The most handcrafted of single malts, The Balvenie, has launched two very special whiskies. Both filled from the same distillation into the same type of cask on 28th May, 1963 […]

A visit to the Braemar Gathering is like a glass of the finest malt – one you’ve had a taste, you want more! Such an analogy is pertinent as I […]

Whisky is synonymous with Scotland, with thousands of visitors every year coming specifically to visit the distilleries. Yet this isn’t just some tartan-clad, shortbread-flavoured nostalgia; the world of whisky has […]

The din of battle surrounds you. To your right a mass of archers draw their bows and with a heavy twang their deadly rain is unleashed, decimating the spearmen standing in […]

Following a wet, cold and generally miserable time at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo when I was 12, I have avoided the world-famous event at all costs. As a result, it […]

Situated on the gorgeous East Lothian coastline, Prestonpans is an attractive and welcoming little town with a fascinating history. The name Prestonpans translates from Old English and Scots as “the […]

The Staghead Hotel, Queensferry, near Edinburgh, 7am. Newspapers are spread over tables and floor and on these rest greeny-brown squares, each the size of a face flannel, made up of […]