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A Scottish celebration of the coffee bean scene
The Edinburgh International Festival may have passed, but there's another event being lined up for the capital - the Edinburgh Coffee Festival. From the coffee...
Search begins for Scotland’s creative teenagers
The search has begun to find young Scottish teen writers and illustrators. Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has...
When the Romans came to Scotland
For anyone who has an interest in classical history and literature, or in the foundations of Scotland, this book is remarkably insightful. The author describes...
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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...
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...
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...
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,...