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No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series is still on form

It is a rarity to find each book in a long series as enjoyable as the last, and yet McCall Smith’s 21st instalment of his...

Outlander, wildlife and ships in our latest podcast

The sixth episode of the Scottish Field podcast is out now - and what a mix we have for you this week. We head to...

Thrills in a 1970s-set piece of tartan noir

Follow detective Harry McCoy as his hunches lead him across a Glasgow landscape rife with drugs and violence, in search of answers. As any good...
Loch-Ness

VisitScotland urges Scots to ‘rally round’ tourism as industry reopens

As tourism prepares to reopen and COVID-19 restrictions are eased, VisitScotland is calling on Scots to rally round the sector. They want Scots to support...

Life lessons we can learn from our distant past

To see the world through the eyes of acclaimed archaeologist and television presenter Neil Oliver, if only for a day, would be a true gift...

A return to Scotland’s Castaway islands

Twenty years after Castaway 2000 and the start of his love affair with Scotland and its islands began, Ben Fogle returns to the country he...