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Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital
‘This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again,’ Alexander...
Life With a horologist: ‘In watchmaking you can’t cut corners or learn things overnight, it takes time’
Laings watchmaker Annika Leppala on following in her grandfather's footsteps as a horologist, learning the art of patience in a world full of immediacy and...
The Broch: Drystone home on Harris inspired by Iron Age named Scotland’s Greatest Escape
A drystone home on the Isle of Harris, inspired by the Iron Age, has been named Scotland's Greatest Escape. Situated on the Borve Lodge Estate,...
Life With Pollok Country Park: ‘I have the joy of working with one of the best known cattle breeds in the world’
Fourteen years ago Melissa Curran was a city girl who had never been around cattle. Now, an assistant livestock supervisor, she helps care for Pollok...
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REVIEW: Cask 88 Sir Walter Scott 250th anniversary whiskies
Peter Ranscombe gets an exclusive preview of whisky bottler Cask 88's tribute to Sir Walter Scott. THERE'S something so evocative about tasting whisky outdoors. When...
A week in whisky: World Whisky Day looms
Peter Ranscombe takes his irreverent weekly trek through the world of whisky… WORLD Whisky Day is almost upon us once more, and what better way...
‘Dirt, plankton, and sileage’ – funniest whisky tasting notes revealed
A LIST of the funniest whisky tasting notes has been released. Ahead of World Whisky Day on Saturday, Glen Moray distillery in Elgin asked whisky...
A week in whisky: Friday the 13th special
Peter Ranscombe returns with his light-hearted weekly round-up of what's happening with whisky - and his first column has a distinctly supernatural feel to it…...