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Easter Achnahanat is a traditional cottage with modern comforts

Huge potential at this home with outdoor pool

A four bedroom detached house with huge development potential is for sale in the west of Scotland. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram , 16...

Edinburgh hotel offering new vegan afternoon tea

Growing numbers of people are choosing to go for a plant-based diet, so an Edinburgh hotel is creating a special afternoon tea for them. With...
The Discovery and new V&A Museum in Dundee

A busy time is in store with Dundee Design Month

Dundee is quickly becoming one of the most-watched cities in Scotland. Ahead of the opening of the new V&A Museum later this year, the first...
Sarah Jane Laing, executive director of Scottish Land & Estates

Estates contributing to the Scottish economy

Scottish estates mean business more than pleasure, according to a speaker at Scottish Land & Estates' AGM. And the overwhelming majority of Scotland’s 3000-plus rural...
Celebrating Film Fest in the City with Mackays, in St Andrew Square Garden

See Paddington, Star Wars and Casablanca for free – outdoors!

Three days of free films in the great outdoors are coming to Edinburgh next month. Edinburgh International Film Festival and Essential Edinburgh’s immensely popular free...
A nice pike putting a good bend in a light rod

A perfect Perthshire spring fishing weekend

In the right conditions, there are few better places to be in the world than Perthshire in the spring – especially if you are a...

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SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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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

photo/Peter Sandground

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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