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Jo Malone summer pop-up at St James Quarter

This July, Jo Malone London is bringing the British seaside to St James Quarter. On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July a sweet summertime experience...
Karolina Binczyk.

The jewellery designer making earrings from recycled silk: ‘Each piece tells a story’

Ever since she was a little girl, Karolina Binczyk has always loved to make things. As a child growing up in Poland, her mother taught...
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The Good Books, Foday Mannah: ‘I always recommend Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart, it’s a stunning novel’

Foday Mannah on reading as a child, the author who has inspired him, what he's reading now.    The first book I remember reading: Children...
D137 P9. East Coast Looking North, Insh Island, Slate Islands, Argyll and Bute Savills

Insh Island: One of Scotland’s last untouched private Islands hits the market

Insh Island, one of Scotland's last untouched private islands has gone on the market - for just £500,000. The island is only accessible by private...
Caspar Lench in '324a' Ballet Nights Glasgow. Photo by Rimbaud Patron.

Review: Ballet Nights, Glasgow

The critically acclaimed Ballet Nights smash hit live dance show makes its long-awaited Scottish debut in July at Glasgow Theatre Royal, finds Lisa Simonis.  ...
Richard Rankin as John Rebus. Credit: Mark Mainz/Eleventh Hour Films

Detective John Rebus back on our screens as season two confirmed

Detective John Rebus will be back on our screens after the BBC confirmed a second season of the hit TV drama with Richard Rankin. The...

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Douglas Laing & Co's Bunnahabhain 10 Years Old

Whisky honours Scotland’s islands and seas

An independent whisky distiller has unveiled its Provenance Coastal Collection, a limited edition single cask series of four bottlings honouring Scotland’s whisky islands and the...
The Macallan Ruby is the pinnacle of The Macallan 1824 Series

The Macallan Ruby is a real gem of a whisky

A limited number of the Ruby, the pinnacle of The Macallan 1824 whisky series, are now available to buy. The Macallan Ruby 70cl is now...
The Bladnoch Distillery is looking forward to a bright future

Bladnoch marks bicentenary with £5000 bottling

Scotland’s most southern distillery has launched a special bicentennial release to celebrate both its rich history and its renaissance - at £5000 per bottle. Offering...
Lizzie's Dram has been created by Diageo to mark Liz Stewart's retiral

Lizzie’s retiral is marked with a special dram

Scotland’s first female operator in malt distilling celebrated her retirement last week and Diageo marked the occasion in a rather ‘neat’ way. After 31 years’...
The Northern Lights over Norway

Inside the northernmost distillery

Aurora Spirit is the northernmost distillery in the world at 69.39°N. Set deep within the arctic circle the distillery and visitors centre is at Årøybukt...
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Prime Ministers and their relationship with a dram

Tales of late-night whisky-drinking are very much part of the mythology of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (PM: 1979-1990), but what is perhaps less well-known...

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