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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...

Christmas is special at KFC in Japan

Sweet sponges, fish and curried goat – it’s Christmas dinner around the world

Scots love a classic turkey dinner on Christmas Day, but it seems that, while we’re piling our plates high with pigs in blankets, there are...
Arbikie have produced two versions of rye whisky.

Two Scottish rye whiskies arrive from Aribikie

James Robertson is Scottish Field's whisky blogger. In the last few weeks there has been speculation that the first Scottish rye whisky was about to...
Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside

Survey says Balmoral is the second-best known castle in Scotland

Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire is Scotland’s second best known castle, according to a new survey. Research by VisitScotland has revealed that the Queen’s Scottish holiday...
Gordon Smith shows off the new Bells pies for Hogmanay

Treat for foodies with launch of two new pies for the festive season

Foodies are in line for a treat this festive season with a new range of pies. Bells Pies has unveiled its succulent new range ahead...
Viking Mead is the first brewery of its kind on Shetland

Fantastic first food festival for Up Helly Aa

Shetland’s first pop-up food market is taking place the day the day before Up Helly Aa. Running on 29 January from 4-, entrance is free...
Fierce Beer founders  Dave McHardy (left) and  Dave Grant

Scottish brewery launches crowdfunding campaign to open new bar

An Aberdeen brewery has started a crowdfunding campaign to open a bar in its hometown. Fierce Beer's campaign went live at 10 am on Friday,...