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New whisky will celebrate the true spirit of Glasgow

A limited edition dram has been released by independent Scotch whisky business Douglas Laing & Co. They have unveiled The Epicurean Cask Strength 'Glasgow' a...
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View of urban Scotland at new exhibition

An art exhibition chronicling Scotland's ever-changing cities, towns and villages is currently on display. Visitors to Duff House in Aberdeenshire can peer into Scotland’s urban...
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Ten green ideas for Earth Day in Scotland

This Sunday is Earth Day, and Scotland offers a host of great green getaways. From planning how to travel, to choosing where to stay, more...

Absurdist play will take audience to dark places

A dark absurdist play is coming to Glasgow and Edinburgh next month. Tron Theatre Company in association with National Theatre of Scotland presents Ma, Pa...

Popularity grows for Scottish estates in private sales

A growing number of Scottish estates are being sold privately. In a market of reducing supply, where only 16 estates, totalling some 70,000 acres sold...

£5.8million funding in place for new distillery

Fundraising to create Edinburgh’s first single malt whisky distillery for 90 years has hit its £5.8million fundraising target. The drive to help fund the creation...
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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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The slow staycation: How to take a tranquil city break in London

London, a famously frenetic city, might seem like an odd choice for a relaxing break, but it all depends on how you do it. Eilidh...

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Dad's are notoriously tricky to buy for, right? So as the countdown to Father's Day begins (heads-up, it's on 15th June this year) you might...
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Review: Pestana Royal Hotel, Madeira

I had never really considered Madeira for a holiday break until it came up through my online flight search: ‘Destination - anywhere, budget - under...
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Restaurant review: Patatino At The Hoxton, Edinburgh

This new Italian restaurant inside a shiny new contemporary Edinburgh hotel is a curate’s egg, finds Richard Bath. The Hoxton is a new hotel built...
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Recipe: Carrot and Ginger Cake

One of Scotland’s best loved farm shops and cafes, Gloagburn in Perthshire, will publish its first cookbook this year, as a homage to the traditional country...
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Producer’s Corner: Keith Paterson, Shore Seaweed Chips

Seaweed has long been a staple of many cultures, particularly in Asia, but the Western diet seems to have forgotten it.  One of the most...
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Scientists produce the first ever blueberry to flourish in Scottish climate

Scotland’s fertile soils, abundant clean water, and milder summer temperatures create ideal conditions for producing high-quality berries.  And now after ten years worth of research,...
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Montrose, Edinburgh: ‘I am glad to be able to report there hasn’t been a seismic shift in the food at Montrose’

Edinburgh diners can relax because the excellent Montrose’s fanfare about a new direction was overblown – this relaxed Abbeyhill eatery thankfully remains largely unchanged, says...
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Review: 3 Blind Mice, Edinburgh

Things are starting to ramp up in the centre of Edinburgh. We’re a mere week away from the start of the Edinburgh Festivals and the...

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