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Fringe review: Salty Irina
Jeremy Welch reviews Salty Irina at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play is set in some non-defined Northern European city where there have been a...

Wee beasties: Incredible macro photographs of Scots insects
IT WAS in an unassuming park in Glasgow during lockdown that David Hamilton tried out macro photography for the first time. The photographs are typically...

Two Scots brands shake things up with cocktail
A PAIR of Scottish companies have unveiled a ready-to-drink Margarita cocktail. Bute-based Braw Liquor Club has included Blackthorn Salt from Ayr as one of the...

International Festival Review: Trojan Women
Megan Amato reviews Trojan Women at the Edinburgh International Festival. As someone who usually keeps the media consumed to happy – or at least bittersweet...
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Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route
Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route. The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...

Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...

A Dram With Graham Omand, Lagg Distillery: ‘Welcoming Ewan McGregor and gifting him his very own cask was some achievement’
From welcoming Ewan McGregor to the distillery to gift him his own cask and celebrating five years in business, it's been a busy year for...

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...