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Wigtown Book Festival inspires Irish book town
IRELAND could soon get its first "book town" thanks to inspiration from Wigtown Book Festival. Granard in County Longford aims to raise £20,000 for its...
World’s smallest martini bar joins Glasgow Cocktail Week
THE world's smallest martini bar is rolling into the Dear Green Place to mark the start of Glasgow Cocktail Week. Hidden inside a former boulangerie...
Plastic bottles hit the buffers on Caledonian Sleeper
THE days of pinching those wee bottles of shower gel to take home from the Caledonian Sleeper are numbered, as part of efforts to reduce...
Winners revealed at Bloody Scotland book festival
TWO crime writers carried off the top prizes last night as the Bloody Scotland book festival got underway in Stirling. Alan Parks won the McIlvanney...
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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,...
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...
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...
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,...
