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24 Doors of Advent gives people the chance to look behind the doors of 24 buildings in Edinburgh

Beautiful garden of Dal An Eas, Kilmore opens this weekend

On a bright, blustery morning, I’m visiting the beautiful garden of Dal An Eas, Kilmore, Oban.  Owner Mary Lindsay is smiling at the door –...
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A beautifully refurbished flat in Edinburgh’s New Town

The current owners have created an exemplary city centre home that is finished to a level that is rare to find in the Edinburgh market....

A crime thriller that ticks all the right boxes

Brooke Magnanti’s first stab at a crime thriller hits all the must-haves of the genre – secrets, lies... and dead bodies. Protagonist Erykah Macdonald had...
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The puppets of Avenue Q are a (sesame) treat

For those of us who are of a certain age, puppets on TV were our friends and sometime teachers. So many of us will have...

Exploring Scottish tartan, bagpipes and landscapes

Tartan, bagpipes and rugged, wild landscapes are the traditional images associated with Scotland. A major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland this summer will...

The big cheeses are getting ready to visit Scotland

More than 100 of the UK’s top artisan cheesemakers are coming to Scotland this weekend. The gathering, at Loch Arthur Camphill Community in Dumfries and...

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SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

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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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