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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...

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,...

‘Dirt, plankton, and sileage’ – funniest whisky tasting notes revealed

A LIST of the funniest whisky tasting notes has been released. Ahead of World Whisky Day on Saturday, Glen Moray distillery in Elgin asked whisky...

Top 100 women in Scottish tourism named

SCOTLAND'S top 100 women in tourism have been named this morning. Membership body Women In Tourism received nearly 250 nominations for the honour, the highest...