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Festivals go cashless at 2019 True OriGIN events

A season of gin festivals across Scotland will be exclusively cashless this year - starting this weekend.  The True OriGINs events will showcase up to 80 different Scottish gins at four...

Fairytales are brought to life in the workshop

Sharmanka is a place where industry meets art, mechanics meet fairy tales and the boundaries between dreams and real life blur beyond recognition It's over...
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Enjoy the great outdoors at 25th walking festival

The annual Scottish Borders Walking Festival is the longest established event of its kind in Scotland - and it's getting ready to mark its silver...

Tragedy of the Iolaire at the heart of new novel

Donald S Murray is known for breathing life into the history and culture of Scottish islands, and this book does just that. It is centered...

RSE brings ‘Food for Thought’ programme to Inverness

The RSE, Scotland’s National Academy, brings two days of food workshops, discussions and practical sessions  to the capital of the Highlands in the latest instalment...
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Prince Charles’ woven watercolour

A tapestry depicting a watercolour by HRH The Prince of Wales was presented to Prince Charles at an Ayrshire country house he saved 12 years...

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his personal cask at Lochranza Distillery

Scottish star Ewan McGregor is set to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery for charity. The rare 26...
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The Macallan releases rare 84 Year Old dram – its oldest ever whisky

The Macallan has released a rare 84 Year Old dram - the oldest whisky to come from the distillery. The whisky, from 1940, forms part...

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