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Inside the Glen Scotia Distillery

Bringing the taste of the Mull of Kintyre to the rest of the world

The taste of Campbeltown is being brought to the world, thanks to award-winning distiller Glen Scotia. The firm is to stage a tour that will...
Bond

More and more films are looking to Bond with Scotland

Record enquiries are being received about filming in Scottish Highlands. Last week saw the Highland Council’s film unit receive its 200th enquiry of the year...
Hostelling Scotland's new logo

Big makeover is revealed for Scottish youth hostelling

Scotland's youth hostels are to be given a new branding, which will give it a fresh image. Previously known as the Scottish Youth Hostels Association...
Clare Campbell from Prick

Tartan uprising returns with a new bid for the Highlands

A new bid to bring tartan back to the Highlands of Scotland is underway. Prickly Thistle’s Build the Mill campaign will enable its Scottish luxury...
explore the history of coal mining in Lanarkshire at the Pits, Ponies, People and Stories exhibition

Learn the truth about one of Scotland’s oldest industries

One of Scotland's most traditional industries is at the heart of a new exhibtion. North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre will explore the history of coal mining...
One of the Eudon Choi creations for Modern Rarity

Exclusive new collection is now available from Edinburgh store

Modern Rarity is continuing its collaboration with Eudon Choi for spring and summer 2018. This exclusive collection is now available at John Lewis Edinburgh. Following...

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...
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...
Ewan, Jamie, Charlie and Lachlan Maclean.

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...
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’

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...
Rosebank Distillery.

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...