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A mystery set on an anthrax testing island

Anthrax is the thrilling debut novel by D  L  Marshall, centring around the Anthrax testing island of Gruinard. A mixture of fact and fiction, this...

A gripping page-turner in the hunt for a killer

Set in St Andrews this crime novel, What They Knew, is a real page turner – although it may not be one to read just...

The intriguing real life story of former MP Maria Fyfe

‘From council house to the House of Commons,’ the feeling roused by this quote is amplified the further you delve into Singing In The Streets....

How to celebrate Robert Burns – 365 days of the year

Robert Burns is world renowned as Scotland’s greatest poet and lyricist. Pauline MacKay was thus inspired to create ‘Burns for Every Day of the Year’...

Loop and Scoop to open a second ice cream and churro bar

Scotland’s only ice cream and churro bar has confirmed it's opening a much anticipated second site. Situated on 157 Milngavie Road, Bearsden, near Glasgow, the...
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Social Bite hits the road with launch of new foodie pop-up

Social Bite Food, part of the Social Bite charity, has launched a new foodie pop-up just in time for a summer of outdoor events and...

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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...