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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...

‘Phoenix’ bird hide rises from the ashes at Loch Leven

THE "Phoenix" birdwatching hide at Loch Leven national nature reserve (NNR) was opened officially on Friday. Mike Cantlay, chair of Nature Scot, the Scottish Government...

Exports are recovering after Brexit and covid

EXPORTS of Scottish food and drink are recovering following the pandemic and Brexit, according to a report published this morning. The Food & Drink Federation...

Dunkirk ‘Little Ship’ Skylark exhibition sets sail

SKYLARK, one of only two surviving "Dunkirk Little Ships" in Scotland, stars in an exhibition in Dumbarton that opens tomorrow. The boat took part in...

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival unveils line-up

ARTISTS appearing at this year's Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival include Ambrose Akinmusire, Soweto Kinch, and Mud Morganfield. More than 130 events will take place...

Fourth Faldonside farmers’ market comes to Melrose

MELROSE will tomorrow host the fourth Faldonside farmers' market in the Borders town's Harmony Garden. Posy and Pete Maitland-Carew, who live at Faldonside Farm, came...

Scottish Field’s Rosie Morton makes her Landward debut tonight

SCOTTISH FIELD writer Rosie Morton will make her television presenting debut tonight on the BBC Scotland channel's Landward series. In tonight's episode at 20:30, Morton...