HebCelt Early Birds Fly in a Day

18 Sep 2021

The early bird tickets to next year’s much anticipated HebCelt festival, set in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis sold out in less than 24 hours.

The festival which is set to run over 13-16 July 2022 will see the event bounce back from what has been an extremely challenging time for all.

Festival Director, Caroline Maclennan said: “The team behind the event have been absolutely blown away by the support of our loyal audiences from home and afar.

“We think this demonstrates the appetite for events and festivals from audiences and in particular how much HebCelt was missed by our community.

“We continue t...

HebCelt Survival Sessions Q&A: Iain Faller, The Island Spirit Whisky Shop

17 Jul 2021

When did you open The Island Spirit Whisky Shop and what was your inspiration for that? We opened the shop on July 18th 2020, a year ago next week. My inspiration for doing this came from my interest in collecting whisky and visiting distilleries. I had developed a passion for Scotch whisky over the last few years and enjoyed reading about everything to do with the industry.

Can you tell us about the range of whiskies you have in the shop? We stock an extensive range of Scotch single malts and blends, rare and old collectable bottles and small batch releases and limited editions. We also sell ...