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Crowd funding campaign launched to help bring derelict Leith theatre back to life

A local non-profit arts festival is setting its sights on raising £20,000 to help restore the old Leith Theatre in Edinburgh to a fully functioning...

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LEAPING WILLOWS: (l-r) Hayley Cottle (6), Katie Wark (6), Amilia Wark (4) Murrin Houston (6) celebrate the arrival of a 7ft willow unicorn at Crawick Multiverse, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. The sculpture, handmade by willow artist Woody Fox, has been created to  mark Scotland’s links to the mythical creature as part of National Unicorn Day (9 April). Visitors to the popular attraction will be able to meet the new addition throughout the coming months. In honour of National Unicorn Day, VisitScotland is challenging people across the country to embark on their own unicorn hunt and take a quest in search of tributes to our national animal.
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New sculpture is mane attraction this National Unicorn Day

A new sculpture celebrating Scotland’s national animal will be unveiled one of the country’s leading art attractions this week. The 7ft unicorn sculpture, designed and...

The strange but true Scottish facts that aren’t April Fools

It a national day for practical jokes and elaborate fibs, but this April Fool’s Day (Saturday 1st April), VisitScotland is celebrating the weird and wonderful...

Award-winning Dundee architects to design multi-million pound leisure complex

An award-winning Dundee architects’ studio is designing a multi-million pound leisure complex overlooking a Perthshire loch. After a focused effort, the Andrew Black Design team...
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Tamdhu marks 120th anniversary with 50 Year Old whisky

Tamdhu Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky has unveiled its oldest ever bottling – Tamdhu 50 Year Old - to coincide with the distillery’s 120thanniversary. Matured...

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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...
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A Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery

Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to...
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Q&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato

Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture,...
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his personal cask at Lochranza Distillery

Scottish star Ewan McGregor is set to auction 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery for charity. The rare 26...
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The Macallan releases rare 84 Year Old dram – its oldest ever whisky

The Macallan has released a rare 84 Year Old dram - the oldest whisky to come from the distillery. The whisky, from 1940, forms part...

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