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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...
WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 10/12/2021 - Programme Name: Scotland's Best Dog - TX: 16/12/2021 - Episode: n/a (No. 5) - Picture Shows: 'Angus' a one-year-old Black Goldendoodle and his owner Tony from Glasgow; 'Bear' a two-year-old Pomeranian and her owner Meagh from Dumfries and Galloway; and 'Poppy' a two-year-old working Cocker Spaniel and her owner, Olympic swimmer Hannah Miley from Aberdeen.   - (C) Red Sky Productions - Photographer: Thomas Skinner

Hunt for Scotland’s top pooch is nearly over

The search for Scotland's Best Dog is almost over. In the fifth of six episodes in the BBC Scotland series, going for gold this week...

The story of philanthropist A. K. Bell and the Gannochy Trust

There have always been people who are in successful in life, who feel a moral duty of care to help those less well off. In...

Christmas at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Visitors to the Palace of Holyroodhouse can currently see the State Apartments transformed with shimmering Christmas trees, garlands and a magnificent table display to celebrate...

A fascinating look at faith with carefully chosen words

If you're judging a book by its cover, then, on first glance, Olives and Obligations would apoear to be some kind of cook book. Hwever,...

Dewar’s reveals new 36 Year Old whisky for global travel

Bacardi Global Travel Retail has extended the Dewar's Double Double series with a new release. It has revealed the launch of the release of Dewar's...
Garry Shand created Aberdeen's Twelve Days of Christmas Sculpture Trail

Follow the Twelve Days of Christmas wooden sculpture trail

Twelve unique and striking totem pole sculptures have once again been placed across Aberdeen city centre – can you find them all and solve the...
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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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