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Marine painter Rob Andrew’s work is all at sea

Culture
When it comes down to it, there are very few places that rival the love and inspiration of home. Such a phenomenon is shared by...
Angus at Dunnottar Woods (Photo: Nicki Hall)

Five fantastic places to take your canine companion

Outdoors
Are you looking for the perfect autumnal spot in which to take your dogs to stretch their legs (and yours)? We recommend these five great...
Awards nominee Gerda Stevenson (Photo: Anna Wiraszka)

A week to go until Scots Language Awards

Culture
The inaugural Scots Language Awards are to be presented next week. In 2019, The United Nations Year of Indigenous Language, Hands Up for Trad have...
Craig Mathieson on an expedition in Greenland

Hear from three Scots explorers who braved the cold

Outdoors
Three of Scotland’s top explorers will share the same stage for the first time later this month in Glasgow. Intrepid trio Craig Mathieson, Richard Smith...

Richard Demarco to warn of sculpture’s Scottish future

Culture
Artist and arts promoter Richard Demarco CBE will tell a special conference that Scottish sculpture is under-celebrated and faces a daunting future. However, he believes...

The Exorcist can still provide its share of shocks

Culture | Reviews | Scotland
On its original cinematic release, The Exorcist became one of the most shocking films of the 1970s. Whilst it's hard to replicate 1973 sensibilities in...
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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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