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Tributes to former jockey and course manager

Former jump jockey and manager of Perth racecourse, Sam Morshead, has died after a short illness. Having been was born and brought up in Ireland,...

Welcome return of sponsor at Scottish Rural Awards

The Scottish Rural Awards has welcomed the return of one of its sponsors for the 2019 event. The awards are delighted to welcome ArdMoor back...
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Museum success can be focus of Scottish cultural summit

The successful openings of new museums in Scotland has led to a call to drive forward Scottish culture. The triumph of Scotland's new museum of...
Heriot-Watt has catalogued Scotland's botanicals

The appliance of science to help Scottish gin

A new resource is now at hand to help Scotland’s gin producers create new products and increase their exports. Distillation experts from Heriot-Watt University have...
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New art exhibition will highlight the River Tay

Scotland's longest river is to become the focus of a new art exhibition. A tourism initiative bringing the areas of Dundee, Perthshire, Angus and Fife...
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The hunt is on for the world’s best porridge maker

The 25th annual World Porridge Making Championships are coming to Scotland. The historic Highland village of Carrbridge iis the place to be on Saturday, 6...

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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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