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Three driving routes we know well, with maps and day-by-day notes: three nights in Central Scotland, five in the Highlands and seven through the islands.

The year ahead in one calendar: whisky festivals, Highland Games, The Open at St Andrews, Edinburgh’s festivals, the sporting seasons and bank holidays.

Forty-five ideas the world owes to Scotland, from the telephone and penicillin to Dolly the sheep, and where to see each story today.

A guide to owning Scotch whisky in the cask: choosing a cask, maturation, costs, bottling and your label, with the questions to ask any seller and a glossary for owners.

Our private guide to Scotland’s capital: where to stay, eat and drink, a whisky day, hidden gems and their stories, the festivals, Christmas and Hogmanay, and the best days out.
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