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The dining area at the new boutique Everyman Cinema in Glasgow

Boutique cinema to open its first screens in Scotland

A fast-growing independent boutique cinema operator is to open the doors of its first Scottish cinema next month. Everyman Cinemas has announced it will welcome...

Historic Scottish pubs feature in new free guide

A free guide to Scotland's pubs with an impressive heritage has been released.  Scotland Real Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Historic Interest has been created...

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...
The new Kirkcudbright Galleries (Photo: Colin Hatterley)

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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The Glen Grant releases its rarest ever whisky – a 65 Year Old with a £39,000 price tag

When James ‘The Major’ Grant inherited Speyside distillery the Glen Grant in 1872, he brought his affinity of plants, flowers and the natural world with...
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Formula One Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc becomes new face of Scotch whisky Chivas Regal

F1 Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has become the new face of Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal. The partnership comes following news of the spirit company...
Speyside Tour with SMWS 2 & 3rd Nov 2017.
Glen Moray Distillery, Elgin
Euan Campbell smells the whisky in the barrels

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A Dram With Euan Campbell, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society: ‘We’re pushing boundaries but respecting the heritage of this centuries old drink.’

Whisky drinkers all over the world have likely heard of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Since the whisky club was first formed in 1983, it...
Jamie Ewan and Lachlan Maclean.

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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