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Producer’s Corner: Judith Vajk, Caledonian Oyster Company
Judith Vajk has been harvesting Pacific oysters from Loch Creran near Oban for 30 years. Brought up in Pethshire, Judith didn’t think much about food...

Scotland Through A Lens: Orcadian Magic with Kendra Towns
Canadian photographer Kendra Towns showcases the ever-changing beauty of the islands she now calls home in this month's Scotland Through A Lens. How long...

Gardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘Whenever I see Red Clover growing wild I can’t help but internally rejoice’
Let me introduce you to one of my favourite wild friends, Red Clover. Whenever I see it growing wild I can’t help but internally rejoice,...

Life With Lubna Kerr: ‘Comedy was my calling, I loved to make people laugh as a child’
Scottish comedian Lubna Kerr on growing up in Glasgow, her favourite place in Scotland, and what people can expect from her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show...
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Alexander McCall Smith blends whisky with words
AUTHOR Alexander McCall Smith will host a reading tomorrow on The Malt Whisky Trail Instagram channel as part of Book Week Scotland. The writer, who...

Local landmarks inspire Kingsbarns’ whisky names
KINGSBARNS, the family-owned distillery in Fife, has today unveiled its latest whisky – Balcomie. Matured in American oak butts that previously held oloroso sherry, the...

Scotland’s first ‘vertical distillery’ takes shape
CONSTRUCTION has begun at Scotland's first "vertical distillery". Foundations have been laid for the £12 million Port of Leith distillery. The site sits next door...

A very special whisky – from The Wine Society
Peter Ranscombe tastes the first whisky from the society's reserve cask selection. WITH a name like "The Wine Society", it may not be the first...