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Thomas Macrae.

Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
Ewan McCuish.

Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
Credit: Rachel Bolton.

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...

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Dance Base announces its 21st festival programme showcasing Scottish dance talent on the world’s biggest arts platform, and bringing internationally renowned artists to the Scottish capital: 33 companies from 12 countries present 39 dance and physical theatre shows exploring and celebrating life and the human condition through themes of sexuality, disability, climate crisis and feminism. Some of the highlights include Tess Letham’s Remedy for Memory, a feminist dance fantasy, and Rob Heaslip’s Strawboys merging the worlds of traditional Balkan dance with contemporary music.



The 2022 programme is the final Dance Base programme curated by Morag Deyes MBE who led Dance Base as the Artistic Director between 1994 and 2021.



Tickets are now on sale on dancebase.co.uk

The Week in Pictures: Rocks, straw, and more

Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted look at some of the images that caught the eyes of Scottish Field's writers this week, from rocks to straw…...

Perthshire ‘carer cottage’ opens its doors

HAWTHORN Brae, a cottage in the heart of Perthshire, has opened in time for Carers' Week, offering a spot of respite for people with life-limiting...

Vigil among Scottish winners at Celtic Media Festival

BBC television series Vigil was among the Scottish winners at this week's Celtic Media Festival. Last summer's programme, set on a nuclear submarine, won the...

Fairmont St Andrews goes glamping for The Open

THE Fairmont St Andrews hotel has launched a "glamping" option for visitors to this summer's 150th Open. It's the first time that the luxury hotel...

Outlander author in book festival line-up

OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon is among the writers who will appear at this summer's Edinburgh International Book Festival. Gabaldon returns to the festival for the...

Langholm Moor buyout gets £1m ‘major game-changer’

THE Langholm Moor buyout has received a £1 million donation from the Scottish Land Fund. The sum was described as a "major game-changer" for the...