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Ben Castle-Gibb as Frankenstein

A modern Frankenstein – with Mary Shelley at its heart

Frankenstein - it's a book that's become a monster in itself over the years. Mary Shelley's Gothic tale, first published in 1818, has gone on...
Liz Bonnin with a fistulated cow at UC Davis (Photo: Alisdair Livingstone)

Scotland’s farmers are fighting climate change

Scotland's meat producers say they are doing their bit to help the environment, after a TV documentary aired last night. The BBC One documentary, Meat:...
Shlok Godiyal and Louis Duncan Payne discuss the Super Power Agency at Leith Acadamye with author Ian Rankin (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

Writer Ian Rankin joins the Super Power Agency

ebus author Ian Rankin shared some of his love of literacy with a group of Scots schoolchildren yesterday. He was supporting the Super Power Agency,...

Scottish venison will be enjoyed with Gousto

The increased demand for lean protein is fuelling growth for a Scottish venison supplier. The award-winning Highland Game has secured a new partnership with the...

Celebrating the nation’s micro-distilleries

Distillation is a sort of magic that involves taking humble grains and turning them into wonderfully intoxicating spirits. Industrialisation has sucked the magic from the...
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Scotland has its say on pronouncing ‘scone’

A fun survey has revealed that more than three-quarters of Scots agree that 'scone' should rhyme with 'gone'. What makes up the perfect afternoon tea...

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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...
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...