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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...

The GlenDronach releases Batch 15 cask bottling

The GlenDronach Distillery has released Batch 15 of its individual cask bottlings. The six whiskies released in Batch 15 ​range from twenty-one to twenty-seven years in...

Housebuilder McCarthy & Stone invites people to learn heritage skills from those who know best at GrandFest

Housebuilder McCarthy and Stone is inviting people across the country to celebrate the heritage skills of older people throughout its developments across a number of...
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Mains of Taymouth Country Estate & Golf Course take home ‘Paws for a Break Pet Friendly Award’

EmbraceScotland is one of the country’s most popular booking websites for self catering accommodation across Scotland. In a new award, to reflect the importance that...

Edinburgh’s first single malt whisky distillery for 90 years launches fundraising drive

UK investors have the opportunity to invest in a brand new single malt whisky and spirits distillery which will see malt distilling brought back to...

Ultimate five-star luxury in Royal Deeside

A self-catering home in Royal Deeside has been awarded five stars from VisitScotland before the first guest has even set foot in the cottage.   The...

Salvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross to go on loan from Kelvingrove Museum

One of Scotland’s favourite paintings, Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí, which hangs in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is...