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Book review: As the Women Lay Dreaming 

Sammi Minion reviews As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald Murray.  Donald S. Murray’s 2020 novel, 'As the Women Lay Dreaming,' is now available in paperback for those...
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Top five sailing trips around the Isle of Skye

Sailing around the Isle of Skye is one of the best ways to discover the West Coast of Scotland's coastline, with more than 44 uninhabited...
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National Galleries of Scotland reveals opening date for new art space

The National Galleries of Scotland has revealed the opening date for new art spaces as part of a major £38m refurbishment. Scotland’s national gallery will...
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Rock legend Bob Dylan puts Scottish hideaway on the market for £3 million

Rock legend Bob Dylan has put his Scottish hideaway on the market for £3 million. Located 13 miles from Aviemore, the Edwardian, Aultmore House was...
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Hidden gem: Tom Williamson on transforming his garden into a magical green space

Tucked away behind a 1950s semi detached house in Bonnybridge lies Tom Williamson’s hidden garden.  Over the last 12 years 67-year-old Tom has transformed the...
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Osprey chicks fledge the nest

Two osprey chicks born at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve have fledged the nest. Young female osprey PF4 took to the skies for her...

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...