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What’s happening for Burns Night?
WE'LL be celebrating Burns Night in our own homes this year due to the pandemic. But that doesn't mean we have to miss out on...
Watch the first haggis to reach space…
BUTCHER Simon Howie has launched a haggis to the edge of space. Scotland's national dish was loaded onto a high-altitude balloon, which start-up company Stratonauts...
Skerryvoe hits Radio 2 playlist
SCOTTISH band Skerryvore's single You & I has been added to the playlist on BBC Radio 2. Presenter Jeremy Vine told listeners that it’s “just such...
Belmont House traces its diaspora connections
VISITORS from around the world are helping to piece together the history of Belmont House on Unst. The island, which forms the northernmost tip 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...