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Storm chase yields 66 copies of rare George Mackay Brown book
A joint appeal by BBC Radio Orkney and the George Mackay Brown Fellowship – to mark the centenary of the Orcadian writer’s birth this year...
A 60th birthday present – £100,000 to enjoy the mountains
The Scottish Mountaineering Trust marks a special birthday next year - and it's giving away a present. For its diamond birthday next year, the Scottish...
A fascinating look around the Scottish coastline
One of the benefits of lockdown was that people who normally struggled to find time to write were finally able to do so. Kevin Scott,...
An insight into Scotland’s lost love of pewter
Pewter was in everyday use in most households, churches and places of commerce in Europe for hundreds of years. But it fell out of favour...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years
The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched. Once known as Tìr an...
Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive
A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...
A dram with Stewart Walker, Fettercairn Distillery: ‘All whiskies have a home, there’s a whisky for everyone’
Steeped in a rich history and aged finely like the golden spirit it distils, Fettercairn Distillery has seen a lot of change through the years....
Loch Lomond Group’s Master Blender awarded prestigious Keeper of the Quaich
Loch Lomond Group’s Master Blender, Michael Henry, has been awarded a prestigious Keeper of the Quaich. Michael has led the whisky blending team at the...
