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The Top 10 Small Scottish Music Festivals in 2018

Culture
In Scotland, we love our music - whether bigger events attracting thousands, to smaller, more intimite gathers. With the future of Scotland’s largest festival, T...
Councillor Donald Wilson, Culture and Communities convener for Edinburgh City Council, at the new exhibition (Photo: Ian Georgeson)

Childhood museum is hosting a novel exhibition

Books | Culture
Everyone loves a good story - whether it's the never-ending adventures of Peter Pan or shipwrecked tales from Robinson Crusoe. Growing Up with Books is...
Beards and tattoos are in the top 30 cool things for 2018

These are the 30 coolest things in the UK today

Culture
By our nature, the people of Scotland are inherently cool. It's a fact. We're cynical of new trends, more often than not choosing to do...

Tickets available to see Ryder Cup star play in Scotland

Outdoors
Tickets to see a top American golf star in action in Scotland are now available. The Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a Rolex Series event,...
The exterior of Aberdeen's Tivoli Theatre

The Scottish theatre that’s staging its own comeback

Culture
Abandoned theatres tug at our emotions. As glories of a past age, they’re up there with steam locomotives and gramophones, yet there’s an inherent sadness...
Helen Denerley hard at work

Artist Helen is the Iron Lady of Aberdeenshire

Culture
Driving down an old dirt road in rural Aberdeenshire, the last thing you expect to be greeted by is a giant metal iguana. But that’s...
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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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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’

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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

Cask and Still | 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

Cask and Still | Food and Drink | Whisky
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...
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