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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...

First Haggis World Championship launched

PERTH will host the first Haggis World Championship on 14 May. Entries for the competition, which is organised by the Scottish Craft Butchers (SCB) trade...
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Art gallery news round-up: Lawson, GoMA, and more

Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest art gallery news. ARTIST Ron Lawson has used lighter tones for his latest exhibition at the Annan Gallery in Glasgow....

St Mary’s Music School pupils visit new home

PUPILS from St Mary's Music School have been given a sneaky peek at their new home. The pupils received a tour around the Old Royal...

Scots want ‘wilder’ national parks

A MAJORITY of Scots want our national parks to be "wilder", according to a survey by the Scottish Rewilding Alliance. An opinion poll conducted by...

Shortleet for 2023 Walter Scott Prize unveiled

SEVEN books have been named on the shortleet for this year's Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The titles competing for the £25,000 prize are:...

Caddy Mann named top game restaurant

THE Caddy Mann restaurant in Jedburgh was named "best restaurant" at this year's Eat Game Awards, receiving a prize of £1,000. The event, which held...