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The Product Launch of the Year award is given to Johnnie Walker/Diageo for White Walker, by McLaren Packaging

Game of Thrones whisky is an award winner

A Scotch whisky tie-in to Game of Thrones has won a prestigious award. Diageo’s Johnnie Walker White Walker Game of Thrones campaign has won the...

A Scottish celebration of the coffee bean scene

The Edinburgh International Festival may have passed, but there's another event being lined up for the capital - the Edinburgh Coffee Festival. From the coffee...

Search begins for Scotland’s creative teenagers

The search has begun to find young Scottish teen writers and illustrators. Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has...

When the Romans came to Scotland

For anyone who has an interest in classical history and literature, or in the foundations of Scotland, this book is remarkably insightful. The author describes...

Scottish boat festival confirms 2020 event details

The 2020 Scottish Traditional Boat Festival will take place under new leadership. Following a successful two day event in June earlier this year, plans for...

Experience Commando Country in person

The chance to experience Commando Country and study the history and evolution of the Commando in Scotland is now on offer. Commando Country is an...

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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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