

A Scottish podcast with a host of stellar guests is returning for a second series. After the success of the first season which saw guests...

The December 2021 Scottish Field is out now

Scottish Field is your indispensible guide to all things Christmas this year. We have a fantastic gift guide to help you find presents for those...

A perfect travel guide companion for the Highlands

Travelling the length and breadth of the ‘classic’ Scottish Highlands, from the Trossachs and central Highlands through the Great Glen and onto the Cairngorms, Paul...

A fascinating look at deer – in real life, myths and art

The Celts called them 'fairy cattle' and the Greeks associated them with the hunter goddess Artemis, but for most people today, deer are seen as...

Vegan chocolate advent calendars from Scotland

Vegan chocolate lovers looking to get into the Christmas spirit, look no further. Arbroath-based chocolate makers, Pure Heavenly have launched their new range of Silk...

McTear’s pledges its support to Glasgow Women’s Aid

A Scots auctioneer is supporting Glasgow Women's Aid at Christmas for the seventh consecutive year. McTear’s is taking part in the Toy and Gift Collection...

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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...
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...