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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...

Glasgow café joins Netflix star for video

THE owner of a café in Glasgow is starring in a video series on Facebook alongside one of the presenters of Netflix's Queer Eye programme....

All aboard Scotland’s first hydrogen train

SCOTLAND'S first hydrogen-powered train has been given the green signal. An old passenger train will be fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell at the Bo’ness...

Parents splurged £1,608.97 on children’s presents

THE five most popular presents for Christmas 2020 cost a grand total of £1,608.97, according to figures from technology website Music Magpie. Last month's total...

Mixed picture for songbird breeding

DATA from bird ringers suggests that not all birds benefited from last spring's mild weather and lack of human disturbance during the lockdown. Figures from...

New Year’s Day art ideas

NEW Year's Day is the ideal time to start thinking about the exciting art exhibitions taking place online or perhaps in galleries in the weeks...

Online video ideas for New Year’s Day

LOOKING for something to watch to brighten up your New Year's Day? Then we've got some exciting suggestions. If you have missed going to a...