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Charities benefit from £1million from the Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will donate £1 million to 13 UK military charities and arts organisations this year. This will bringing its total charitable...

Silent classics coming to Scottish cinema

A flavour of cinema from a century is coming to a Scottish cinema. HippFest has launched its third Taste of Silents season at Scotland’s oldest...

Celebrating Scotland’s business diversity

From spirits to squirrels, and houses to hotels, the Helping It Happen Awards has shone a light on some of Scotland’s most innovative, diverse and...

800-page new Gaelic work to be launched at festival

The first comprehensive anthology of Gaelic literature, spanning the Middle Ages to the 21st century, has been described as filled with many masterpieces of the...

A celebration of Stornoway in poetry

SY Story: A Portrait of Stornoway Harbour is a stunning poetry collection which  explores the history of Stornoway from the Mesolithic time to its present-day...
Scottish pianist Steven Osborne will perform on Saturday 5 October at Sir James MacMillan’s Cumnock Tryst Festival (Photo: Gemma Aldous)

The sixth Cumnock Tryst is ready to begin

Sir James MacMillan is opening the 2019 edition of The Cumnock Tryst festival today. It’s the East Ayrshire festival’s sixth iteration and boasts its most...

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Scottish folk-rock band Skerryvore appointed global band ambassador at Ardnahoe Distillery

Scottish folk-rock band Skerryvore has been appointed as the global band ambassador of Ardnahoe Distillery. The band are planning a series of special whisky sessions...
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Skotch and Sketch at The Glasshouse, Edinburgh

Grant Dickie heads to a Skotch and Sketch workshop at The Glasshouse, in Edinburgh, to taste their latest dram and try his hand at sketching. ...
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The Macallan to open new fine dining restaurant on iconic estate

In 2021, The Glenturret Lalique became the first restaurant inside a distillery to achieve Michelin recognition. Just a few years later, it followed it up...
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Benbecula Distillery: Spirit flows through island distillery after 130-year-old whisky recipe revived

The first spirit has started to flow at Benbecula Distillery after an islander brought a 130-year-old recipe back to life.  Angus MacMillan always dreamed of...
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Rosebank Distillery: Sleeping giant Falkirk distillery reawakened after 30 years

Known as the sleeping giant of Scottish distilleries, the highly anticipated Rosebank Distillery has finally reawakened. After more than 30 years of closure, Ian Macleod...
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The Dalmore Luminary: Rare whisky sells for nearly £95,000 at auction

A bottle of Dalmore whisky has sold for nearly £95,000 at auction, encased in a glass sculpture which was hand polished for 500 hours. The...

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