CLANLANDS

Whisky, Warfare, and a

Scottish Adventure Like No Other

SAM HEUGHAN
AND GR AHAM MCTAVISH

with Charlotte Reather

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 First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Hodder & Stoughton
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Illustration by Owain Kirby (owainkirby.co.uk)
Maps & diagrams by Rosie Collins (rosiecollins.co.uk)
Lyrics to ‘Scotland the Brave’ written by Cliff Hanley
‘Massacre of Glencoe’, words and music by Jim McLean
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 Sam’s Top Tipples

SASSENACH HIGHBALL
60ml Sassenach whisky
60ml lemon verbena tea (brew to taste)
7.5ml honey
Top up with approximately 80ml Fever Tree elderflower tonic
(or
similar)
Dash of lemon bitters
Garnish with a lemon ‘horse’s neck’
Serve over a single ice block ‘spear’ in a highball glass

THE RABBIE
50ml Sassenach whisky
10ml Tio Pepe sherry
15ml sweet vermouth (Cocchi Torino or similar)
10ml Sangue Morlacco cherry liqueur (or Cherry Heering if not
available)
Mezcal mist (use atomiser lightly over top of drink)
Garnish: Luxardo maraschino cherry
Stir and serve in a Nick and Nora glass or a coupette

And here’s a timeless one with minimal fuss:

SASSENACH OLD FASHIONED

50ml Sassenach whisky
1 sugar cube/teaspoon of sugar/sweetener if preferred
4 dashes Angostura bitters
1 orange slice

Garnish: orange peel

Serve over a single ice block in a highball glass

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 Key Dates in Scottish History

1314 – Battle of Bannockburn

1300–1600 – Highland Clan Wars
1494 – Earliest Written Record of Whisky
1688 – Glorious Revolution – William of Orange
1689 – Early Jacobite Uprising
1690s – Little Ice Age, slump in trade, famine:
collectively known as the ‘Seven Ill Years’
1692 – Glencoe Massacre
1694 – Dougal MacKenzie born 29th May
1715 – Jacobite Rising of 1715
1701 – Act of Settlement – secured succession of
only Protestant monarchs to the thrones of
England and Ireland
1707 – Act of Union – creating the Kingdom of
Great Britain
1721 – Jamie Fraser born 1st May
1745 – Jacobite Uprising, Charles Edward Stuart
(Bonnie Prince Charlie) returns to Scotland
1746 – Battle of Culloden
1750–1860 – Highland Clearances
1755–83 – American War of Independence
1789–99 – French Revolution
1799 – Graham McTavish born
1846–56 – Potato Famine

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 My wonderful mum
and dad, Alec and
Ellen McTavish,
around 1947

Dad, Susan, Alec,

and Mum holding
a bewildered infant
Graham, 1961

Aged 1, trying to make

sense of life, 1962
 On holiday in
the Grand Canyon,
USA, 1981

Doing the ‘half

nash’ playing
Jem Merlyn in
the 1986 touring
production of
Jamaica Inn

Persuasion with Helen

Hobson. I played Captain
Wentworth in Mark
Healy’s adaptation
in 1999 at Exeter
Northcott Theatre
 Filming Rambo
with Sylvester
Stallone in 2008

Kitted out as Dwalin

with my brilliant
Stunt Double ‘Moo’
on location in The
Hobbit

Astride my
ever-patient
horse Lambert
in Outlander
(Season 1), 2014
The premiere of Plastic, April 2014, at Outlander mid-season premiere at the
London’s Odeon West End Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, April 2015

New York City Tartan Day Parade in In my role as The Saint of Killers in
2016, judging the dog competition AMC’s Preacher
 Sandwiched
between my
Outlander co-stars,
some chap called
Sam Heughan
and the lovely
Caitriona Balfe
moments
after they’d
murdered me

With my dear
friend Duncan
LaCroix, a
wonderful guy.
Being upstaged, as
usual, by Sam and
The cast at the Caitriona
premiere of
Preacher Season 3
in Los Angeles
 Quietly sobbing with
joy whilst holding the
prized second edition of
Shakespeare’s Folio at
Cawdor Castle during
Men in Kilts filming, 2020

Sam and I resting

with our bikes
and my aching
backside outside
Cawdor Castle

The valley of
Glencoe – rich
with history!
Stood with Sam
and Richard
Alexander
 The Fiat Fiasco
on the road
and our ‘home’
during the Men in
Kilts shoot

Cosy amongst
the Badenoch
Waulking Group.
I have no words

Whisky tasting
at 9am, it’s a
tough job…
 Fighting talk at
Glencoe between
me, Charlie Allen
and Sam

This picture taken

moments after Sam
and I had learned
about his ‘toys’

About to climb
into the death trap,
otherwise known
as a sidecar
 Day trip out
on Loch Ken in my
favourite wellies.

My first Perch. I loved the

experience of fishing, but not
killing a fish. After this one I
tried not to catch any, at times
fishing without any bait.

Playing Malcom in Macbeth, with

Christopher Brand as Macduff,
1998 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Edinburgh. My first time on the
Lyceum stage I had been an extra in
another production of Macbeth.
 Starring as
Roderick in The
Pearlfisher by Iain
F. MacLeod at
Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh, 2007.
Directed by Philip
Howard who gave
me my first break
as an actor, in
my second year
at drama school
he cast me in
Outlying Islands at
Playing Dickie Traverse Theatre. 
Greenleaf in The
Talented Mr. Ripley at
Royal & Derngate,
Northampton, 2010.
The scene where
Tom kills Dickie was
performed on a boat
suspended above
the stage. The fight
scene was terrifying!

Touring with
‘Batman Live’.
This time at the O2
World in Berlin,
Germany, 2012.
We toured around
the world and a
highlight was flying
over the audience,
trying not to drip
sweat on them, as I
fought Catwoman
in mid-air. 
 Me and my favourite
horse, Sleepy, on
the set of Outlander.
He loves mints and
hates goats.

Being an MI-6 agent

in The Spy Who Dumped
Me in 2018. Filmed in
Budapest, Amsterdam
and Berlin. Kate
McKinnon and
Mila Kunis – what a
comedy duo!

Meeting The Prince

of Wales (known as
the Duke of Rothesay
while in Scotland)
during his visit to the
Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland in Glasgow
in 2019. Later I would
present an evening of
music from the RCS at
Buckingham Palace to
HRH and the patrons
of his charity.
 Crossing the finish line
at the Stirling marathon
– not quite a PB (I’ve
run three hours eleven
minutes at Edinburgh),
but marathons are a big
passion of mine.

Receiving my honorary
doctorate from the
University of Stirling, in
recognition of outstanding
contribution to acting
and charitable endeavours.
Later that year I received
a second doctorate from
the University of Glasgow.
Just call me ‘Doctor,
Doctor Heughan’.

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Los Angeles premiere in July
2018. The red carpet was filled
with Outlander fans who came
to support, it made me so
proud and thankful that they
were there.
 With Richard Rankin
and Sophie Skelton for
PaleyFest NY, 2018.
We really are a big family
and I feel so lucky to
work with such lovely,
talented people.

Outlander Season 5. The Frasers have

settled in NC, America. This was a
really strong season, with the loss of
Murtagh being my favourite storyline.

The Los Angeles premiere of Sony

Pictures’ Bloodshot. The film was
delayed in other countries due to
the 2020 pandemic yet went on to
do extremely well online. 
(Left) Vin Diesel and
I at the Columbia
Pictures after-party
for Bloodshot, and
(below) in character
as Corporal Jimmy
Dalton. I loved
working on this
movie. The main
shoot was in South
Africa, one of my
favourite places
having shot there
before for Outlander
Season 3. Jimmy
Dalton: half man,
half dinosaur.

Triumphant having
lifted the Puterach
Lifting Stone at
Balquhidder. It
weighs around 100kg
but is very slippery
to hold. Graham
didn’t want to do his
back in . . .
 McTavish and I
hurtling around
the Highlands in
one of our many
modes of transport.
Try getting him in
a kayak though . . .
impossible!

A lesser known Scottish battle.

Graham and I about to take on
the Local Inverness Shinty Club.
They’re a terrifying bunch, softly
spoken but hard as nails. Don’t let
the sweet smiles fool you.

Tweed-clad and proud while

filming for Men in Kilts. We
shot over three weekends
initially, whilst I was shooting
Outlander Season 5. We
returned for a three-week
shoot in August 2020.
 It always starts with
whisky… and usually
ends with it too.

Rowing on the iconic

Loch Ness – no sign of the
monster, yet. Except the
bearded one in the boat.

Learning how to
make tartan at the
Prickly Thistle
pop-up mill.
Did I mention I
released my own
limited-edition
tartan collection
called . . . yes,
you guessed, the
Sassenach Tartan.
 Picture Acknowledgments

The authors and publishers would like to thank the following copy-
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Northcote Theatre; Alamy/Collection Christophel; Bridgeman images/

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Images/ Mark Sagliocco / Contributor; AMCNetworks.com; Getty
Images/ Jesse Grant / Stringer; Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh;
Traverse Theatre/Richard Campbell; Photostage/Donald Cooper;
Alamy/dpa/Britta Pedersen; Alamy/Allstar Picture Library Ltd/ Sony
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Charbonneau; Shutterstock/Sony/Columbia/Kobal

Men In Kilts photography by Peter Sandground. Men In Kilts ©

2020 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All rights reserved. Artwork ©
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