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Whispering Angel heralds summer at Tigerlily, Edinburgh

Whispering Angel, the Côtes-de-Provence French rosé wine is bringing a taste of Provence to Tigerlily, Edinburgh this summer with a perfectly pink takeover. Oozing a...

Production at Rosebank Distillery restarted after 30 years

Production at Rosebank Distillery has restarted after 30 years, with the first cask filled and now maturing.  The Falkirk distillery was mothballed in 1993 after...
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HMS Unicorn receives £1.1m restoration funding

Scotland's oldest ship, HMS Unicorn, has received more than £1million in funding towards its ongoing restoration. The donation comes from the National Heritage Memorial Fund...

Businessman is set to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic

A Fife businessman is set to embark on an epic solo adventure which will see him row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Henry Cheape, from...
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First edition of The Hobbit found in charity shop sells for £10,000

A first edition copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit has sold for more than £10,000 after being discovered in a charity shop. The rare copy...

Book review: As the Women Lay Dreaming 

Sammi Minion reviews As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald Murray.  Donald S. Murray’s 2020 novel, 'As the Women Lay Dreaming,' is now available in paperback for those...

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
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Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...