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The Scottish Sale highlights art, history and people

In May 2019, Bonhams celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Scottish Sale. This unique auction is long-established as the premier sale of its type to...

Celebrating the horsepower at the heart of Scotland

It's one of the most recognisable horses in the world, and their enduring appeal is marked in The Clydesdale: Workhorse of the World. Mary Bromilow’s study...

There’s 13 good reasons to gin and bear it

Tickets are going fast for the first The Gin To My Tonic Show, which comes to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus next month. Taking place from...

Behind the headlines in the Scottish highlands

He was the Highland correspondent for The Herald for 30 years, and in this book David Ross reflects on the most significant stories he found...
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Three new galleries to open after £80million spend

Three new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland open to the public on Friday. These complete the 15-year, £80 million redevelopment which has created...

It’s all systems snow for sports in the Nevis Range

The 2019 winter season is now fully underway and Scotland’s highest snowsports destination, the Nevis Range, is open for business. Last week, after a long-awaited...

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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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