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Join the Big Scottish Book Club this weekend

Have you ever been in a book club? If not, you're invited to join one this weekend. The Big Scottish Book Club is a new...
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Seven fantastic foraging treasures to be found

Thrifty Brits with a love of the outdoors have been offered tips for foraging common nuts and berries across the country this autumn. From sweet...
Dennis and Carol McDonald were among the first to arrive for Saturday’s opening

Thousands join Aberdeen Art Gallery reopening celebrations

Aberdeen Art Gallery reopened to the public on Saturday as the ribbon was cut on the landmark redevelopment. Free tickets for the opening weekend were...

Meet the brave Scots brothers rowing the Atlantic

When three brothers from Edinburgh decided to row across the Atlantic, their fundraising drive saw them pillaging West Coast distilleries for whisky. Ewan, Jamie and...

Exclusive crime event for Book Week Scotland

Ian Rankin will discuss his recently re-launched lost novel, Westwind, with bestselling crime author Stuart MacBride at an exclusive event during Book Week Scotland. Published for...

A fascinating look at Edinburgh’s proud military past

Today, Edinburgh Castle is primarily admired by tourists and locals for the drama it adds to the landscape of our capital. Although a stroll down...

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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...

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