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Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital

‘This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again,’ Alexander...
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Life With a horologist: ‘In watchmaking you can’t cut corners or learn things overnight, it takes time’

Laings watchmaker Annika Leppala on following in her grandfather's footsteps as a horologist, learning the art of patience in a world full of immediacy and...
Melissa Curran helps care for Pollok Country Park's herd of 73 Highland Cows.

Life With Pollok Country Park: ‘I have the joy of working with one of the best known cattle breeds in the world’

Fourteen years ago Melissa Curran was a city girl who had never been around cattle. Now, an assistant livestock supervisor, she helps care for Pollok...
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Photo Essay: Dundee’s heritage and nature

Dundee Heritage Trust will host the latest International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition, at Verdant Works Museum this year. Alongside IGPOTY Exhibition 17, images...
Cal Major has travelled 800 miles around Scotland’s wild coast on a paddleboard.

Life With Cal Major: ‘I look forward to the day I look out my window in the Highlands and see dolphins and whales’

Adventurer, vet and ocean advocate Cal Major has travelled 800 miles around Scotland’s wild coast on a paddleboard. Along the way, she made shocking discoveries,...
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Culloden Battlefield: Clan Chief’s shoe buckle among new discoveries

Archaeologists have unearthed fascinating new artefacts from the Culloden Battlefield - including a clan chief's shoe buckle. Researchers working around a 60 square-metre area close...

Seal tries to hide from killer whales in Shetland mussel farm

A HARBOUR seal that tried to hide from killer whales in a Shetland mussel farm has become part of scientific research. Drone operator Nick McCaffrey...

Bird flu task force set up

NATURESCOT, the public body previously known as Scottish Natural Heritage, is setting up a task force to help tackle the bird flu outbreak. Scores of...

Vincent van Gogh portrait found in Scotland by x-rays

A SELF-PORTRAIT by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered in Scotland using x-rays. Conservators scanned the artist's 1885 painting, Head of a Peasant Woman, ahead...

Glenalmond prepares to welcome Ukraine pupil

GLENALMOND College is Perthshire is preparing to welcome a pupil from Ukraine thanks to a new scholarship fund. The W M Mann Foundation, established by...
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Climber Alasdair McKenzie aims for 14 highest peaks

CLIMBER Alasdair McKenzie, who was taught to ski in the Cairngorms by his Scottish father, aims to reach the summit of all 14 mountains above...

Royal National Mòd returns to Perth

PERTH is getting ready to host the Royal National Mòd for the first time in 18 years. The Fair City will welcome the very best...