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Aye Write: Glasgow book festival called off after event turned down for funding
It has been attended by some of the biggest authors in the country, from Ian Rankin to Val McDermid. But Glasgow’s long-running Aye Write book...
Pretty Woman The Musical: TV star Ore Oduba talks about his role in hit production
Pretty Woman: The Musical is coming to The Edinburgh Playhouse this April. The ultimate Hollywood rom-com stars TV and radio presenter Ore Oduba who speaks with...
Melville Street: Georgian townhouse on prestigious Edinburgh street hits market for £2.5million
A stunning Georgian townhouse on one of Edinburgh's most prestigious streets has hit the market for £2.5million. The six-bedroom house, on Melville Street, was built...
Big Banana Feet: Lost Billy Connolly film comes to cinemas after being found on eBay
Nearly 50 years ago, Billy Connolly was in Northern Ireland filming Big Banana Feet. The edgy fly-on-the-wall documentary followed the comedian around the country’s volatile...
Life With the National Library of Scotland: ‘I have conserved incredible material from Jane Austen to Charles Darwin’
Conservator Claire Hutchison on having the patience to handle delicate archive material, working on a first edition of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and safeguarding national collections....
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Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons
Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’
Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky
Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production
It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen. The historic distillery has been...