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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...

Improve your deer management skills with BDS

Thinking of taking your deer management skills to the next level? The British Deer Society has three courses already scheduled for 2019 across the UK....

A whisky that’s been shaped by the land and sea

The Glenglassaugh Distillery has released Batch 2 of its Octave cask expressions, Glenglassaugh Octaves Classic and Peated. And it's whisky shaped by nature, with the...

Good weather for Turcan Connell/ Lyon & Turnbull

The sun was shining for this year's Turcan Connell /Lyon & Turnbull social gathering. It took place at the Royal Highland Show, at the Royal...

The sun was shining for Gleneagles Garden Party

The 2018 Gleneagles Garden Party was well attended as always. The event was held at the hotel. [zenfolio-gallery id="15050473" masonry="true"]

The chairman’s drinks party with Young Farmers

The Young Farmers Chairman's Drinks Party was another success this year. The event was held at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston. [zenfolio-gallery id="270587108" masonry="true"]

A joyous occasion at Ardvreck School Garden Party

There were plenty of smiles to be found at the 2018 Ardvreck School Garden Party. The event was held at the independent boarding and day...
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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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