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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Edinburgh Zoo: We try out the £2,000 bespoke private tour

I have fond memories of Edinburgh Zoo. Many trips were enjoyed there as a child with my grandparents and growing up it quickly became the...
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Roberta Hall-McCarron: Smoked duck and beetroot salad

For February's food feature, Rosie Morton sat down with leading Edinburgh chef and winner of the fish dish in the 2021 series of The Great...

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The collection of the rare Corti whiskies

Largest-known collection of rare Corti Brothers whiskies goes to auction

The world’s largest known selection of rare and collectable Corti Brothers whiskies will go under the hammer in Scotland next week. They are up for...
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Classic cocktails given a whisky twist for Robert Burns Night

Whisky and poetry lovers across the world are today celebrating the life and work of iconic Scottish poet, Robert Burns. To mark the event, Loch...

Halewood revives Crabbie whisky and aims to build a distillery in Leith

Peter Ranscombe tries the first two Crabbie whiskies from the label's new owner and hears about its plans to build a malt distillery in Edinburgh....
Glenmorangie has created The Astar

Glenmorangie has created Astar in the making

A Scotch whisky which has been on a decade-long journey is the perfect accompaniment to Burns Night. In 2008, on its ceaseless quest for perfection,...
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Guid Scotch ideas from all over the world to celebrate Burns Night

Dram O’ Shanter, The Speyside Grace and Best Laid Drams – the most famous works of Scotland’s national bard have been immortalised in the form...
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Distilleries report a record number of visitors

Scotch whisky tourism is in good spirits at the turn of 2018, as latest figures reveal a record year of visitors to Diageo distilleries across...

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