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DJMKDW Britain's Queen Elizabeth II watches one her ponies compete in Highland Class at Royal WIndsor Horse show in grounds of WIndsor

Highland Show reveals its judges for 2020

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland has announced next year's judges for the competition. The RHASS is ending 2019 on a robust note...

The Samaritans will benefit from short story sales

A Scots author is donating the proceeds from his short story The Fright Before Christmas to the Samaritans. Jonathan Whitelaw, from Glasgow, has written a...

Culzean Castle celebrated Christmas 1879

Culzean Castle’s magical Victorian Christmas tours returned for a second year in 2019. They proved to be a resounding success with the event selling out...
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The Lion King makes a roar-some night out

The Lion King has taken up residence for the foreseeable future at Edinburgh’s Playhouse and the buzz surrounding the show that has been delighting audiences...

The Ivy in the Square kicks off 2020 in style

Hot on the heels of hosting Edinburgh’s world-famous Hogmanay Celebrations, The Mac Twins will be kicking off 2020 in style at The Ivy on the...
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Glasgow Canal Festival set to make a splash in 2020

Glasgow Canal Festival is set to make a splash next year, having been named as part of the celebrations for Scotland’s Year of Coasts and...

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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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