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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...

T-Rex visits High School of Glasgow

PUPILS at The High School of Glasgow received a visit from a tyrannosaurus rex to mark the end of their junior school's first science week....

Mary, Queen of Scots’ silver casket bought for nation

MARY, Queen of Scots' silver casket goes on display at the National Museum of Scotland this morning after being bought for the nation for £1.8...

Scottish musicians prepare for busy summer

A RAFT of Scottish musicians are getting ready for a busy summer of song with a flurry of new releases. Fort William singer-songwriter Keir Gibson...

Royal Highland Show marks 200 years as entries revealed

NEARLY 5,000 animals will take part in next month's Royal Highland Show at Ingliston on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Entry numbers are higher than 2019...

Cairngorms big nature weekend hailed as ‘big success’

THE Cairngorms big nature weekend took place in person following two years online. More than 1,000 people took part in over 70 events over the...

Street food is coming to Edinburgh Zoo

STREET food will soon be available at Edinburgh Zoo after caterer Compass signed a deal with provider Kerb. Amy Campbell, Kerb’s newly-appointed Scotland events boss,...