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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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Robert Louis Stevenson award seeks writers

To marking Robert Louis Stevenson Day, the Scottish Book Trust has announced that the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship for professional writers is now open for...
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The Flying Scotsman keeps coming back – time and again

Think of the golden age of steam, and the chances are you will think of The Flying Scotsman, the world's most iconic steamtrain. The Flying...
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Ten fascinating facts about the Clan MacMillan

Scottish clans have fascinating histories, dating back hundreds and hundreds of years. Here, we reveal ten important facts every aspiring member of Clan MacMillan should...

The story of the Scots storytellers – the Shennachies

The likes of CSI and Silent Witness playing out on small screens across the country may portray an unashamedly 21st-century take on telling a tale...
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Honours for top Scottish visitor attractions

Excellence in the Scottish visitor attractions sector has been rewarded this week. The 2018 ASVA (Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions) awards were presented at ASVA’s...
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Scots Baronial mansion for sale for £1.7 million

Ormiston House is an exceptional Scots Baronial 'B Listed' house set in spectacular secluded grounds. Dating from 1851 and presented by Strutt & Parker,  it...
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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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