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Town gets ready to pay tribute to Coulter’s Candy

A final appeal is being made to relatives of Robert Coltart, after an appeal to find people related to the writer of the lullaby Ally...

New York Tartan Day to welcome parade members

Tartan Day has become one of the biggest celebrations in New York - and the 2020 celebration of all things Scottish is set to be...
The white sands of Traigh Lingeigh beach (Photo: Martin Fowler/Shutterstock)

Ten fantastic places to visit in… the Hebrides

The Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland are made up of hundreds of islands. Divided into the Inner and Outer Hebrides groups, they are...
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Bid to bring the Stone of Destiny back to Perthshire

Could the Stone of Destiny be returning to Perthshire? Perth & Kinross Council’s request to house the Stone in a new museum in Perth is...
As The National Wallace Monument turns 150 years old, young visitor Leonardo Dentis from Turin, Italy, helps William Wallace to unlock a new era in the attraction’s history.
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Wallace Monument set to mark its 150th birthday

The National Wallace Monument has unveiled a day of celebrations to mark the visitor attraction’s 150 year anniversary since it officially opened to the public...

Starry, starry nights await at the Enchanted Forest

Tickets for the Enchanted Forest, Perthshire’s multi-award-winning sound and light show, are selling fast, with many nights already sold out after the box office released...

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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...