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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...

Islanders research aims to map connections

HOW do islanders maintain connections to their communities when they are living on the mainland? That's just one of the questions being posed by researchers...

Highlands’ folklore and fantasy captured in new book

ARTISTS Alastair Laidlaw and Christine Marsden have dipped into the Highlands' folklore and fantasy for their latest book. They have combined landscape photography with fantasy...
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Charity shop clothes stun at Elgin Museum fashion shoot

PHOTOGRAPHER Mark Smith rummaged through charity shops for his recent photo shoot at Elgin Museum. The snapper chose the Moray institution as his backdrop after...
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What will Edinburgh look like due to climate change?

IMAGES of how climate change could affect Edinburgh have been released. In the worst-case scenario, Auld Reekie could look even more dreich by 2100 according...

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...