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The essential guide to fantastic gins

We are in the middle of a gin craze – hardly a week goes by without the release of a new brand or artisanal distillery...

Artist’s first works to be shown at Scottish Gallery

Artist Joe Fan's first show with The Scottish Gallery is taking place this month. Joe's work, which embraces landscape, still life and suggested narrative, defies...

A guide to one of the most important gardens

Regarded as one of the most important gardens in Britain, Little Sparta in the Pentland Hills has become renowned the world over. Ian Hamilton Finlay’s...

Countdown is on for the 2019 Scottish Game Fair

The 31st Scottish Game Fair returns to the stunning Scone Parklands over the weekend of July 5-7. Organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust...

A life on the hills after rejecting city life

In the early 1990s, Jonny Turnbull packed in his job and bought the 7,500 acre Strone Estate in Argyll. Now, having passed it on to...

A girl’s battle with anorexia told with honesty

Tina McGuff's life was perfect - or so she thought. Living in Dundee with her devoted parents and three younger sisters, she was a happy,...

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Scottish star Ewan McGregor gifted cask of Lagg Single Malt

Lagg Distillery on The Isle of Arran have gifted renowned Scottish actor Ewan McGregor his very own cask of Lagg Single Malt. The team at...
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Review: Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

The Scotch Whisky Experience sits in a prominent spot on the Royal Mile, a landmark in itself inviting tourists to discover the world of whisky...
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Former walled garden with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill to be brought back to life as distillery

A former walled garden within an historic estate with links to Robert Burns and Winston Churchill could soon be brought back to life as a...
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Restoration of endangered Castletown Mill reaches new milestone in becoming distillery

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades....
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Scottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543...
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Isle of Harris Distillery releases second expression of The Hearach

The Isle of Harris Distillery has released the second permanent expression within The Hearach single malt range, The Hearach Oloroso Cask. It comes a year...

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