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A celebration of Scottish artists across time

First ever exhibition dedicated to exploring the different ways that drawing in Scotland has shaped the work of some of the country’s most celebrated artists,...

Celebrate St Andrew’s Day with alcohol-free dark ale

If you are toasting St Andrew’s Day this November and need to keep a clear head, you could quench your thirst with a bottle of...
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The whisky workers living on the distillery grounds

Award winning Highland distillery, Tomatin, has announced the release of an exquisite single malt: Decades II. As Decades II includes Scotch from the previous five...

Highland distillery launches seed-to-spirit gin

The first gin from Scotland’s newest grain-to-glass distillery is being released this month. Sutors, based at Balinroich near Tain, is one of a small band...
Anne Boleyn in the West End production of SIX (Photo: Idil Sukan/Draw HQ)

The joy of SIX is in its simplicity – an amazing musical

Sometimes in life, the best ideas are the most simple. For example, coming up with the idea of a new musical is difficult. In recent...
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Irn Bru and Tennent’s Lager missed by expats

Tea, chocolate and Marmite have topped a list of food and drinks expats couldn’t live without. Also among the most-loved food and beverage items are...

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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...