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Festivals unite to promote their arts events

Two of Scotland’s best-loved cultural events are joining forces to promote Dumfries and Galloway as a centre of high-quality contemporary arts. In May and June...

A celebration of old Scottish traditions

The 31st Scottish International Storytelling Festival will celebrate old traditions and new connections. Showcasing how music, dance and story communicate shared experiences that are ‘Beyond...

The story of Glasgow Art School’s two blazes

The whole of Scotland was stunned in May 2014, when a fire tore through the west wing of the Glasgow School of Art, destroying its...

XpoNorth will give talent a good showcase

XpoNorth has revealed the acts invited to showcase at this year’s edition Scotland’s leading conference and showcase for the creative industries. Taking place across 3...

Bodyguard star to be honoured in Glasgow

Bodyguard’s Richard Madden, celebrated soprano and a West End designer are to be honoured by Scotland’s national conservatoire. Actor Richard Madden, lighting designer Paule Constable...
Poetry

Big change for the Wigtown Poetry Prize

Wigtown’s international poetry prize has announced major changes designed to celebrate the richness of Scotland's three national languages. For the first time the £1500 prize...

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...