Lanarkshire teacher Alan Gillespie has told how a whisky tasting gave him the thirst to write a new book.
The 35-year-old was at the Belladrum music festival several years ago when he attended the masterclass for Scotland’s national drink.
And it sparked some creative ideas in Alan – an English teacher at Fernhill school in Rutherglen – who has just released his first novel.
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He told Lanarkshire Live : “Some of the stories we were told about the distillery really got me thinking about some of the connections that people had to the place.
“It seemed a good setting for a story, something that…
