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Artists’ names revealed for Perthshire Open Studios
The organisers of Perthshire Open Studios have revealed the 200 artists and makers taking part in this year’s nine-day event. They include everyone from painters...
Cleaning up Yon Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
The Friends of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs have successfully introduced a piloted litter bin scheme in 20 laybys beside the A82 on Loch Lomondside...
Nominations hunt for Scots lifetime achievement
The Saltire Society, organisers of Scotland’s National Book Awards, today called for nominations for the 2021 Saltire Society Scottish Lifetime Achievement Award. The award...
A baker’s challenge to make bread for a whole year
When asking himself whether he was capable of baking enough bread to feed his family for a year, Robert Penn could never have predicted the...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
