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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...

Hospice marks 40 years of service with latest Light Up A Life appeal

A hospice marking 40 years of dedicated service to Scotland is inviting the community it serves to support its Light Up A Life appeal by...

Signed first edition Harry Potter novel is up for grabs at charity auction

A signed first edition of a Harry Potter novel is part of an online auction of literary treats which will benefit a Scottish charity. The...
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Mar Lodge Estate celebrates status as largest national nature reserve on TV show

The Mar Lodge Estate will celebrate becoming the UK’s largest nature reserve this weekend. BBC Countryfile presenter Joe Crowley helps mark the National Trust for...

Confidence returns to Aberdeenshire property market

House sales in Aberdeen continue to show signs of improvement, with good quality family homes in Royal Deeside and Donside in particular remaining ever popular,...

Scotland’s natural game larder celebrates those famous grouse

Scotland's natural game larder is being celebrated as part of Great British Game Week. Running until November 26, grouse is a popular addition to the...

The last post sounds as Military Tattoo is axed

This year's Highland Military Tattoo will be the last, after the organisers decided to axe it. The board of The Highland Military Tattoo have taken...