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Wigtown Book Festival aims to be more accessible

This year’s Wigtown Book Festival aims to be the most accessible ever for adults and children. The Big Wig programme for the youngest visitors includes...

The lochs of the Borders, Fife and the capital

The Loch of the Lowes to Loch Leven feature in the next episode of Paul Murton's Grand Tour of Scotland's Lochs. Programme five sees Paul’s...
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The world’s finest orchestras heading to Scotland

The world’s leading orchestras are to play at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall this autumn. They will perform as part of the Sunday Classics season, including the...
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Beautiful home on the banks of an Argyll loch

An immaculately presented home with a spectacular loch frontage and direct beach access is now for sale. Presented by Robb Residential, Waterside Cottage externally is...
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Hotel’s special offer to former Thomas Cook staff

An award-winning Scottish hotel is doing its bit to help Thomas Cook staff who have lost their jobs after the travel firm crashed. Perthshire's East...

Home of Golf tees off craft beer collaboration

St Andrews Links and renowned local craft brewery, St Andrews Brewing Company, have teamed up to create two new bespoke beers celebrating the Home of...

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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...