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Celtic Connections closes with special farewell concert
EUROPE'S largest winter music festival comes to an end on Tuesday with a new event. Celtic Connections' farewell concert, which will be broadcast online from...

Stanza poetry festival approaches
STANZA, Scotland’s international poetry festival, is just a few weeks away, with excitement building for the launch of the first ever hybrid event. The past...

Brunch To Go with Edinburgh’s Waldorf Astoria
By the time we emerge from this spate of lockdowns, home-schooling and working from home, we will all be experts at adapting – particularly those...

Brothers launch their Outlandish beers
TWO brothers from Lanarkshire have fulfilled their life-long dream by opening a microbrewery. The first beers from Ronnie and Kenny Lees hit the shelves last...
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Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route
Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route. The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...

Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...

A Dram With Graham Omand, Lagg Distillery: ‘Welcoming Ewan McGregor and gifting him his very own cask was some achievement’
From welcoming Ewan McGregor to the distillery to gift him his own cask and celebrating five years in business, it's been a busy year for...

The Glen Grant releases its rarest ever whisky – a 65 Year Old with a £39,000 price tag
When James ‘The Major’ Grant inherited Speyside distillery the Glen Grant in 1872, he brought his affinity of plants, flowers and the natural world with...