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Edinburgh International Film Festival will return

A SLIMMED-DOWN version of the Edinburgh International Film Festival will return this August. The future of the festival was thrown into question last October when...

Scotland’s Golden Shears team unveiled

SCOTLAND'S Golden Shears Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling World Championships team has been named. The squad will represent our nation during the contest, which will be...

David Yarrow mounts largest Scottish exhibition

PHOTOGRAPHER David Yarrow is preparing to mount his largest Scottish exhibition. The Watson Gallery has arranged for more than 20 of his images to be...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge launches Fringe fund

WRITER Phoebe Waller-Bridge has launched a £100,000 fund this morning to help performers at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The fund is supported by individual...

Northwoods Rewilding Network plants 100,000 trees

THE Northwoods Rewilding Network has planted more than 108,000 native trees during its first two years, according to figures released this morning. The network, which...

Instagram star named Ramblers Scotland president

RAMBLERS SCOTLAND has selected Zahrah Mahmood, star of Instagram account The Hillwalking Hijabi, as its new president. "I have high hopes for my appointment and...

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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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