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A 60th birthday present – £100,000 to enjoy the mountains
The Scottish Mountaineering Trust marks a special birthday next year - and it's giving away a present. For its diamond birthday next year, the Scottish...
A fascinating look around the Scottish coastline
One of the benefits of lockdown was that people who normally struggled to find time to write were finally able to do so. Kevin Scott,...
An insight into Scotland’s lost love of pewter
Pewter was in everyday use in most households, churches and places of commerce in Europe for hundreds of years. But it fell out of favour...
An amusing look at 50 of the ‘worst’ Scots
Acclaimed writer Allan Brown has amassed a hilarious collection of portraits of 50 of the most prominent offending villains and numpties. He cast a sharp...
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Scottish folk-rock band Skerryvore appointed global band ambassador at Ardnahoe Distillery
Scottish folk-rock band Skerryvore has been appointed as the global band ambassador of Ardnahoe Distillery. The band are planning a series of special whisky sessions...
Skotch and Sketch at The Glasshouse, Edinburgh
Grant Dickie heads to a Skotch and Sketch workshop at The Glasshouse, in Edinburgh, to taste their latest dram and try his hand at sketching. ...
The Macallan to open new fine dining restaurant on iconic estate
In 2021, The Glenturret Lalique became the first restaurant inside a distillery to achieve Michelin recognition. Just a few years later, it followed it up...
Benbecula Distillery: Spirit flows through island distillery after 130-year-old whisky recipe revived
The first spirit has started to flow at Benbecula Distillery after an islander brought a 130-year-old recipe back to life. Angus MacMillan always dreamed of...
