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550 schools sign up for the virtual Discovery Portal
The Royal Highland Educational Trust is back at the Discovery Centre at this year’s Royal Highland Showcase ‘virtually’. And with more than 550 schools already...
The fascinating secrets we all carry in our bones
Think medical chat is dry? Never want to be seated next to a doctor at a dinner party? Swap those name places back and think...
A sensitive look at Glasgow in the 20th century
It is remarkable to think that the late Eric Watt was considered an amateur photographer. Capturing the second half of the 20th century in Glasgow,...
Edinburgh’s most gruesome murders brought together
Calling all Edinburgh dwellers: ever wondered if someone was murdered on your street long, long ago? Jan Bondeson reveals all in their articulate account of...
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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...
