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Life with Forestry and Land Scotland: ‘People would be amazed at the nature that lives in their gardens’
Environment manager for Forestry and Land Scotland, Colin Edwards, spends more time in nature than most. He talks to us about his passion for macrophotography...

Scotland Through A Lens: Alastair MacDonald Jackson
After nearly two years exploring Scotland’s remotest areas, Alastair MacDonald Jackson has captured the essence of island life. I've been taking photographs fairly seriously for...

Edinburgh International Festival: August 2024 programme announced
Nicola Benedetti's second programme as director of the Edinburgh International Festival has been unveiled. With more than 160 performances in the city this August, we...

Review: Hamilton, Festival Theatre Edinburgh
You would be hard pressed to find a Broadway or West End show in the past few years that has created the same social impact...
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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,...

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...

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...

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,...