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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,...
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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...

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Edinburgh food blogger wins baking contest

A FOOD blogger in Edinburgh has been crowned as Scotland’s best home baker. Sophie Greig, a student at the University of Edinburgh, was named as...

Bross Bagels fills hole in St James Quarter

BROSS Bagels has unveiled plans to open a deli in Edinburgh's St James Quarter. The 1, 200-square foot outlet will sit on level one of...
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Scottish drinks have a ‘can’ do attitude

SCOTLAND'S brands are continuing to embrace canned drinks with two recent releases. Forrit has launched a range of "hard seltzers", while Boe has unveiled two...

Scottish countryside dominates ‘best kept secrets’ list

SCOTLAND has dominated a series of lists of the "best kept secrets of the UK countryside". Scottish locations finished top of the tables for beaches,...

Alexander McCall Smith’s Thursday festive conversation

NOVELIST Alexander McCall Smith will take part in an online festive conversation on Thursday night hosted by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre. The author,...

Record grey seal pup numbers at St Abb’s Head

A RECORD number of seal pups has been recorded by National Trust for Scotland rangers at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve during the breeding...