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SPECTRA: Scotland’s Festival of Light lands in Aberdeen

SPECTRA lands in Aberdeen for its 11th year and dazzles like never before.    February is a month of dark evenings. Sunset is getting later...
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Scotland Through A Lens: Golden Hour with Phil Wilkinson

For Phil Wilkinson it’s all about the light of golden hour, that glorious period of the day shortly after sunrise or before sunset when the...
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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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Hamish Martin: ‘Ground Elder is a staple food source in our family – and it has fabulous benefits for wildlife’

This month gardening columnist Hamish Martin explains why seeing the shoots of Ground Elder unfurl is a spring delight, as he explores the many uses of this versatile...
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Rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from possible love interest sells for £33k

An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold...
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Totally Tina arrives in Aberdeen

Totally Tina invited the Granite City to come along and shake a tail feather as the show’s tour took it to Aberdeen’s Tivoli theatre. Grant...

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Whisky news round-up: Leith, Royal Mile, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes another light-hearted look at the latest whisky news. FANCY helping to invent new whiskies? Then Port of Leith has the answer. The...

REVIEW: Lagg Distillery’s maiden single malt

James Robertson reviews the maiden whisky from Lagg Distillery on Arran. LAGG Distillery, the sister distillery owned by Isle of Arran Distillers, has launched its...
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What’s up with whisky: A Tale of Two Elchies

Mark Littler returns with his monthly look at the world of whisky auctions. WELCOME back, and welcome to September. This month we come to you...
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Whisky round-up: awards, auctions, new releases, and more

Peter Ranscombe unwraps a bumper round-up of light-hearted news, releases, and more from the world of whisky. ANNANDALE distillery is toasting a brace of prizes...
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Whisky news round-up: Talisker, Glenlivet, and more

Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest whisky news from Scotland's distilleries. TALISKER ambassador Ross Edgley is attempting to break a swimming world record to promote the...
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WHISKY NEWS ROUND-UP: Finn Thomson, Ardbeg, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted look through the latest whisky news. THE Thomson family is marking its 300-year connection with the whisky industry by launching...

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