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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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What’s up with Whisky: April Brawls

Welcome back to the new whisky column where this month we are discussing all things whisky, from the secondary whisky market and the morality of...

Scottish winners in pub and bar awards named

Some 30 pubs and bars across Scotland are celebrating ahead of the bank holiday weekend, after a selection of venues were named the best in...

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...

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