The Islay Museums Trust was founded in 1976 and immediately decided that it should protect and preserve the rapidly dilapidating collection of artefacts that it had inherited. The museum holds around two thousand pieces in its collection that date...

Whisky drinking on the small island of Islay is more than a rich tradition, it’s a way of life. With eight malt whisky distilleries on this parcel of land off the Kintyre Peninsula, which measures some 30km by 20km, it...

The village of Bruichladdich, by Loch Indaal on Islay, is dominated by the Bruichladdich Distillery, established in 1881.The art of distilling is still connected to its agricultural roots, with organic and heritage barleys grown to ensure Bruichladdich tastes as it...