Scotland
Five top tips for gardening kicks this spring
Spring to a gardener is like all your birthdays come at once, there’s so much anticipation and there’s lots to see, smell, touch and even taste. The idea of having an engaging outside space is to enjoy it, so here are some tricks of the trade to give you a head start on how to…
Read MoreWhisky and tweed combine for a Father’s Day gift
One of Scotland’s oldest distilleries has partnered with contemporary tailors in a creative collaboration marrying two of Scotland’s finest whisky and tweed connoisseurs. In time for Father’s Day, The GlenDronach and Walker Slater have teamed up to design a tweed-dressed hip-flask to mark the launch of the partnership. The deep russet colours of the bespoke…
Read MoreWhat’s stacked up for our pair of whisky lovers?
There’s a surprise reveal for our whisky loving pair in this week’s 60 Second Dram. Over the course of the last nine weeks, experts James Robertson and Blair Bowman a wee dram to nose and sample, and to give us their thoughts on it. This week we give them their 10th tasting. But, there’s a…
Read MoreAll change as The Three Chimneys has new owner
The famous Three Chimneys restaurant on Skye has been sold by owners Shirley and Eddie Spear after 34 years. The world-renowned restaurant with rooms, at Colbost on the Isle of Skye, has been purchased by Scots born international hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray. Gordon, who is returning to live in Scotland permanently, aims to carry on…
Read MoreThe Wallace Monument has reopened its doors
The National Wallace Monument has re-opened its doors to visitors following a £1m refurbishment to mark its 150th anniversary year. The investment has seen a complete revamp of the exhibition galleries within the famous landmark. The work to totally transform each of the three floors within the Monument commenced in February this year. The project…
Read MoreBaby birds will soon be hatching in your garden
If you’re listening out for the chatter of springtime chicks you don’t have too long to wait with blue tits among the first garden bird species to lay and hatch eggs. As the nesting season gets underway, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is sharing what makes blue tits special and asking members of the public to…
Read MoreDistillery to open its doors for Spirit of Speyside
A new batch of cask finish gin is being released in time for distillery open days during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Running from 3-5 May, Avva Scottish Gin Cask Finish 55% is now onto Cask 3 and is matured for six months in a first fill bourbon cask from Kentucky. Made by Jill…
Read MoreThe Scots otter who won’t take to wild water
A Scottish otter who has failed to be reintroduced to the wild is to become a television star. In the penultimate episode of BBC Scotland’s series Born to be Wild, the Scottish SPCA Animal Rescue Centre receives an unusual case; an otter from the very north of Shetland who’s already failed twice to be successfully…
Read MoreBritain to learn of Scotland’s worst sea tragedy
A documentary marking a century since the greatest sea tragedy ever to befall the west coast of Scotland is to be shown on national TV next week. The Iolaire was carrying sailors who had fought in the First World War back to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides on Hogmany, 1918. She departed…
Read MorePublic sector must be a Beacon of Good Food
The Soil Association Scotland has called on Scotland’s public sector to step up to the plate. They want them to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Good Food Nation legislation. Scotland’s leading food and farming charity has called upon Scottish Government to ensure that any future Good Food Nation legislation supports the public sector…
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