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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...

What’s your favourite distillery tour and whisky bar?

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge, we are opening our nominations process to the public for the Whisky Bar of...
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A home by a loch with its own beach access

An immaculately presented home with a spectacular loch frontage and direct beach access is now for sale. Presented by Robb Residential, Waterside Cottage externally is...
A helicopter helps in the construction of the Nevis Range gondola towers

Celebrating 30 years of adventure at the Nevis Range

The Nevis Range is set to turn back the clock to 1989 to celebrate 30 years of adventure. On Saturday 21 December, hundreds of locals...
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Scots non-alcoholic ‘champagne’ hits the stores

Scottish non-alcoholic champagne-inspired range Sparklingly Sober has achieved a supermarket deal. Made in small batches just outside Glasgow, Sparklingly Sober’s non-alcoholic cocktail range includes the...

Royal Highland Show 2020 tickets launched

Early bird tickets for Scotland’s greatest celebration of food, farming and rural life, the Royal Highland Show, have been launched in time for the festive...
Percy the Pug and his owner Chloe Morrison, at the PDSA in Glasgow

From podgy pug to pet slimmer runner-up

A former roly-poly pooch from Glasgow, who had an unhealthy love affair with leftovers, has been named runner-up the UK’s largest pet slimming competition. In...