1980 brings with it a certain amount of death and disaster: only three days into the year, Joy Adamson – best-selling author of the Born Free trilogy – is murdered in Africa by a disgruntled ex-employee; and at the back end of the year, on December 8th, John Lennon is shot  dead in New York [...]

Jim Leslie, Glengoyne Mashman of some repute, has just completed his third circuit of The Munros, those 283 Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914 metres). The picture shows Jim at the top of Ben Lomond, Jim’s final Munro and the one closest to Glengoyne Distillery. Jim (a handy amateur footballer and very decent road cyclist) [...]

As the buzz for the Bloody Scotland Festival and the Short Story Competition builds, we’re absolutely delighted that crime writer Ann Cleeves has been kind enough to provide a short story ‘Hector’s Other Woman’, published here in full for your enjoyment. April is a busy month for Ann as Vera returns to our TV screens [...]

We were thrilled last year when Glengoyne Distillery was used as one of the locations for Ken Loach’s new film ‘The Angel’s Share’, which tells the story of Robbie, a new father and ex-offender from Glasgow, whose trip to a whisky distillery might point him in the direction of a new career. The trailer for [...]

… As you map out your route to and from the most interesting places, you might wonder whether those who have travelled the terrain before you asked themselves the same question. Speaking on behalf of your fellow travellers, Mr Rankin confesses: “We have real fear of that blank first page, that elusive killer opening sentence [...]