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Opinion: Reaction to bird control is stark, raven mad

Scottish Countryside Alliance director Jamie Stewart shares his thoughts on raven control. In recent weeks, the Scottish Countryside Alliance and other land-based organisations welcomed the...

Talented pair unite for a beautiful mini album

After spending the past decade playing in various collaborations and each other’s bands, Heidi Talbot and John McCusker have finally found time to record a...

Book review: Road Without Signposts by Barbara Morris

What’s the Story? Road without Signposts is a sequel to One Missed Step. The book tells the story of the continued drama within the Wilder...
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A fusion of Scots cottage and modern extension

A substantial country property of the highest calibre is currently for sale. Presented to the market by Galbraith, Remilton is a substantial rural home of...
24 Doors of Advent gives people the chance to look behind the doors of 24 buildings in Edinburgh

Scots believe they have met mythical creatures

A new survey shows 14% of Scots believe that they have encountered a mythical creature at some point in their lives. People from Glasgow are...

Celebrate an old Gaelic festival with family fun

With grey skies, snow and cold winds, it just hasn’t felt like spring at all. Almond Valley have always gone big for Easter but with...

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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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