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Fringe Review: The Legends of Mountains and Seas

Megan Amato reviews The Legends of Mountains and Seas at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. THE Graduate Institute of Performing Arts of National Taiwan Normal University’s...
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International Festival Review: The Rite of Spring

Megan Amato reviews The Rite of Spring at the Edinburgh International Festival. PINA BAUSCH'S The Rite of Spring returned to Edinburgh on 17 August with...

Fringe Review: Clara Pople

Jeremy Welch reviews Clara Pople at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. WORKING as a reviewer during the festival is a bit like working on an oyster...

Fringe Review: Let the Bodies Pile

Jeremy Welch reviews Let the Bodies Pile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. HENRY NAYLOR is a fantastic playwright with justifiable awards and accolades heaped upon...
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Fringe Review: Hello, the Hell: Othello

Megan Amato reviews Hello, the Hell: Othello at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. BARDOLATORS may be horrified to hear that I was never a huge fan...
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Fringe Review: Taiwan Season – Duo

Megan Amato reviews Duo from the Taiwan Season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. SOME dance productions are so emotionally charged and physically exacting that they...

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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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