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Remote off-grid home on Knoydart peninsula with its own private beach hits the market

Looking for some peace and quiet? Well this incredible off the grid home on Knoydart peninsula, complete with its own beach, might just be for...
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Review: Landy’s, the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile

Editor Richard Bath heads out to Landy’s to try out the chippy bringing the seaside classics to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, offering nostalgic favourites like salt...
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Gardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘It is easy to see why gorse has always been so closely linked to the sun’s energy and light’

Gorse tends to start to flower early and can be seen even in March but it isn’t till May that it comes into full bloom...
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Producer’s Corner: Fetcha, Fiona McArthur

When Campbeltown chocolatier Fiona McArthur started to make vegan delights from her friend's kitchen in 2020 she dreamed of one day seeing them in the...
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Scotland Through A Lens: High Days & Holidays with Beth Muirhead

Hiking in the glorious Scottish mountains is the source of all inspiration and motivation for Beth Muirhead's photography. How long have you been taking pictures...
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Filming for the 10th season of Shetland gets underway – and Ashley Jensen is back

Filming for the tenth season of hit TV show Shetland is underway, with Ashley Jensen reprising her role as DI Ruth Calder. Alison O’Donnell will...

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Whisky round-up: awards, auctions, new releases, and more

Peter Ranscombe unwraps a bumper round-up of light-hearted news, releases, and more from the world of whisky. ANNANDALE distillery is toasting a brace of prizes...
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Whisky news round-up: Talisker, Glenlivet, and more

Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest whisky news from Scotland's distilleries. TALISKER ambassador Ross Edgley is attempting to break a swimming world record to promote the...
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WHISKY NEWS ROUND-UP: Finn Thomson, Ardbeg, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted look through the latest whisky news. THE Thomson family is marking its 300-year connection with the whisky industry by launching...
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Whisky new releases: Glenturret, Tullibardine, and more

Peter Ranscombe rounds up the latest whisky releases from Scotland's distilleries and bottlers. GLENTURRET has added whiskies at either end of the age spectrum to...

Whisky festivals prepare for busy September

SCOTLAND'S whisky festivals are preparing for a busy September, with Distilled taking place in Elgin, and the National Whisky Festival of Scotland rolling into Aberdeen....

Review: House of Hazelwood releases

Drinks blogger James Robertson reviews the first releases from new whisky firm House of Hazelwood. RECENTLY, a new business arm of the renowned distilling family...

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