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Marathon, 10K and 5K will be Loch Ness monsters

People looking for a physical challenge but with amazing scenery still have time on their side to enter the Baxters River Ness 10K and 5K....

The Military Tattoo comes to your living room

It's one of the hottest tickets in town just now, and everyone is invited to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on Monday night. Sadly, we...
The Who's The Vegan Daddy bagel from Bross Bagels

Double reason to celebrate golf club’s 10th birthday

A Scottish golf club will mark its 10th birthday with a double celebration - by hosting the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, followed by the...
The Lorimer dining room at Marchmont

Historic Scottish home wins major restoration title

The owners of one of Scotland’s finest historic homes are celebrating after winning a major UK restoration award. Marchmont House, an 18th century Palladian mansion...

Making the great outdoors more accessible to all

Those of us who enjoy the great outdoors appreciate the fact that one you're on the hills and pathways of Scotland, the world is your...

Scotland’s second veterinary nursing course to begin

Scotland is known for its love of animals, and Scotland’s Rural College has just become one of only two higher education institutions in Scotland to...

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...