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All The Galaxies, by Philip Miller

Book review – All The Galaxies

Philip Miller’s novel takes place in a step into tomorrow, with militarised police and a failed second Scottish Independence referendum. It features a boy wakened...
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The Highlands gets set to welcome its first-ever wildlife book festival

The first-ever Easter wildlife book festival is set to take place in the Highlands. Based at a dedicated birdwatching hotel, the Grant Arms Hotel in...
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Scots photographer Lenny is wild about his new honour

A Scots photographer has taken the top award in a wildlife photography competition. The Societies of Photographers this week announced the twenty six category winners...
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Plans to create visitor centre marking Britain’s worst peacetime maritime disaster

Plans to create a visitor centre in Stornoway to commemorate a maritime disaster will take a step forward this Saturday. An Iolaire Centre Open Day...
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Don’t say it with flowers when you can say it with diamonds over afternoon tea

A stunning afternoon tea with a difference is currently on offer at an Edinburgh hotel. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian has partnered up with...
The Rough Guide to the North Coast 500

Book review: The Rough Guide to the North Coast 500

One of Scotland’s gems is the North Coast 500, weaving its way around the Highlands, passing by castles, lochs and coves.  The ideal guide for...
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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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