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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...

Free ‘click and collect’ help for essential stores

ESSENTIAL shops are being offered free help with "click and collect" by an Edinburgh technology company. Appointedd has made its "Click and Collect Plus" service...

Cleaners warn of ‘Typhoid Mary’ situation

CLEANERS could be breaking the lockdown rules and spreading the virus in customers' homes because they're not getting Scottish Government help, their trade body has...

Made in Scotland – from jeellie

IRON Brew jelly babies have gone on sale at Aldi. The supermarket chain came across Greenock-based Golden Casket's patriotic sweets during its search for Scotland's...

Hydrogen-powered whisky and gin

TWO distilleries on Orkney are investigating whether they can use hydrogen to make their whisky and gin. Whisky maker Highland Park and gin producer Orkney...

Learn how to cook pheasant katsu curry online

BRITISH Game Alliance (BGA) chef ambassador Leon Davies will host a virtual cook along on 28 January. Davies will teach participants how to cook pheasant...

Fans are tuning in for Doric TV

MORE than 500 people have joined Doric TV, an online community that was launched in August to promote the culture of the North-East. Presenter Jill...