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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...

Highland festival of archaeology will conclude this weekend

The Highland Archaeology Festival will conclude this weekend. The two week schedule has been held to mark 2017 as the Scottish Year of History, Heritage...

Twin town status discussed between Inverness and Berlin district

Inverness could be twinned with a district in Berlin, after an official visited the Highlands. A visitor from the district office of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Borough in...
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Planting new trees can protect £1 billion Scottish industry and 25,000 jobs

Planting new trees in Scotland could help secure the future of a £1 billion industry and 25,000 jobs, a leading industry figure has claimed. Stuart Goodall,...
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Kilmardinny House- Official Opening Ceremony  after extension and rejuvenation works
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A-listed building reopens in East Dunbartonshire after major £2.73m revamp

A refurbished and extended historic building was shortlisted for a major award just weeks after its official reopening. Kilmardinny House has been rejuvenated by a...

Cumnock exhibition puts industry and science in the spotlight

An exhibition celebrating Scotland's rich industrial past is currently being held. The event, marking the history of Cumnock and the Doon Valley, is running at...
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Dramatic dance performances will entertain in Glasgow

A dramatic dance performance in two parts is coming to Glasgow's Tramway Theatre next week. The Tramway commissioned Brighton-based choreographer, performer and stage designer Theo...