LATEST POSTS

The outstanding Banchory Lodge Hotel in Royal Deeside

Four-star status for Banchory Lodge Hotel after £1.2million revamp

A Royal Deeside hotel has been given a massive boost from VisitScotland. Having had an investment of over £1.2million, Banchory Lodge has now been awarded...
unnamed

Snow tubes are the perfect way to entertain the kids after the Beast from the East

Scotland has been hit by the Beast from the East over the last couple of days, with lots of schools closed due to the snow....
An exclusive Mother’s Day cocktail, a Pomegranate Martini, will feature on the Britannia menu

Britannia offers the perfect place to celebrate Mother’s Day

With Mother's Day fast approaching, now is the perfect chance to treat your mum like royalty. For over 44 years, Britannia was home to one...
 East Haugh House's (from left) director Sophie McGown, general manager Steven Dobbin and proprietor Lesley McGown

Congratulations to the best hotel in Scotland – it’s official

Scotland’s Hotel of the Year has been revealed as a Perthshire family business. East Haugh House in Pitlochry, a four star boutique country house hotel,...
Pictured are seven of the students responsible for the exhibition (from left) Si Yeon Seong, Kanupriya Sharma, Anna Venturini, Alex Cohen, Sabrina Parker, Tina Conte and Asma Aljailani

Why new exhibition will leave its own paper trail

St Andrews University students are to curate a new exhibition in the town. Coming to St Andrews Museum is a fascinating new exhibition entitled Paper...
Linea Recta and Carmen.maquia are coming to the Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Ballet Hispanico will present a British first in Edinburgh

Latino dance classics look set to entertain Scottish fans next month. Ballet Hispanico, a premier Latino dance organisation from the United States present the UK's...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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,...
Black Isle Distillery - Courtyard_final

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...
LLG - Luss

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...
image (24)

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,...
Harrison-KV-Kilt-Mountain-Stance

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...
Highland Park_Gordon Motion Master Whisky Maker

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...

Author