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Scotch beef back on the menu in Japan

Japan may have got one over on Scotland at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday, but there was some good news for the nation in...
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The Scottish Cafe and Restaurant reopens

Edinburgh’s The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant rolled out the red carpet for over 300 special guests last night as part of its official re-opening party....

The scares are stacking up this Halloween

The pancake pioneers Stack & Still, who opened their third pancake branch in Glasgow last weekend, announced details of their seasonal Halloween stacks and its...

Jim Clark Museum welcomes 10,000th fans

A couple from Stirling were the 10,000th visitors to the new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in Duns last week. Moira (60) and Colin (61) McNicol...
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Fundraising bid to restore 1200 year old Pictish stone

A crowdfunding campaign has today been launched for the repair and conservation of a rare Pictish stone. The previously unknown carved Pictish cross-slab was recently...

A look at the natural year in the Highlands

‘Nature writers are supposed to be able to summon from the literary ether the precise words to describe their subjects or the feelings they evince,’...

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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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