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Dechmont House in Deans, Livingston

Edwardian class in a stunning home with impressive views

A fine, late-Edwardian house with elegant period features and ties to local heritage is now available. Dechmont House, in Deans, Livingston, presides over approximately one...
Easter Achnahanat is brought to the market by Bell Ingram

Modern build in a traditional style is certain to impress

An impressive detached home located in a private position with formal gardens and mixed woodland is now available. Presented to the market by Strutt and Parker, Dunbeg...
This home in Kellieside Park, by Milnathort, is set over one floor,

Countryside farmhouse in fertile land is on the market

A traditional farmhouse with substantial stone steadings and paddocks is for sale as a whole or in three lots. Greenburns Farmhouse is surrounded by some...
Robert Swan with the Ardgowan Expedition whisky

Raising a glass with a Scotch whisky – at the South Pole

Whisky lovers around the world no doubt brought in the New Year with a tipple of Scotland's national drink. But you can be sure no...
Delighted Audrey Carlin from WASPS

Work gets underway on £5.7million creative arts hub

Plans to create a £5.7million arts hub in the Highlands have been welcomed. Members of the arts community are delighted by the news of the...
Author Val McDermid at the Muriel Sparks exhibition, at the National Library in, Edinburgh

Forgotten Scots author is resurrected to celebrate literary heritage

A celebration of female writers is being marked in the skies of Edinburgh. Message from the Skies, co-commissioned between Edinburgh’s Hogmanay and the Edinburgh International...

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...