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Discovering the secret of Thunder Bay

Reporter Rebecca Connolly – who lives on the fictional Scottish island of Stoirm – senses a story coming on when Roddie Drummond returns to the...

Winner of north east short story competition revealed

The Toulmin Prize is open to amateur writers over the age of 16. The stories entered should have a north east focus, and may be...

Children will learn to be safer swimmers

Tens of thousands of young swimmers are to get a lesson covering self-rescue and life-saving skills in the largest coordinated water safety lesson ever seen...

Iconic city hotel’s new menu is ideal for Gatherings

The Grand Central Hotel has launched a brand new Gatherings menu aimed at events between 10 – 380 people. Based at one of Glasgow’s most...

Your chance to add some colour to Scottish icons

Exploding onto the hobby and leisure scene recently, the popularity of adult colouring shows no sign of abating.  Here, illustrator Laura Henderson, a graduate of...
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The emotive force of the Scottish landscape

This summer the Royal Scottish Academy will present an exhibition entitled Our Infinite Land. Taking Hugh MacDiarmid’s decrial ‘Scotland small? Our multiform, our infinite Scotland...

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The Glen Grant releases its rarest ever whisky – a 65 Year Old with a £39,000 price tag

When James ‘The Major’ Grant inherited Speyside distillery the Glen Grant in 1872, he brought his affinity of plants, flowers and the natural world with...
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Formula One Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc becomes new face of Scotch whisky Chivas Regal

F1 Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has become the new face of Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal. The partnership comes following news of the spirit company...
Speyside Tour with SMWS 2 & 3rd Nov 2017.
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Euan Campbell smells the whisky in the barrels

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A Dram With Euan Campbell, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society: ‘We’re pushing boundaries but respecting the heritage of this centuries old drink.’

Whisky drinkers all over the world have likely heard of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Since the whisky club was first formed in 1983, it...
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Sharks and 30ft waves: The deadly risks facing three Scots on a 14,000km Pacific row

For most people, shark-infested waters, mammoth waves, and fish that can pierce a boat’s hull would be the stuff of nightmares.  But for Jamie, Ewan,...
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Plans unveiled for new distillery to resurrect Ferintosh whisky on Black Isle

Plans for a new distillery on the Black Isle which will resurrect long lost Scottish whisky Ferintosh have been unveiled.  Ferintosh was once the largest...
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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...

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