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The shocking events of the Peterloo Massacre, which took place in Manchester in 1819, fuelled the anger of the Scots radicals

Scotland’s 19th century rebels with a cause

Culture | Scotland
The Scottish Radicals demanding a better deal in 1820 were brutally suppressed by government forces. But many of their ideals and aims are still part...

50 shades of brown at Dovecot Studios

Culture
Dovecot Studios is a contemporary tapestry studio housed in a renovated Victorian swimming pool in the capital. As well as some highly skilled and experienced...
Paramedics Darren O’Brien and Matt Allen, and pilot Russell Myles work at the Perth base of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

A sky full of stars with the air ambulance

Outdoors
As Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance gears up for the launch of its new Aberdeen base and aircraft next year, Scottish Field talks with the team...
Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore

The debt to pleasure of the Merry Widow

Culture
The late Queen Mother’s great-great-great-grandmother, the fabulously wealthy Mary Eleanor Bowes, endured kidnapping, notoriety and lashings of scandal in a life that was lived to...
Mary Queen of Scots

Crime and punishment – 10 infamous Scots trials

Culture | Scotland
Some of Scotland’s most infamous criminals have fallen foul of the law and ended up in the dock in ten of the country’s most remarkable...
Iona Fyfe

Culture, music, language and storytelling

Culture
The opening of Aberdeenshire's Across the Grain festival is almost upon us, showcasing some of the nation's best known cultural institutions on the opening weekend...
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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...
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