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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...

Scotland sees more Portuguese men o’ war

STORMS have led to more Portuguese men o' war being spotted in Scotland's waters, according to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). To mark World Jellyfish...

Scottish celebrities support Glasgow school’s online auction

A HOST of Scottish celebrities is supporting a silent auction to raise funds for an inner-city primary school in Glasgow. Alan Cumming, Sam Heughan, Sir...

Call for rural energy price support ‘parity’

RURAL communities in Scotland risk "falling between the cracks" in the UK Government's energy price support, according to Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). The membership...

Trossachs lookout tower gets funding

PLANS for a Trossachs lookout tower have been given a boost after securing a £231,000 grant. Funding for the project, which is being organsied by...

Scots charity reopens world’s most remote museum

A TEAM has completed its 8,000-mile journey to reopen the world's most remote museum on South Georgia. The Dundee-based South Georgia Heritage Trust runs the...
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Chopard exhibition opens at Laings in Edinburgh

LAINGS is hosting an exhibition in its Edinburgh branch featuring jewellery and watches made by Chopard. The Swiss brand is well known for designing the...