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Scottish Game Fair will return in July with new sponsor

The GWCT Scottish Game Fair has started the new year in style by announcing an exciting new partnership with NFU Mutual. The leading rural insurer...
Haggis isn't always the first choice for celebrating Burns Night

Campaign bids to bring the world a haggis emoji

Scots all over the world are being called upon to support a campaign to bring Scotland’s national dish into the language of emojis. In what...
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Go with the snow this Sunday for World Snow Day

It’s World Snow Day on Sunday (20 January) with over 469 events in 45 countries around the world - and Scotland won't miss out! The...

A journey through life in a collection of poetry

Alexander McCall Smith takes readers on a journey through the Scottish landscape in A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems. In choosing the Scottish...

Vintage day of antiques comes to our screens

The BBC's Antiques Roadshow’s visit to the National Trust for Scotland’s Crathes Castle is to air this weekend. Filmed on a perfect summer’s day last July, the...
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See inside the beautiful Hamilton Mausoleum in 2019

Thousands pass by it every day, but how many people have actually been inside Hamilton's famous mausoleum? Located beside the M74, across the motorway from...

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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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