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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
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Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
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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...

Edinburgh store and hospitality firm team up to make you the Perfect Host

As the Christmas and New Year holidays are fast approaching, an Edinburgh store has this month teamed up with a leading online hospitality service to...

Storytellers descend on Edinburgh as 12 day festival gets underway

Twelve days of storytelling have got underway today, with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival in Edinburgh. This event is a celebration of live storytelling, oral...
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Scottish book tour author has got the write stuff

The Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour is to bring award-winning author and illustrator Ed Vere to schools in East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and North Ayrshire....

Scarecrow design and pumpkin carving competition all set to take place

A Hawick venue is hosting its third annual scarecrow design and pumpkin carving competition this weekend. Wilton Lodge Park is hosting the even on Sunday,...

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,...