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Fringe Review: Isabella Charlton – So My Dad F****d The Nanny

Richard Bath is still struggling to process this comedian's tale of a dark steamy affair between her father and the family's nanny. ★★★ I seriously...
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Fringe Review: Juliet Cowan – F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone

Richard Bath heads to Juliet Cowan's comedy debut which delivers a part teenage confessional, part middle-aged rallying cry. ★★ You know you've attained true Marmite...
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Fringe Review: Shitty Mozart

Richard Bath finds proof that 'just because you can, it doesn't mean you should' at this one man show. ★★ The premise of this show is that...
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Fringe Review: Adults Only Magic Show

Richard Bath heads out for an adults-only night of magic and comedy. ★★★★ Short version: I really enjoyed this, and it was comfortably the best...
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Slave to the rhythm: Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson

The most progressive and cosmopolitan of the Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson expressed his national identity and love of sensual pleasures in dynamic modern paintings...
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Bar + Block’s Mexican-Inspired Menu, Edinburgh

Located on Edinburgh's Princes Street, Bar + Block is a steakhouse in a prime location. I have passed it a hundred times on the high...

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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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