Before a single licensed distillery existed, Scotland was already producing some of the finest spirit the world had ever tasted.
The Scottish surnames of Clan MacLeod carry one of the most remarkable origin stories in all of Highland history.
Every summer, from North Carolina to Hawaii, men in kilts hurl a 6-metre telegraph pole into the air and hope it lands correctly. They are not in Scotland.
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In August 1822, a king who had never set foot in Scotland arrived in Edinburgh wearing a kilt.
Within about thirty seconds of “Strip the Willow” beginning, you will be spinning. You won’t know who’s spinning you. You won’t care.
There is a Gaelic phrase — cianalas — that has no direct translation in English.
Ask two Scots which dram is finest and you’ll start an argument that lasts the night.
Somewhere inside Glamis Castle, there is a room that nobody is permitted to enter. Not guests. Not staff.