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Cumnock exhibition puts industry and science in the spotlight

An exhibition celebrating Scotland's rich industrial past is currently being held. The event, marking the history of Cumnock and the Doon Valley, is running at...
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Dramatic dance performances will entertain in Glasgow

A dramatic dance performance in two parts is coming to Glasgow's Tramway Theatre next week. The Tramway commissioned Brighton-based choreographer, performer and stage designer Theo...
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Ten new conservation apprenticeship places are up for grabs

Historic Environment Scotland is offering 10 new conservation internships based in Stirling, Edinburgh and Fort George. Each of these internships will last at least 12...
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Fun and funghi at Culzean Castle

There's a fantastic family funghi day out with a difference in South Ayrshire this weekend. Mystical mushrooms and toxic toadstools are the order of the...

Visitors flocked to Historic Environment Scotland properties

Tourists have been flocking to Aberdeenshire’s historic sites as Historic Environment Scotland has announced record-breaking visitor figures for the 2017 summer season. The summer season...
Be Charlotte with Scottish Opera - Glasgow - 2 October 2017 - © Julie Broadfoot - www.juliebee.co.uk

Scottish Opera performers collaborate with Scottish pop acts

Scottish Opera and a pop performers are working together for #OperaPassion Day later this month. As part of BBC Arts Digital’s #OperaPassion Day on Thursday,...

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...
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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...
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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...