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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. ...
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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...

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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...
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Ten new conservation apprenticeship places are up for grabs

Historic Environment Scotland is offering 10 new conservation internships based in Stirling, Edinburgh and Fort George. Each of these internships will last at least 12...
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Fun and funghi at Culzean Castle

There's a fantastic family funghi day out with a difference in South Ayrshire this weekend. Mystical mushrooms and toxic toadstools are the order of the...