Here’s 3 top cycling routes through Perthshire and the Cairngorms 

We explore three great cycling routes through Perthshire and the Cairngorms with adventurer Markus Stitz as his new book, Gravel Rides Cairngorms & Perthshire, comes out.    Easy Route – Kindrogan Forest from Kirkmichael The shortest ride in the book explores Kindrogan Forest, nestled within the Cateran Ecomuseum. Parts of the route follow the Cateran…

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Laings celebrates the Gemstones of Paradise

Sponsored Content Pockets of geological wonder, gemstones are amongst the world’s most magical and enduring natural marvels.  Gemstones have long fascinated us, and it is estimated that they were first worn in jewellery around 4,000 BC, captivating admirers with their exceptional beauty and mesmerising hues.  Often credited as the earliest adopters of gemstone jewellery, The…

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The Good Books, Marisa Haetzman: ‘Denise Mina is one of Scotland’s great writers, I’m looking forward to her next book’

Dr Marisa Haetzman is a former consultant anaesthetist and together with her husband Chris Brookmyre, she writes under the joint pen name Ambrose Parry. The pair will be appearing at Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling 12-14 September. For tickets and further information go to www.bloodyscotland.com   The first book I remember reading: I don’t…

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In A Nutshell Andrew Moss, North Port Restaurant: ‘I had an album of my own music released in 2013, if I wasn’t a chef I’d be in the music industry’

Andrew Moss runs the acclaimed North Port Restaurant with his partner Karen in the historic cultural quarter of Perth. He started working in a commercial kitchen as a dishwasher when he was only 14-years-old, which eventually led to taking over the Perth eatery in 2014. Now aged 40, Andrew has secured and retained two AA…

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The Good Books, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart: ‘Keeping readers enthralled as to what might happen next should be the focus of any storyteller’

Dugald Bruce-Lockhart on not reading War and Peace, his love of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses and the books of his childhood.    The first book I remember reading: Other than the Ladybird book of dinosaurs, the first proper story I remember reading was Shadow the Sheepdog, by Enid Blyton. Along with Gerald Durrell’s novels, my…

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