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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...

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...

Art exhibition featuring over 400 works set to open in Ayr

One of Scotland’s most prolific charity art exhibitions with almost 400 artworks on sale starts next week. For its 24th year running, the Ayrshire Art...
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Coat of Arms is presented to the Royal Celtic Society – after 197 years in existence

The Royal Celtic Society ended a wait of 197 years this month when it was finally presented with its own Coat of Arms. The society...