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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...

Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art’s Gallery 1 staged a five month run of Marlie Mul’s This Exhibition Has Been Cancelled

Victorian curiosity is back on display after 25 years

A rare Victorian fern case is being displayed for the first time in over 25 years, in a new exhibition at the Glasgow Museum of...
Sir Paul McCarney performing Mull of Kintyre

It’s 40 years since Mull of Kintyre topped the charts

As the Christmas number one is set to be revealed, this year marks the 40th anniversary of a distinctly Scottish-sounding song. Paul McCartney's Mull of...
The giant walrus has been named Marmalade

Preserved walrus is named Marmalade after public vote

A giant walrus being exhibited in a Scottish museum has been named after a public vote. The walrus, kept at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery...
The Bloom & Wild Tiny Tree

A tree-mendous idea for a last-minute Christmas gift

For those who have left entering into the Christmas spirit to the very last minute, don't fear the letterbox Christmas tree is here - or...
Waldorf Astoria staff in Edinburgh in front of the restored Roll of Honour, with cocktails which will raise funds for veterans' charities

Hotel cocktails with a poignant story will benefit veterans

A prestigious Edinburgh hotel has created cocktails to honour its staff who lost their lives in the First World War - which will benefit charity....
West Carswell Farmhouse near Neilston, in East Renfrewshire

Farmhouse offers a fantastic lifestyle with equestrian facilities and cottage

A stunning farmhouse on the outskirts of Glasgow is currently on the market. Robb Residential present West Carswell Farm in  Neilston, East Renfrewshire, which is set in...