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Birdwatching champion launches podcast

ENVIRONMENTAL activist Mya-Rose Craig will launch a beginner’s birdwatching podcast on 29 January. Craig, 18, founded her charity, Black2Nature, in 2016 to encourage children and...

No more plastic rings for Tennent’s lager

SCOTLAND'S other, other national drink is switching from plastic rings to cardboard to hold its cans together. Tennent's unveiled plans back in 2019 to make...

Dental braces get back on track

HUNDREDS of youngsters whose braces were put on hold last year are preparing to return to the orthodontists' chair. Many treatments were halted during the...

‘Yes, Yes, Yes, It’s The Awesome NHS’

Dear readers and patrons, This picture of The Inn at Kingsbarns has the words "Yes, Yes, Yes, It's The Awesome NHS". We made the sign...

Rosemary Shrager’s farm shop lessons begin with Burns

TELEVISION chef Rosemary Shrager is kicking off her online partnership with the Farm Retail Association (FRA) by cooking a Burns Night recipe. Shrager, who used...

Could the missing lynx return?

A YEAR-LONG survey has been launched to find out if the public wants lynx to be introduced to the Highlands. Supporters say the big cats...

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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...
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A dram with Stewart Walker, Fettercairn Distillery: ‘All whiskies have a home, there’s a whisky for everyone’

Steeped in a rich history and aged finely like the golden spirit it distils, Fettercairn Distillery has seen a lot of change through the years....

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