A HISTORIC Scottish distillery has unveiled the first look at its newly transformed visitor centre. Source

A CHURCH in Renfrewshire and a bar in Ayrshire are among 30 lots of commercial property and development land across the country set to be sold this month. Source

James Kelman talking at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair. Source

‘Where are the women without penises of Scotland?’ the banner reads. Also: ‘Trump Won!’ I have no idea what this means, but today is the first day of the new Woke Totalitarian regime of Scotland (™ Stephen Daisley) and gathered outside Holyrood are some very angry people with Union Jacks and Family Party banners protesting […] Source

MORE than 100 people from the oil and gas sector have taken up senior government roles under the Conservatives, and two dozen have left such positions to work for major oil companies. Source

THREE-quarters of Scottish small business owners are suffering sleepless nights over worries about the UK economy, according to a new survey. Source

The renowned and widely-liked broadcaster Bernard Ponsonby retired this week in a hail of deserved appreciation. Ponsonby combined the qualities of warmth and humanity with a sharp edge of journalistic inquiry. He signed-off from STV with an assessment that Scottish politics now suffers from “a real dearth of thinkers”. He cited the former politicians “Donald […] Source

THE band has become a staple of the north east wedding scene since forming in 2015. …

THE organisations were awarded grants, ranging from £3,320 to £20,000 which aim to boost the arts sector in Moray. …

JOHN Mundell OBE will take over the role in May. …

Andrew Blaikie, The Scots Imagination and Modern Memory: Representations of Belonging, Edinburgh University Press. The 1980s and 1990s was probably the heyday of Scottish cultural studies with the work of Colin MacArthur, Tom Nairn, Lindsay Paterson and others engendering a constant critique and (generally) healthy debate about historical and contemporary representations of Scotland nurtured by […] Source

THE chief executive of Ferguson Marine, where the two delayed and over-budget CalMac ferries are being built, has been sacked by the state-owned company’s board … Source

A “BELOVED” family-run cafe revealed it has closed permanently after an “incredible journey”. Source