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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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Generous and flexible living space at small steading

An attractive modernised home, which forms part of a small exclusive steading development, is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, 1 Mains of Camno Steading...
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Johnnie Walker Princes Street unveils over 160 new jobs

Johnnie Walker is launching a search for over 160 new staff for their new global visitor experience in the heart of Edinburgh, the centrepiece of...
Rugby legend and Motor Neuron Disease campaigner Doddie Weir selects a cask of single malt to have bottled for his foundation, My Name’5 Doddie. [Credit: Mike Wilkinson]

Doddie Weir selects a cask for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

Rugby legend Doddie Weir – who was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in 2016 – visited Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian to hand-pick a...
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Cottage has been refurbished to a high standard

An attractive modernised cottage in a peaceful location is now on the property market. McBeths Cottage is a delightful traditional cottage situated within the peaceful...
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Help us find Scotland’s top distillery tour and whisky bar

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge - and we are looking for nominations  for the Whisky Bar of the...

You’ve still got time to see the clock exhibition

There's just over a week left to time your visit to an exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The Luxury of Time: Clocks from...