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Alan Cumming reveals line up for Winter Words Festival – including Douglas Stuart and Andrew O’Hagan

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new Artistic Director Alan Cumming has revealed his line up for the Winter Words Festival. Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, crime writer...
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Edinburgh Zoo: We try out the £2,000 bespoke private tour

I have fond memories of Edinburgh Zoo. Many trips were enjoyed there as a child with my grandparents and growing up it quickly became the...
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Roberta Hall-McCarron: Smoked duck and beetroot salad

For February's food feature, Rosie Morton sat down with leading Edinburgh chef and winner of the fish dish in the 2021 series of The Great...
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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...
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Review: The Bonnington reopens with a touch of Peruvian flair

I’ll be honest. You could write what I know about Peru down on a very small post-it note and still have space to remind yourself...
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Producer’s Corner: Amy and Andrew Skea, Potato House

We have all heard of the popular potato varieties, like King Edwards and Charlottes, but what about the tatties of our past?  For potato growers,...

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So you think you want to open your own distillery?

It seems that barely a month goes by in Scotland without news of another new distillery being created. It takes guts, the patience of a...
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A visit to Scotland gave The Whisky Lady a new passion

Whisky blogger Anne-Sophie Bigot owns the first whisky bar and brewery in Toulouse, France, with her partner. Anne-Sophie - aka The Whisky Lady of www.thewhiskylady.net...

Whisky Galore and Harry Potter star on his love of a dram

Scottish actor Sean Biggerstaff enjoys his whisky. The Glaswegian was Sergeant Odd in Whisky Galore and Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter films, and during...

We’re looking for whiskies and people to review them

Whisky distillers and Scottish Field readers have the chance to take part in our 2018 Readers Challenge. Ahead of the annual Scottish Field Whisky Challenge,...

Raise your glass and enjoy a double celebration

There's a double celebration this weekend - with the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as World Whisky Day. Glen Moray Classic...

Eden Mill’s first whisky sells for £7100 at auction

A bottle of single malt whisky from Scotland has fetched a record-breaking price at auction for the first release from a distillery. Eden Mill's bottle...

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