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StAnza poetry festival will enchant all

Young poetry fans are in for a treat with enchanted rhyme and nonsense verse at this year’s StAnza Festival. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is...
Stuart MacBride and Susan Calman hold a discussion at Granite Noir in the Aberdeen Music Hall

Granite Noir’s biggest crime writing festival to date

Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir was held at the weekend - with organisers hailing it the biggest and best since its launch in 2017....

Final tickets still left for 2019 Taste Local Awards

The winners of the 2019 Taste Local Awards will be revealed tomorrow at a lunchtime awards ceremony held at the Sligachan Hotel on the Isle...

Robert Burns’ great love poem is brought to life

My Luve's Like A Red, Red Rose is an illustrated version of Burns’ famous poem, re-created to depict maternal love. The power of Burns’ words are...
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Brunch at The Ivy has never been so glamorous

To many of us, the piling up of avocado on toast has become something of a weekend tradition, reserved for lazy Saturdays and sleepy Sundays...
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Views wanted on 18th century Scottish shipwreck

A consultation has been launched seeking views from the public on the designation of the site of an 18th century merchant ship which sunk off...

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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...
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A dram with Stewart Walker, Fettercairn Distillery: ‘All whiskies have a home, there’s a whisky for everyone’

Steeped in a rich history and aged finely like the golden spirit it distils, Fettercairn Distillery has seen a lot of change through the years....

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