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Weather words inspire new art exhibition

Weather-words inspired watercolours by Shetland artist Peter Davis and glass by Angie Packer are coming to the capital in a double exhibition. Between Earth and...
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Scots brewer to open its first alcohol-free bar

Independent Scottish craft brewer BrewDog have announced a new take on craft beer and spirits – their first bar dedicated to alcohol-free. The BrewDog AF...

Dark Suits and Sad Songs has humour and darkness

The third in the DCI Daley thriller series, Dark Suits and Sad Songs is simultaneously dark and funny. A senior civil servant has committed suicide...

A tasty healthy bagel to kick start the New Year

The New Year means that many of us will be looking to eat better and exercise more. Starting 2020 fresh, renowned Bross Bagels in Edinburgh...

Unseen drawings from Scots colourist go on show

An exhibition of work by a Scots colourist, who Picasso wanted to meet, is now on show. La Vie Bohème - the Unseen Drawings Part...
Looking for the Loch Ness Monster is on the bucket list

Nessie is one of the biggest mysteries to children

The existence of the Loch Ness monster, ghosts and aliens are the real mysteries the nation’s children would love to have answered. A poll of...

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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...
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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...