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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,...
Culloden, Inverness. Credit: National Trust for Scotland

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...

Attenborough’s ‘Wild Isles’ shines light on salmon

WILDLIFE legend Sir David Attenborough's Wild Isles television series will shine a light on the plight of Scotland's wild Atlantic salmon on Sunday. Attenborough will...

Aberfoyle hosts ‘Grand Old Dukes’ gravel ride

ABERFOYLE will host the new "Grand Old Dukes" gravel riding endurance event for solo riders and relay teams on 30 April. The new event will...

Wildlife film inspires Dundee art project

A BBC wildlife documentary has inspired Turner Prize-nominated artist Heather Phillipson in creating her work for this summer's Art Night Festival in Dundee. Phillipson's work,...

The Helix hits ‘gold’ standard

THE HELIX park in Falkirk has received "gold" accreditation from the Green Tourism organisation after passing its sustainability tests. The park, which is home to...

Pop-up opera goes on summer tour

SCOTTISH OPERA is going back out on tour this summer, taking its pop-up opera around Scotland. The tour begins on 27 May at the Dumfries...

Islanders ‘badly let down’ by ‘ferry fiasco riddled with failures’

SCOTLAND'S islanders have been "badly let down" by "a ferry fiasco riddled with failures in governance, transparency, accountability, communication and record-keeping". That's the conclusion of...