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Mum’s curry mix aims to ‘spice up your life’

SPICE mixes developed by a mum in East Lothian are going on sale at more than 1,000 Aldi branches across the UK on Sunday -...

Register reopening and Vittoria’s vouchers

THE Register Club, the fourth floor cocktail bar inside The Edinburgh Grand luxury serviced apartments, has unveiled plans to reopen on Thursday. The bar is...

The very model of a modern music library

SCOTTISH Opera has bought a library full of Gilbert and Sullivan works, which it will hire out to performers across the UK and continental Europe....

Wider audience for Wigtown young adult books

WIGTOWN YA, the UK’s largest young adult literature festival, continues this week as part of the wider online Wigtown Book Festival. This week's virtual speakers...

Bringing sea salt harvesting back to Fife

SEA salt harvesting could soon resume in the East Neuk of Fife. St Monan’s local Darren Peattie, whose family has lived in the area for...
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A Week in Whisky: ‘Pat’s’ collection goes under the hammer

THE largest whisky collection ever to come up for auction starts going under the hammer today. More than 9,000 bottles have been assembled by "Pat",...

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Review: Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

The Scotch Whisky Experience sits in a prominent spot on the Royal Mile, a landmark in itself inviting tourists to discover the world of whisky...
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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...

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