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Renowned percussionist Colin Currie to give masterclass

Culture | Music
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, in partnership with St Mary’s Music School, has announced that world-renowned percussionist Colin Currie will be hosting a masterclass. Hailed...
Ian Rankin's annotations can be seen on his archived manuscripts.

Ian Rankin donates archives to National Library of Scotland

Books | Culture
The UK’s biggest-selling crime novelist Ian Rankin has donated his literary archive to the National Library of Scotland. Often cited as the ‘godfather of tartan...

Drumlanrig Castle hosts a nature-filled day for families

Outdoors
The team at Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate have a jam-packed line-up of Ranger events throughout May and June for all the family to enjoy....
Traquair Groundsman Jamie Blair and (Richard Keeling) Sir Anton le grand of the Les Amis stunt team.

Traquair Medieval Fayre is all set for the weekend ahead

Culture
Final preparations are underway for the Medieval Fayre, a weekend full of mayhem and mischief set in the grounds of Scotland’s oldest inhabited house. Taking...

A poacher’s tale – before he became a gamekeeper

Outdoors
We've all heard of the saying 'poacher turned gamekeeper' - Scottish Field speaks to a man who has literally done that. Now an upstanding Highland...
Leon Morrocco relaxing

Celebrating the works of painter Leon Morrocco

Culture
Leon Morrocco is in an understandably reflective mood. He spoke to Scottish Field in 2014, ahead of a retrospective of his work opening in Edinburgh...
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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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