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Review: Road Hole Restaurant, St Andrews

The old favourite Road Hole Restaurant in St Andrews retains arguably the best dining views over a golf course in the world, but the menu...
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Maison by Glaschu kicks off summer with week-long ice cream cart pop-up and a Bastille Day bottomless steak frites

One of Glasgow’s chicest restaurants, Maison by Glaschu is kicking off summer with a week-long ice cream cart pop-up and a Bastille Day bottomless steak...
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Life With Damien Warren-Smith: ‘Gary’s my alter ego. He’s me if I had zero inhibitions. He’s my Sasha Fierce’

Damien Warren-Smith, aka Garry Starr, on his Scottish roots, his alter ego and the Monty Python sketch he wished he'd created.   I was born...
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Producer’s Corner: Charlie Aitken, Rum Cay

Charlie Aitken grew up listening to stories from his grandparents about their time living near the island of Rum Cay in the Bahamas, during the...
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Gardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘Mullein isn’t just amazing for us but it serves as a valuable resource for wildlife’

The sheer structure and standing of the truly beautiful Mullein flower means it stands head and shoulders above all the other plants – not unlike...
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Aberdeenshire home inspired by Californian mid-century architecture crowned winner Scotland’s Home of the Year

An Aberdeenshire home inspired by Californian mid-century architecture has been crowned winner of Scotland’s Home of the Year. Hilltop House near Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire – a...

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This year's GIN:NE was a success (Photo: GIN:NE/ The Gin Cooperative)

Successful north east of Scotland gin festival will return in 2019

A gin festival is to be held in the north east of Scotland in February next year. After this success of this year's GIN:NE event,...
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Legendary whisky area will celebrate with its first festival of gin

Campbeltown and the Kintyre area are legendary for their whisky, but now it's set to host its first festival of gin. The inaugural Gintyre Festival...
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Turkish Delight is an inspiration for new Edinburgh Gin – just in time for Mother’s Day

A delicious Scottish gin has been made available across the UK just in time for Mother's Day. Edinburgh Gin has launched its sumptuous fruit gin...
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Johnnie Walker releases new Jane Walker Whisky label

Johnnie Walker Whisky has launched its first-ever female brand icon. Early this week, the firm unveiled Jane Walker, the first-ever female iteration of the brand’s...
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Double cherry gin is an experimental release for Scots firm

The Glasgow Distillery has launched a new series of experimental spirits. The Single Batch Spirit Series are a range they feel intrepid minds and keen...
Inside the Glen Scotia Distillery

Bringing the taste of the Mull of Kintyre to the rest of the world

The taste of Campbeltown is being brought to the world, thanks to award-winning distiller Glen Scotia. The firm is to stage a tour that will...

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