Tag: Angus
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Ae fond kiss?
TONIC REVIEW: Find out if Walter Gregor has “ae fond kiss” on Burns Night To celebrate Burns Night, a little bit of experimentation with a liquid accompaniment for the haggis. I’ve gathered three Scottish potato-based spirits and the recently launched neep-flavoured tonic water from Walter Gregor, the Aberdeenshire mixer maker. The vodka and gin I’ve…
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Behind the scenes
AUTHOR AT WORK: LIGHTHOUSES In January, I set goals for the year and developing a portfolio of travel writing was one of them. By the end of the month I’d made a good start with a visit to Angus. Gradually through the pandemic the fruits of January’s trip were published – mostly in print so…
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Author escape – Angus
NEXT ADVENTURE I sent the last text for my next book Yorkshire’s Gins to the publisher in January, and immediately set off to the East Coast of Scotland to do research for some articles based around the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, the document asking the Pope to recognise Scotland’s independence and acknowledge…
The GIN CLAN 