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Kilted yoga coming to the Edinburgh Food Festival

Kilted Yoga star Finlay Wilson will be adding his flexible talent to the mix at this year’s Edinburgh Food Festival. The annual foodie event kicks...

The bravery and sacrifice of brave Scot Jane Haining

The true story of Scottish heroine Jane Haining is a truly harrowing one. As matron of a Hungarian residential school that housed Jewish orphans, Jane...
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Chill Fest Leith returns with more cocktails

Chill Fest Leith will return to Edinburgh this August - bigger and better than ever before. This year’s Chill Fest celebrations will see eighteen top...
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Marchmont set to host fascinating talks and films

Marchmont House is preparing to celebrate the very best in contemporary Scottish wood sculpture with an exhibition, talks and films featuring leading artists and makers....

Writers aged over 40 invited to apply for national award

The Scottish Book Trust has announced that the Next Chapter Award 2020 is open for applications. Now in its sixth year, the award from the...

Half-price Tattoo tickets will go on sale from Monday

Half-price tickets for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s annual preview evening will go on sale from 10am on Monday, 22 July. This year, the Tattoo...

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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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