𝕏

Win a chance to be on our Scottish Field Readers’ Challenge Panel

‘Lord of the Rings’ wych elm plays a role in saving its species

The Good Books, JD Kirk: ‘If a book hasn’t grabbed me by 100 pages, I ditch it’

Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital

Review: Yamato, Edinburgh

LATEST POSTS

Sir Walter Scott

Our top 10 of some of Scotland’s strangest clubs

Culture | Scotland
After the Act of Union of 1707, gentlemen’s clubs were rife. Some insisted on members wearing dirty clothes, writing their names upside down, eating only...
Boots and Beards members on a day out

Boots and Beards celebrating the great outdoors

Outdoors
At the heart of Scotland's biggest and busiest city an inspiring movement has been building among Glasgow's ethnic communities. Meet Boots and Beards. Boots and...

Brash McKelvie – Pick your presents carefully

Living | Outdoors | Scotland
Scottish Field's online columnist Brash McKelvie's anniversary present wasn't what they expected. Here are the cast of characters that share the vicissitudes of life: Scragend...
The organ in the Caird Hall

Documentary charts rise of the musical organ

Culture | Music
A new three-part documentary featuring Dundee's Caird Hall reveals the vibrant culture and history of The English Organ. A new feature length documentary by Fugue...

Scottish Field visits Scottish Ballet’s Snow Queen

Culture
Scotland’s national dance company, Scottish Ballet’s 50th anniversary is currently being marked by CEO/artistic director Christopher Hampson’s The Snow Queen. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s...
The cast of We Will Rock You (Photo: Johan Persson)

We Will Rock You – a killer (queen) of a musical

Culture
Successful band? Check. Hit after hit after hit? Check. Big fan base? Check. Straight away, you have the formula for a musical. What did I...
Load More loader

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Cask and Still | Whisky
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...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
Chef Tom Kitchin. Credit Marc Miller

Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Cask and Still | Whisky
Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
Rosebank Distillery.

Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...
Load More loader
Looking for a job in Scotland?

Looking for a job in Scotland?

Search on Hijobs