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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...

Edinburgh gets set for Meats & Beats this weekend

A festival of music and food is coming to Edinburgh this weekend. Meats & Beats is themed around meatylicious street food and music from the...

Theatres are celebrating 30 years of The Steamie on anniverary tour

Renowned Scottish play The Steamie is returning to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Still fresh in its 30th anniversary tour which has so far travelled to Kirkcaldy,...

Outlander star Sam Heughan gives his support to Highland tartan weaving enterprise

More than 10 per cent of the total money needed to bring tartan weaving home to the Scottish Highlands has already been pledged. And Clare...

Magnificent seventh at Aberdeen business gathering

It was lucky number seven in the north east of Scotland at the 2017 Granite Expo. Businesses gathered to celebrate the richness and diversity in...
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VisitScotland launch world’s first Instagram travel agency – and a chance to win a holiday

The world's first Instagram travel agency has been opened in London by VisitScotland. The #ScotSpirit Instagram Travel Agency lets visitors craft holidays to Scotland based...
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It will be all light on the night at spectacular Ayrshire event

An all-new audio visual light spectacular experience is coming to Kilmarnock this week. Visitors will be able to see Dean Castle Country Park as they...