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When mother nature gave Scotland a battering
When the weather turns, Scotland takes a real battering from the elements. Scottish Field looks at 10 of the worst - and strangest - incidents...

Burke and Hare – the notorious murderers
Burke and Hare were Scotland’s most notorious murderers, but their crimes fed the demand for corpses at Edinburgh’s medical schools. At just after eight o’clock...

Detective solving a murder crime back in time
Seventeenth-century detective duo MacKenzie and Scougall are asked by a Highland clan to solve a case, after a young lawyer’s body is found near Edinburgh....

Scots’ lunar legacy is celebrated fifty years on
Fifty years ago, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out onto the surface of the moon. However, few people know that without Scottish ingenuity,...
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Gin Bothy unveils plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route
Scottish producer Gin Bothy has unveiled plans for a whisky distillery on a historic smuggling route. The distillery in Glen Prosen, Angus, sits on land...

Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases two new Taiwanese whiskies
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has released two new Taiwanese whiskies. The whisky club is shining a spotlight on the five-year-old single malt Taiwanese...

A Dram With Graham Omand, Lagg Distillery: ‘Welcoming Ewan McGregor and gifting him his very own cask was some achievement’
From welcoming Ewan McGregor to the distillery to gift him his own cask and celebrating five years in business, it's been a busy year for...

The Glen Grant releases its rarest ever whisky – a 65 Year Old with a £39,000 price tag
When James ‘The Major’ Grant inherited Speyside distillery the Glen Grant in 1872, he brought his affinity of plants, flowers and the natural world with...