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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...

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Glen Moray Distillery gets ready to star on TV

The team at Glen Moray Distillery in Speyside are getting ready to become TV stars. They welcomed The Three Drinkers to film part of their...

The Gael launches its 20cl gin bottle

A Scottish distillery has launched its gin in a new smaller bottle, after the success of its larger creation. The Gael Spirits Company, based in...

Scotch Whisky Action Fund backing six projects

The Scotch Whisky Action Fund has announced the six projects that it will be supporting over the coming year as part of the industry’s ongoing...

Sights set on the Old Man of Hoy – despite being blind

From the moment he watched the televised ascent of the Old Man of Hoy, Red Széll vowed that he too would stand atop Europe’s tallest...

Distillery’s fish project in the running for award

Tamdhu Distillery’s innovative Speyside Fish Pass Project has been shortlisted for the prestigious Scottish National Heritage Business Award at the Nature of Scotland Awards 2019....

Finishing touches for this year’s giant lanterns

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s award-winning Giant Lanterns will be lighting up Edinburgh Zoo this Friday (15 November). Finishing touches and light tests are...