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Life With The Orkney Island Games: ‘Organising a huge event on a Scottish island presents logistical challenges’
We catch up with Kirsty Talbot, director of the Orkney Island Games, to find out about her life on Orkney, how life compares to Glasgow,...
In a nutshell, Chef Andrea Sendon Alonso: ‘The first time I tried to make Sourdough the birds didn’t even want to have a go at it’
Andrea Sendon Alonso was appointed new Restaurant Chef onboard Fingal Hotel in 2024 to lead its two AA Rosette restaurant in Edinburgh. Andrea is originally...
Totally Tina arrives in Scotland
Award-winning Tina Turner tribute, Totally Tina, is arriving in Scotland this month. Fourteen years have passed since Totally Tina first sprang to life in Liverpool,...
Alan Cumming reveals line up for Winter Words Festival – including Douglas Stuart and Andrew O’Hagan
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new Artistic Director Alan Cumming has revealed his line up for the Winter Words Festival. Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, crime writer...
WHISKY
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK
Adding a splash of amber to the Granite City
Peter Ranscombe toasts a new high-end whisky bar in Aberdeen and is impressed with its hotel setting too. WHEN it comes to whisky, I sometimes...
Tullibardine and Aurora are a match made in heaven
On the rocks, neat or with a dash of water? Personally, I’ll take my dram with venison loin, haggis bonbons and a 228 Tullibardine whisky...
The Whisky Works launches with two new drams
An all-new range of experimental whiskies have been announced, with the launch of The Whisky Works. Launching with two limited edition whiskies – first, a...
Is this the ultimate gin for whisky lovers?
The team behind the world’s smallest bottle of Scotch has released its first gin, as Peter Ranscombe reports. WHISKY may be Scotland’s national drink, but...
