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StAnza returns with another outstanding programme for its 20th festival

  StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is set for another outstanding festival as it prepares to open for its 20th year celebrations in Fife. The...

March exhibitions at The Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh

The Open Eye Gallery - 10-27 March Coast and Clouds by Sarah Carrington Breaking Clouds, triptych, oil and mixed media with...

The National Wallace Monument celebrates Scotland’s heroines for International Woman’s Day on 8th March

Marking International Women's Day, on 8th March, the National Wallace Monument in Stirling will present special live actor performances as part of its Scotland's Heroines...

Brown-Foreman appoint new whisky maker for Scotch portfolio

Brown-Forman has announced the appointment of Rachel Barrie as whisky maker for its Scotch whisky portfolio which includes the BenRiach, The GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh distilleries, effective...

Scottish Opera’s youth company present Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Scottish Opera’s Connect Company – made up of talented young singers, instrumentalists and stage managers aged between 16 and 21 – presents Purcell’s chamber opera,...

A new bridge has been installed at Balgavies Loch wildlife reserve

The Scottish Wildlife Trust has replaced a bridge over a burn at Balgavies Loch Reserve near Forfar.               The...

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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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