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A hugely revamped menu from the Pizza Punks

A Glasgow pizzeria has been getting creative behind the scenes to present a new menu, from small plates and sides to pizza and pasta, plus...
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The Glencairn Glass invites crime writers to enter short story comp

Are you an author with a murderous imagination, a crime that needs capturing or a deadly deed to document? Well here’s your chance … The...

The Stillman is a novel packed with dark humour

The Stillman is Tom McCulloch’s first novel and the characterisation of protagonist Jim Drever surely draws on the author’s upbringing in the Highlands. We're in...

Les Misérables comes to Glasgow this Christmas

Glasgow's Theatre Royal is preparing to host Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Les Misérables this Christmas. Running from Tuesday 23 November until Friday 31 December,...
Author Christopher Lloyd will talk about his new book It’s Up To Us

Boswell Book Festival returns online this month

Following the success of this year’s Boswell Book Festival which was a virtual event in June, the event will be once more available online from...

A gripping mystery full of historical facts

Original Death is the third book in Eliot Pattison’s colonial mystery series – following on from Bone Rattler and Eye Of The Raven. It sees...

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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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