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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...

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Art fair ready for its 13th run in the capital

This year’s prestigious Edinburgh Art Fair is preparing for its 13th run. Running from Friday November 17 – Sunday 19 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange, the...

Put in the picture at Edinburgh’s Ages of Wonder

Scottish art is put in the focus at an impressive new exhibition currently being staged  om Edinburgh. Ages of Wonder: Scotland's Art 1540 to Now,...
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Edinburgh gets set for a sparkling event

Edinburgh is getting set to welcome its most sparkling event of the year. Following last year’s sell out success, Fizz Feast - A Celebration of...
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Stone find reveals Picts were present in ancient Perthshire

Workmen on a £35 million road project made a surprise discovered when they uncovered a Pictish stone. The team, working on Perth & Kinross Council’s...

The art of Aberdeen’s iconic building designs

Eight of Aberdeen’s most recognisable buildings will be in the spotlight when a new exhibition opens this week. The Art of the Building Warrant will...
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Cancelled exhibition still managed to pull in the visitors

Almost 100 public proposals were put on display after a creative conceptual gesture. They were staged in Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art’s Gallery 1 during...