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Morna Young’s (pictured) “Lost at Sea” play is a lyrical tribute to Scotland’s fishing communities and a recognition of people’s undeniable relationship with their own coastline. (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

40 years of Scotland’s largest rural performing arts festival

Culture
Scotland celebrates the 40th anniversary of its largest, rural performing arts festival this summer. Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival is unveiling its eclectic programme of...

Finding time for your dog is a challenge

Health | Outdoors
Finding time for outdoor activities and poor weather conditions have been voted by Scots dog owners as the biggest obstacles to taking good care of...
Anak with weavers in Cambodia

A piece of Scottish history goes to help fair trade

Culture
A piece of Paisley’s illustrious thread making past is set to transform production for a fair trade organisation in Cambodia. The historic dye vat, once...
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Silent film festival is all ready for its latest premiere

Culture
There's just a week to go until the ninth Hippodrome Silent Film Festival kicks off at the Hippodrome in Bo’ness. Affectionately known as ‘HippFest’ this...

Phill Jupitus ready to tour his new homeland

Culture
Stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus is touring his new show around Scotland. Entitled Sassy Knack, he will entertain for over an...

Bowhill to blossom into its 2019 visitor season

Culture
Bowhill House and Grounds will step into spring opening its doors for the 2019 visitor season on Saturday, 30 March. With a variety of activities...
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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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