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It’s scary just how much pancake you’ll be able to eat

Seasonal bites are all the rage these days, and with Halloween on our doorstep, pancake pioneers Stack and Still are no different. This week, for...
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Have a terrifyingly tasty Halloween thanks to M&S

It's no secret that I absolutely LOVE Halloween.  A huge horror and Sci-fi fan, I've always been intrigued by the ghoulish and sinister and with...

Smokehead whisky ready to launched The Smoker

Smokehead Islay Single Malt Whisky has teamed up with Tyler Lunceford over the past nine months to build a one-of-a-kind, customised Ducati, inspired by vintage...

Three days until reopening after multi-million revamp

Aberdeen Art Gallery is set to reopen this weekend following a once-in a lifetime £34.6million investment to create a major cultural attraction in the heart...

Take a trip through the streets of Lost Edinburgh

Lost Edinburgh by Liz Hanson is a beautifully illustrated and informative exploration of our capital’s lost landscape. Like many British cities, the metropolis of Edinburgh...
Susan Penhaligon as Mrs Boyle in The Mousetrap (Photo: Johan Persson)

The Mousetrap – the ultimate murder mystery

For the past decade or so, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has held a certain fascination for me. It stems from meeting an actor, who was...

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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...