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Woman needs dog fur to create jumper for her mum
A Scottish crafter has launched an appeal to dog owners to send her their dog’s shedded fur, so she can make her elderly mother a...
The biggest secrets of the Cairngorms revealed
I defy anyone to look at the front cover of the beautiful The Secret Life of the Cairngorms and not have a wee smile on...
New exhibition marks women and their crimes
From the written confession used in evidence at a 16th century witch trial to early 20th century mugshots of a pair of Birmingham’s female felons,...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...