LATEST POSTS

image002 (1)

Holyrood Distillery launch Embra: a new peated dram

Holyrood Distillery has launched its 2nd single malt whisky, Embra, setting the stage for an exploration into peated whisky. Embra is the first in a series...
Natalie Booth

Life with Edinburgh Zoo: ‘I grew up watching Animal Planet. Sometimes I wish I was Doctor Dolittle’

Zookeeper at The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo, Natalie Booth, on growing up watching Animal Planet and her love of training animals....
medals (1)

Arts & Antiques: Under the spotlight

Our nation is brimming with talented artists and fascinating auction houses. So, we’ve put some top auctioneers and gallery owners under the spotlight and asked...
An Cala Ciùin, on the Isle of Mull

Review: An Cala Ciùin, Isle of Mull

In 2022, Isle of Mull hoteliers Les and Meg MacLeod decided it was time to sail off into retirement.  Only the second family to own...
Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition results 2024 Square image

Glencairn Glass: Winner and runner-up announced for crime short story competition

A sinister story about a Scottish recipe for stovies and a grisly tale about the strange sheep of Greshornish have been chosen as the winning...
Charlotte auditing at Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran. Credit: Colin McDowall/National Trust for Scotland

Life with The National Trust for Scotland: ‘I travel all over Scotland as a plant detective’

Inventory Officer on the PLANTS (Plant Listing at the National Trust for Scotland) project, Charlotte Bottone talks about surveying thousands of Scotland's plants and what you...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Ardnahoe x Skerryvore

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...
pic1

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. ...
MAC-2024-Timespirit-Dining-Roca-16x9-WEB-2xl

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...
Angus MacMillan.

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...
ROSEBANK _002

Rosebank Distillery: Sleeping giant Falkirk distillery reawakened after 30 years

Known as the sleeping giant of Scottish distilleries, the highly anticipated Rosebank Distillery has finally reawakened. After more than 30 years of closure, Ian Macleod...
DA57A7~1

The Dalmore Luminary: Rare whisky sells for nearly £95,000 at auction

A bottle of Dalmore whisky has sold for nearly £95,000 at auction, encased in a glass sculpture which was hand polished for 500 hours. The...

Author