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Museum tackling loneliness and isolation

National Museums Scotland has introduced two new outreach activities to its Loneliness and Isolation Project. These are being, supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery,...

The January 2020 edition of Scottish Field is out now

The December 2020 edition of Scottish Field is now available. In this packed 196 page issue, we celebrate the stunning scenery of our land, as...
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A rare peated expression from the Highlands

The GlenDronach Traditionally Peated is a rare peated expression of the Highland single malt, which is most well-known for its unpeated sherry cask maturation style....
Provost Skene's House

Sporting legend to be honoured at new attraction

The youngest-ever winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be celebrated along with other world-beaters. Provost Skene’s House in Aberdeen will re-open as...
Rachel Maclean has written, directed and starred in Spite Your Face

Scots artist to display short film in Israel

Scottish artist Rachel Maclean is to stage her first work in Israel. The exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is comprised of a...
Denise Mina (Photo: Ollie Grove)

13th Cromarty Film Festival plans announced

The full programme has been announced for the 13th annual Cromarty Film Festival. Guests including best-selling author Denise Mina, acclaimed journalist Lesley Riddoch, sound engineer...

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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...