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Tapas Off for a new Burns Night celebration

Whisky masterclasses and Scottish 'Tapas Aff' have been unveiled ahead of Burns Night. Modern Scottish pub The Gate is hosting a ‘Tapas AFF’ (Scottish small...
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New tourism drive for the Borders and Midlothian

Tourism businesses in the Scottish Borders and Midlothian are embarking on a new marketing campaign designed to revolutionise the area’s visitor economy. Launched this week,...
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Name the train competition is launched

Stirling’s popular Land Train is looking for a name and needs the public’s help to find the perfect title. Go Forth Stirling, which runs the...

Mixologists create masterpieces at The Gallery

A series of exclusive cocktails have been created by mixologists at The Gallery – the stylish new bar at the Chester Hotel in Aberdeen. They...

A delicious roast duck recipe to warm you this winter

This delicious roast duck recipe has been created by leading chef Craig Hart. The Sheraton Edinburgh’s executive chef has worked in the best hotels, but...
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Diageo champions inclusion and diversity in Scotland

More than 2000 Diageo employees are taking part in series of events across Scotland this week to champion inclusion and diversity as part of INC...
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Review: The Hari Afternoon Tea & London Tea Friends Summer Festival

Summertime in Auld Reekie can feel a lot more hectic than The Big Smoke. So, instead of breaking to London for the hustle and bustle,...
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Travel Review, Knipoch Hotel: ‘A visit to Knipoch is like taking a deep, restorative breath of crisp, cleansing Highland air’

I knew that Shakespeare’s singular Scottish play, Macbeth, was set in Scotland, of course, but I had no idea that the murder that inspired it...
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Travel Review: Seaton House, St Andrews

Visitors flock to St Andrews for different reasons, whether it be to play rounds of gold on the town's historic championship courses, visit the third-oldest...
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Fred Olsen: Scotland, Scilly Isles & The West Country 10 Night Cruise

At the ripe old age of 33, I packed my bags, hopped on the 30-minute train from Haymarket to Rosyth and into the waiting taxi...
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Galgorm Resort is the perfect place for a luxury spa break in Northern Ireland

There are spa breaks, and there are spa breaks. But when I agreed to travel to Northern Ireland to visit Galgorm Resort I was fairly...
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Marine Troon Hotel: ‘A relaxed sense of luxury and you don’t need to like golf to love this hotel’

Marooned just steps away from the golden sands of Troon beach lies the sandstone monolith that is the Marine Troon Hotel. Golf fans may be...
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In a Nutshell, Theo Creton: Cooking has its highs and lows, but you can’t buy the feeling of putting a smile on someone’s face’

Theo Creton, head chef of MARA Restaurant at Links House, Dornoch, on the most he's ever paid for a meal, his favourite cookbook and the...
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Review: The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack

South Queensferry is probably the perfect place for a seafood restaurant, and so taking the short hop from Edinburgh to the Firth of Forth to...
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Producer’s Corner: Anona Gow, Pitscandly Farm

When Anona Gow began her career as a lawyer, she never imagined that one day she’d swap the courtroom for running a deer farm in...
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Historic Coleburn Distillery to be revived after 40 years

The historic Coleburn Distillery is set to be revived after 40 years of lying dormant.  Located in the heart of Speyside, Coleburn is being brought...
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Is this Glasgow’s best Sunday roast? Elements in Bearsden serves up a fantastic lunch

It’s been an impressive start for Gary Townsend’s first solo venture, Elements in Bearsden.  Opening last year to a flurry of rave reviews, it was...
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Rare bottle of whisky from Port Ellen Distillery set to fetch up to £300,000 at auction

A rare bottle of whisky from Port Ellen Distillery, which re-opened last year after 40 years, is set to fetch up to £300,000 at auction....

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