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Pictured with Ellie Marshall (aged eight, from Wigtown Primary School with Dumfries and Galloway major events champion Adam Wilson (Photo: Colin Hattersley)
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Wigtown Book Festival 2019 another big success

It’s been another superb year for the Wigtown Book Festival. Preliminary figures suggest that audience numbers matched or even bettered the 29,000 achieved for the...

Celebrating culture and embracing heritage

A new documentary is to be shown today, celebrating Scotland's diversity. Film-maker Stewart Kyasimire made this heart-felt documentary for his eight-year-old daughter Yasmin as a...

‘Lost’ Peploe will go to auction next week

A newly discovered painting by the Scottish colourist painter Samuel Peploe will go to auction next week. Royan Harbour, which is estimated at £70,000-100,000, was...
Architectural plans for St Columba’s Church in Glasgow (Photo: Ross Parker / SNS Group)

Celebrating Glasgow’s Gaelic culture ahead of the Mod

To celebrate the return of the Mod,  a new display entitled Glasgow Gaels, which charts some of the history of the Gaelic community in the...

Saving the wildcats – Scotland’s Highland tiger

For someone who initially had no particular interest in wildcats, I finished this book feeling massively concerned for their welfare and vulnerability.  Marianne Taylor delves...

Artist to open new Fort William exhibition

A Scots artist is to exhibit her work at the Lime Tree Gallery in Fort William. Rose Strang is an Edinburgh-born landscape artist whose work...

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A dram with Stewart Walker, Fettercairn Distillery: ‘All whiskies have a home, there’s a whisky for everyone’

Steeped in a rich history and aged finely like the golden spirit it distils, Fettercairn Distillery has seen a lot of change through the years....
Michael Henry, Master Blender at Loch Lomond Group

Loch Lomond Group’s Master Blender awarded prestigious Keeper of the Quaich

Loch Lomond Group’s Master Blender, Michael Henry, has been awarded a prestigious Keeper of the Quaich. Michael has led the whisky blending team at the...
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Rosebank Distillery introduces rare cask from 1990 for global travellers

Rosebank Distillery has introduced an extremely rare single cask from 1990 for global travellers.  Rich and fruity, the 33-year-old is the perfect expression of the...
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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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