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Credit: Rachel Bolton.

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...

One of Cat Gemmill's Scottish wildlife-inspired creations

Scottish wildlife artist to hold free show in Glasgow

A free solo exhibition by a Scottish artist is set to run in Glasgow. Cat Gemmill's work will be on show in the Art Space,...
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You can live in a house – a very big house – in the country

A charming country house with a detached cottage, about 8.75 acres, loch frontage, a boathouse and jetty could be yours. Brought to the market by...
Dave Johnston, Head Chef at Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchen, Edinburgh tucks into Rabbie’s Haggis Afternoon Tea

A haggis treat with a real difference for Burns Night

A unique Scottish culinary experience has been launched by a Scottish haggis manufacturer and beer and restaurant chain. Macsween is extending its Burns celebrations this...
Kosmos are Harriet MacKenzie (violin), Meg Hamilton (viola), Milos Milivojevic (accordion).

Get tuned in to see talented young trio performing in Argyll

Music lovers are running out of time if they want to see the electrifying Kosmos Concert. Time is running out to bag tickets for the...
Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens  at Christmas (Photo: Iain Cameron)

Festive season was a real cracker in Edinburgh – and the figures prove it

Edinburgh’s Christmas celebration was its biggest ever season with a huge 13% increase in ticket sales. Last year marked the fifth year of Underbelly producing...
A work by Scots artist Robert Colquhoun will be on show

A Picasso and school pupils’ art will all be under the one roof

The creative work of Advanced Higher Art and Design students is to go on show at an arts centre. The work of pupils from Dumfries...