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Scottish countryside dominates ‘best kept secrets’ list
SCOTLAND has dominated a series of lists of the "best kept secrets of the UK countryside". Scottish locations finished top of the tables for beaches,...
Alexander McCall Smith’s Thursday festive conversation
NOVELIST Alexander McCall Smith will take part in an online festive conversation on Thursday night hosted by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre. The author,...
Record grey seal pup numbers at St Abb’s Head
A RECORD number of seal pups has been recorded by National Trust for Scotland rangers at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve during the breeding...
Bridge of Allan pupils test ‘Connected Education’
PUPILS and teachers at Bridge of Allan Primary School are taking part in a pilot project to test tablet computers and software for use in...
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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...
