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Alan Cumming: ‘The Traitors has been such a huge hit, it’s a testament to saying yes to things outside your comfort zone’

TV presenter and silver screen actor Alan Cumming chats with Rosie Morton about his new book, life in Scotland, and his beloved pooch Lala. Tell...
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Producer’s Corner: Matthew Mallia, Hobz Bakery

There is an artisan bakery boom happing in Edinburgh. These days it’s not uncommon to see queues out the doors of many bakeries made popular...
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Historic document recognising Kirkcudbright farmer’s heroic efforts returned to RNLI lifeboat crew

A historic document recognising a 19th century Kirkcudbright farmer’s heroic efforts has been returned to the town - nearly 160 years after the disaster. Kirkcudbright...
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Works by the ‘father of modern Scottish photography’ Joseph McKenzie go on display

Often referred to as the ‘father' of modern Scottish photography, Joseph McKenzie is considered by many as one of the greatest post war photographers to...
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Bookshop themed bar with cocktails named after famous authors to open in Glasgow

A Jack Kerouac? A Dorothy Parker or an Ernest Hemingway? They might be some of the world's most famous authors, but now you can sip...
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WATCH: Album buried underground for more than a year by Scottish composer Erland Cooper tops the charts

Erland Cooper, described as the ‘Banksy of classical music’, went to particularly unusual lengths to produce his classical album, Carve The Runes Then Be Content...

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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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