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A gripping read for those who love a mystery

William A Graham’s debut crime novel Vermin introduces a detective who takes on a missing person case that escalates into so much more. The story...

Sporting auction is all ready to tee off with golf items

Important items from one of the most comprehensive historical golf collections are coming to auction next week. They will go under the hammer Bonhams Sporting...
Wester Spirit Co's new Glasgow-distilled rum

Glasgow ready for a rum deal after 300 years

Glasgow's first rum distillery in 300 years is to open in November. Next month, Wester Spirit Co will open a brand new, innovative rum distillery...

Get free tickets to Edinburgh pop-up gin club

A supermarket has announced the first-ever pop-up gin club from a UK retailer is coming to Edinburgh. Lidl has revealed its biggest UK venture to...
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Remembrance art to be installed at St Giles Cathedral

An art installation is to be unveiled at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh to mark Remembrance Week 2018. Alison Kinnaird has been invited to show...

Passion, quality and innovation at food and drink awards

Businesses from across the Highlands and Islands are celebrating after the winners of the 2018 Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards were revealed. Fourteen...

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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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