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Thomas Macrae.

Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
Ewan McCuish.

Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
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...

Laura Burns, sales consultant, with the award

Walled Garden is blooming after winning award

  A housing development in Fife is celebrating after scooping a prestigious award that recognises its role in bringing affordable luxury living for older people....
Roads Less Travelled starts with Cameron McNeish at Ben Rinnes

Explore Scotland’s beauty from the comfort of your armchair

Scotland's great outdoors is being brought into our homes this week in a new TV show. The two episodes of Roads Less Travelled – The...
Poster for the U.F.O Club, London. Designed by Michael English and published by Osiris Visions Ltd, London, 1967.

Sixties pop art classic designs coming to Scotland

An exciting new art exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is coming to Scotland next month. Pop Art in Print brings...
Chinese food is Scotland's favourite Christmas takeaway

Scotland’s favourite Christmas meal is probably not what you expected

More and more Scots are forgetting the traditional roast turkey this Christmas and opting for a takeaway. Online food delivery firm hungryhouse.co.uk has revealed what...
Council leader Gordon Low, Dick Stevenson, EDLC Cultural Development
Manager Frances MacArthur, Colette and her dad Eddy McGaughrin

Renowned painter presents a special Christmas gift to his home town

A Scottish town hall has been given a cracker of a Christmas present courtesy of one of its most talented sons. Renowned artist and Kirkintilloch...
Craig Leishman, Rachel Dillon and Andrew Aldridge from CALA Homes

House building firm shares the spirit of Christmas in Cambodia

Christmas spirit was alive in Cambodia thanks to a group from a Scottish housebuilding firm. A team of employees from CALA Homes have recently returned...