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Scotland’s poetry festival celebrates Gaelic language

StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, is celebrating the Gaelic language through a number of events and readings at this year’s annual festival. StAnza’s 2020 programme...
Gavin Oattes  will be at Waterstones talking about Life Will See You Now (Photo: Greg Macvean)
Gavin Oattes book launch of Life Will See You Now at Waterstones Edinburgh

Dragon’s Den contestant releases life-changing book

Comedian, teacher and Dragons’ Den contestant, Gavin Oattes, is set to launch his first solo life-changing book on 20 February, entitled Life Will See You...
Programme Name: Corner Shop Cook Off with Clare Grogan and Gary MacLean (Photo: Naomi Vance/BBC Scotland/Mentorn)

Food for thought with new TV cookery challenge

Foodie Clare Grogan and Masterchef: The Professionals winner Gary Maclean are out to prove that last-minute convenience shopping needn’t mean disappointing dinners in this fun...

Iconic designers are coming to Scotland for a talk

Celebrated designers Dame Zandra Rhodes and David Sassoon are coming to Scotland to discuss their lives and careers. They are attending Edinburgh's Dovecot Studios, as...

Get ready for the Granite Noir crime fiction festival

The best home grown and international crime fiction is being celebrated in Aberdeen this weekend. Now in its fourth year, Granite Noir is inspired by...
Hill of Tarvit in Fife

Marking 39th birthday of woman born 156 years ago

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland is hosting a birthday party for Beatrice Sharp, the driving force behind the creation of Hill of Tarvit...

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
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...