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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,...
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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...

Dutch master’s work coming to Scotland for major exhibition

Works by Rembrandt, Emil Nolde and Toulouse-Lautrec are coming to Scottish galleries in 2018. Britain’s love affair with one of history’s greatest artists, the multi-faceted...
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Scotland could rival Danish concept of hygge with its còsagach

An old Scottish word which describes the feeling of being snug, sheltered or cosy has been identified by VisitScotland as a new trend for 2018....

Fewer properties selling for over £1million in Scotland

The number of houses in Scotland sold for over a million pounds fell by over a third in the first half of 2017 compared to...

National Museums Scotland honoured with international prize

National Museums Scotland has received a major international award for the six new science and technology galleries which opened last summer. The National Museum of...

Ayrshire’s Prisoner Of War camp will feature in new exhibition

A brand new exhibition will shine a spotlight on a former WWII Prisoner Of War camp. Pennylands Camp 22, also known as Camp 22, Temple...
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Scottish student will be strum-thing special in Norway

A Scottish student is to perform in The Nutcracker with Bergen Philharmonic later this month. Former Highland pupil Abigail Millar-Todd is currently studying at the...