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A light-hearted tale set in the Scottish Highlands

The Peacock is light-hearted read set in a dilapidated castle in the Highlands. Following a group of investment bankers who rent out a space for...
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The Butcher’s Cut is a unique cut above the rest

There's a first for Scotland as a food hall butcher and restaurant have teamed up for a unique choose-your-own-steak menu offering. It’s a fine-dining collaboration...
A one-tonne wicker Beltie bull, hand sculpted in Dumfries and Galloway, is coming home (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

Three-metre tall willow bull makes its way home

A one-tonne wicker Beltie bull which earned international stardom at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Showcase is soon to start a homecoming tour of Dumfries and Galloway....
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Piping Live! is going strong as restrictions lift

This year’s Piping Live! got underway at the weekend. And as Scotland enters a new phase of freedom, the Glasgow festival is set to host...

Camp Crackers is the perfect staycation read

Witty and well characterised, Camp Crackers is a thoroughly entertaining, comedic read. Set in the Scottish countryside, we follow siblings Sunny and Gil McIntosh as...

Long-awaited Jacobite sequel does not disappoint

The much anticipated sequel to Son of a Jacobite, The Jacobite Grandson follows the life of Edward Lovat. He embarks on an adventure from the...

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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...

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