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Review: Rusacks St Andrews

Primely situated in the home of golf, Rusacks St Andrews is the perfect escape for golfers and non-golfers alike. Grant Dickie visited to sample just...
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Scottish tractor rally of almost 200 farmers in protest over Labour’s family farm tax

A Scottish tractor rally of nearly 200 farmers in protest over Labour’s family farm tax has taken place in a bid to send a message...
Dalmahoy's head golf pro, Scott Dixon [Credit: Sandy Young Photography, Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com]

Learn To Play: Lessons from Dalmahoy’s Head Golf Pro

When self-confessed hacker Rosie Morton decided she needed to brush up on her swing, she turned to Dalmahoy's head golf pro, Scott Dixon.  'What other sports...
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Kevin Quantum brings his dazzling show to Carnegie Hall

As a 17-year-old acting in a youth theatre version of Some Like it Hot, Kevin McMahon could never have imagined he would return to the...
Aberdeen Breviary : Volume 1. Credit: National Library of Scotland

Lost score found in Scotland shows what music sounded like five centuries ago

A fragment of ‘lost’ music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book is providing clues to what music sounded like five centuries...
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Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year revealed

A traditional Victorian home in Lesmahagow has been crowded the winner of Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year 2024. Interior designers Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale...

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What’s up with Whisky: March Madness

Welcome to our new whisky column where we will be discussing the secondary whisky market. As well as insights into the market we will be...
Judge Colin Forde comes from a family of Irish setter breeders in Southern Ireland, he is pictured here with Bownard Cherry Cherry [Photo: Angus Blackburn]

Gordon & MacPhail boosted ahead of new distillery

There's a new arrival at a Scotch whisky firm, ahead of the opening of a new whisky distillery in the heart of the Cairngorms. Gordon...

Notebook – October 2021

A Speyside whisky from The Wine Society is among the bottles reviewed by drinks blogger Peter Ranscombe. THERE'S a distinct "Speyside" theme to the latest...

Cask and Still Magazine Issue 9

We celebrate whisky, spice and all things nice in issue nine of Cask & Still. We look at Ghillie Basan’s new book, which has some...

Cask and Still magazine issue 8

James Bond's drams are in focus as we take a look at Ian Fleming’s favourite whisky cocktails. We feature six - not 007 - of...

Cask and Still Magazine Issue 6

Issue six of Cask & Still has some northern exposure, as we head to the world’s most northerly distillery, Aurora Spirit, is situated deep in...

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