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Photo Essay: Water of Leith and Dean Village

Photographer Rachel Bolton heads out around the Water of Leith to capture some incredible pictures.  When living in a city, it can be difficult to...
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Watch: Billy Connolly releases new artwork reflecting on Glasgow childhood and friend Robin Williams

Billy Connolly has released new artwork which reflects on his childhood in Glasgow and remembers his friend, Robin Williams. Sir Billy has launched his Born...
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Edinburgh International Film Festival: Sir Sean Connery honoured with new prize backed by actor’s family

Sir Sean Connery is to be honoured with a new award in his name at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Sean Connery Prize for...
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Clan Ewing to choose its first clan chief in 250 years

In 1566 they fought alongside Mary Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside, but Clan Ewing has been without a chief since 1776. Now,...
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Review: Montrose, Edinburgh

An offshoot of Michelin-starred Timberyard, new restaurant Montrose in Edinburgh’s Abbeyhill district is a chop off the old block, discovers Richard Bath. There will always...
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Watch: Runrig farewell concert come turned into a film

They played their final concert to devoted fans at Stirling Castle in 2018, but now Runrig's farewell has been immortalised in a new film. The...

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Sharks and 30ft waves: The deadly risks facing three Scots on a 14,000km Pacific row

For most people, shark-infested waters, mammoth waves, and fish that can pierce a boat’s hull would be the stuff of nightmares.  But for Jamie, Ewan,...
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Plans unveiled for new distillery to resurrect Ferintosh whisky on Black Isle

Plans for a new distillery on the Black Isle which will resurrect long lost Scottish whisky Ferintosh have been unveiled.  Ferintosh was once the largest...
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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...

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