4 d. ago Hebridean whisky and gin distillery to play starring role in BBC global film series

“We’re doing things that nobody in the history of whisky making on Islay has done before - that’s a privilege” – Adam Hannett, head distiller

Culture

8 d. ago Annandale Distillery, where history, science, and whisky meet, merging the bard and the barley

A forgotten still, a scientist, and a whisky revival – discover why your whisky trail should head south.

Politics

1 week ago The Scottish city break that you probably haven’t considered – filled with history, whisky and mystery

While Edinburgh or Glasgow may seem like the obvious choice for a Scotland city break, Albert Stumm suggests heading to the Highlands and spending a few days in Inverness

Politics

3 w. ago The small, but thriving city that offers a mix of history, whisky and mystery

Inverness is the gateway to the Highlands, a rugged, windswept region of northwest Scotland

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Do something with your actions. Don’t just write a cheque’: Bonnie Raitt on activism, making men cry and 38 years of sobriety

Going back out on tour, the 13-time Grammy winner recalls stark inspirations and steamy studio sessions as she answers your questionsYou’ve had a decades-long career. When did you first feel that you had “made it”? LondonLuvverI wasn’t expecting to do music for a job. I was into social activism in college, and I just had music as a hobby. My boyfriend managed a bunch of blues artists and I asked if I could open for some of them – just to have fun and hang out with my heroes. Unbeknown to me, there really weren’t any women playing blues guitar and doing the mix of songs [I was], and I immediately got more offers of gigs and even a record company offer within about a year. That first gig I got under my own name, when I was 19, was a total surprise: that’s when I felt I had made it.How was it growing up with a father [John Raitt] who was such a big Broadway star? Abbeyorchards7He had hits in the 1940s with Carousel, and in the 50s with The Pajama Game. By the time I was 10 or 11, he wa...

Politics

3 w. ago The Scottish Highlands offer a dynamic mix of history and modernity, along with whisky and Nessie

The past is very much present in northern Scotland today

Politics

last month Daredevil Lanarkshire dairy farmer to make history abseiling 100ft from world’s tallest whisky distillery

Hugh Neilson is one of the ‘Abseiling Eight’ who will make history by being one of the first groups to descend the 100ft-high Port of Leith Distillery.

Society