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More than 7000 watched Samhuinn Fire Festival

Thousands gathered to watch winter triumph over summer last night at the immersive Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh’s city centre. A crowd of more than...

Shorter days bring more deer to our roads

Scottish Natural Heritage is warning motorists to be aware of the increased risk of collisions between deer and vehicles due to the shorter days at...
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Marking Burns Night and Chinese New Year

Unique Events and the Edinburgh Tourism Action Group will celebrate the city's Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker and Chinese New Year Festivals in January 2020. A...
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Tunnock’s teacakes go purple for a great cause

Scotland’s favourite tea-time snack has changed colour for November’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month. A limited-edition batch of Tunnock’s Tea Cakes have ditched their distinctive red...
Laidlaw in ‘Hospital Blues’, 1916.

Piper Daniel Laidlaw was the hero of Loos

King's Own Scottish Borderers piper Daniel Laidlaw made history when he inspired his comrades into a successful assault on German lines, bravery that earned him...

Feis Rois making waves with traditional music

Fèis Rois is helping to turn the tide for traditional music in Scotland through its innovative work with young people and vibrant Gaelic culture and...

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Scottish star Ewan McGregor gifted cask of Lagg Single Malt

Lagg Distillery on The Isle of Arran have gifted renowned Scottish actor Ewan McGregor his very own cask of Lagg Single Malt. The team at...
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Review: Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

The Scotch Whisky Experience sits in a prominent spot on the Royal Mile, a landmark in itself inviting tourists to discover the world of whisky...
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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...

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