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Masters to check in for distillery chess event
Lindores Abbey Distillery is holding a chess tournament this week - and to mark the occasion is releasing a commemorative edition of its Aqua Vitae,...
Orkney is one of the book’s big characters
The Orkney island of Sanday in the middle of winter becomes a character in its own right in Lin Anderson’s novel in the Rhona MacLeod...
New book tracks down Scotland’s old tractors
Award-winning photographer Allan Wright is intent on capturing a lost army - an army that is, of largely abandoned Vintage Tractors. Roaming Scotland’s stunning coastal...
Eight in ten Scots parents don’t get kids’ slang
New research finds 82% of Scottish parents don’t understand their children's modern day slang. ‘Obvs’, 'savage', ‘sick’, 'squad' and ‘awks’ among the words most commonly...
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Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route
Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route. The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...
Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...
A Dram With Graham Omand, Lagg Distillery: ‘Welcoming Ewan McGregor and gifting him his very own cask was some achievement’
From welcoming Ewan McGregor to the distillery to gift him his own cask and celebrating five years in business, it's been a busy year for...
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...
