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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,...
Culloden, Inverness. Credit: National Trust for Scotland

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...

Cairngorms features in new podcast series

PEOPLE in the Cairngorms are the stars of a new series of podcasts. Cairngorms Characters explores the lives of the people who live and work...

Highland Games get set for busy summer

Peter Ranscombe takes a look at how communities are gearing up for this summer's Highland Games. VILLAGES, towns, and cities throughout Scotland are getting ready...

Scotland gears up for Father’s Day

SCOTTISH restaurants and tourist attractions are gearing up for Father's Day this weekend. The Broughton in Edinburgh, listed as one of the Sunday Times newspaper's...

Kinloch Castle on verge of sale

KINLOCH Castle, the landmark property on the Isle of Rum, is on the verge of being sold. Businessman Jeremy Hosking is setting up a trust...

Scottish hostels star in new film

A NEW film is shining a light on the people who run Scotland's hostels. Trade body Scottish Hostels commissioned Edinburgh-based filmaker Markus Stitz to make...

Frankenstein’s Scottish links explored in TV show

FRANKENSTEIN'S Scottish links are being explored in a new television programme. Sàr-sgeòil: Frankenstein - produced by Caledonia TV for BBC Alba - examines the origins...