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Scots inspired to go on a cooking taste adventure

A range of simple recipes inspired by world cuisines have been launched as part of a campaign to get the nation cooking with Specially Selected...

Scotland’s native oyster season has now begun

Scotland’s native oyster season opened yesterday (Sunday 1 September), with the landing of the first Loch Ryan oysters of the season. A two week race...

The best park in Scotland is revealed

Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline has been voted by the public as the Best Park in Scotland in Fields in Trust’s UK’s Best Park 2019. Known...
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Surrealist work bought by National Galleries of Scotland

Scotland's national art collection has acquired its first painting by spellbinding surrealist Dorothea Tanning. This new addition to the collection has been purchased with assistance...

The Tobermory Cat is a fun story for children

The Tobermory Cat is the enduring tale of one feline’s quest to fill his empty stomach. Illustration is vivid, with a charming rusticity and acres...
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New restaurants open in iconic city building

An iconic building has been brought back to life with the opening of two new restaurants. The Esslemont Bar & Restaurant and Mac’s Pizzeria, situated...

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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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