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North east gin festival returns next month

A gin festival is to be held in the north east of Scotland in February. After this success of this year's GIN:NE event, it will...
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Scotland is all set for major exhibitions in 2019

A huge year lies ahead for National Museums Scotland in 2019. The completion of the transformation of the National Museum of Scotland’s iconic Victorian building...
The impressive Robert Burns visitor centre in Alloway is worth a visit

Celebrate Rabbie Burns’ 260th birthday in style

He may be 260, but he’s not doing too shabby: Robert Burns - Scotland’s national bard - is celebrated every year on would have been...

Stores aim to get Scotland first footing again

A supermarket is encouraging people across the country to reignite the heritage of Hogmanay by first-footing their neighbours with a lump of coal. Customers across...
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Dissect medical history online for the first time

A new resource that allows people to delve easily for the first time into the fascinating world of medical history - including rare photographic collections...

New Scots gin is in the shops from today

A supermarket is launching a new exclusive product across all Scottish stores for Hogmanay, a Kinrara Oak Spiced Gin. The perfect winter warming tipple, the...

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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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