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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...

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New Releases: Whisky meets art

Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest releases from Scotland's whisky distilleries. ART is meeting whisky in the latest release from The Macallan. The Speyside distillery has...

Guy Grieve shares adventures at Game Fair

SCOTTISH FIELD columnist Guy Grieve will be sharing stories from his adventures at next month's Scottish Game Fair. Grieve will take to the stage in...
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Royal Highland Show toasts gin, beer, and PJs launch

THE Royal Highland Show has released a gin to celebrate its 200th anniversary, alongside a beer partnership, and merchandise - including a pair of pyjamas....

Glasgow votes for more local nature reserves

COUNCILLORS in Glasgow are to create more local nature reserves (LNRs) and extend some existing sites. A total of 22 open spaces are poised to...

Galloway Hoard Viking treasures break visitor record

THE Galloway Hoard, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the century, has brought more than 30,000 visitors to Kirkcudbright. The ancient artefacts, which...

Diana Gabaldon to get honorary degree

OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow this summer. Gabaldon will become an honorary doctor of letters (DLitt)...