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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....
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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...

Scots writer Gabriella Bennett

Lifestyle of the Scots is brought to book

A new book on Scottish lifestyle is to be released next year. Scottish journalist and editor Gabriella Bennett’s lifestyle book The Book of Coorie will...
David Syme's host and friend, Alf

The fishy tale of the one that got away…

Scottish Field reader David Syme share his recollections of the one that got away... In the year 2000 I climbed Mount Kenya with a party...
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Star Wars actor Denis Lawson talks life, the universe and everything

When Scots actor Denis Lawson was cast as ace rebel pilot Wedge Antilles in Star Wars, it was a role that would change his life....
Aiden Curlewis from Edinburgh is the Cairngorms Young Nature Presenter for 2018

Prize guy is at one with nature after winning Cairngorms competition

An Edinburgh teenager is the winner of the Cairngorms Nature Young Presenter 2018 competition. After a nail biting two weeks of waiting, it has been...
Family fun this Christmas in New Lanark

Tis the season to be jolly with New Lanark’s traditional festivities

Christmas is in full flow in New Lanark, an idyllic winter setting nestled at the foot of the Clyde Valley. It's the perfect day out...
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Campaigners bid to protect Aberdeenshire countryside from road development

A campaign to protect Aberdeenshire's famous Bennachie hills from development during the expansion of the A96 is gathering pace. The Scottish Government plans that the...