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Port Edgar open weekend brings fun on the water

More than 500 watersports taster sessions, shopping, streetfood, DJs and kids’ activities will be on the menu at this year’s Port Edgar open weekend on...
Bernard MacLaverty (Photo: Jude MacLaverty)

Writers awarded month-long residency in France

Scottish Book Trust has announced that the four Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowships for 2019. The national charity changing lives through reading and writing, revealed the...
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Pair of exhibitions on show at Fine Art Society

The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh is hosting two showcases of work throughout the month of May. John McLean, who was 80 earlier this year,...

A handy guide to traditional Scots folk songs

Before his death in 1990, Norman Buchan compiled 100 modern and traditional Scottish folk songs that have been passed on by generations of Scots. Now...
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Political intrigue led to Scotland’s most notorious duel

When the euphoria that followed the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 had subsided, Britain experienced a period of financial depression and crop failure...

The story of the man behind New Lanark

The first full biography of David Dale, founding father of socialism, this book reflects 30 years of research. David J McLaren came to know about...

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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...
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Formula One Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc becomes new face of Scotch whisky Chivas Regal

F1 Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has become the new face of Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal. The partnership comes following news of the spirit company...
Speyside Tour with SMWS 2 & 3rd Nov 2017.
Glen Moray Distillery, Elgin
Euan Campbell smells the whisky in the barrels

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A Dram With Euan Campbell, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society: ‘We’re pushing boundaries but respecting the heritage of this centuries old drink.’

Whisky drinkers all over the world have likely heard of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Since the whisky club was first formed in 1983, it...
Jamie Ewan and Lachlan Maclean.

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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