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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Cask and Still | News | Whisky
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

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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...
Ewan McCuish.

Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

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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. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

News | Wildlife & Conservation
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

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‘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’

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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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14th-century woman’s face revealed by Whithorn Priory

Books | Culture | News
THE face of a 14th-century woman buried on a bed of seashells at Whithorn Priory will be revealed today as part of Wigtown Book Festival....

Scots Language Awards winners revealed

Culture | News
TIKTOK star Doric Dad and writer Liz Lochhead were among the winners at Saturday night's Scots Language Awards. Hosted by poet Len Pennie and columnist...
FREE PICTURE: Wigtown Book Festival 2022 First Weekend, south west Scotland, Sun 25/09/22: From rock stars to astronomers – Wigtown Book Festival enjoys a stellar first weekend: Wigtown Book Festival got off to a great start with a host of compelling speakers ranging from Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross, TV’s Red Shepherdess Hannah Jackson and actor Gerda Stevenson to the UK’s Astronomer Royal Professor Lord Martin Rees and Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean. The 10-day festival continues until 2 October 2022 - see: www.wigtownbookfestival.com Pictured browsing in the cookery section of a Wigtown bookshop is Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean with his son Finlay (pictured with Gary's permission). More information in accompanying emailed Press Release, and from Matthew Shelley - Press Manager for Wigtown Book Festival - 07786 704 299 or Matthew@ScottishFestivalsPR.Org Photography for Wigtown Book Festival from: Colin Hattersley Photography - www.colinhattersley.com - cphattersley@gmail.com - 07974 957 388. **FREE Picture - FIRST USE ONLY** - within 30 days of origination of photography; all other publications to be paid for - please contact photographer for details.

Wigtown Book Festival welcomes fiddlers

Books | Music | News
MUSICIANS from throughout Dumfries & Galloway joined members of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (SFO) for a concert yesterday lunchtime at Wigtown Book Festival. Beth Porter...

Jackie Bird is new National Trust for Scotland president

Film & TV | News | Outdoors
TELEVISION presenter Jackie Bird was appointed as president of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) on Saturday. Members of the charity approved her appointment at...

Baxters hampers help small businesses

Food and Drink | News
LEGENDARY Moray food producer Baxters is launching its first luxury Christmas hampers, with a focus on small Scottish brands. Products that have made their way...

National Theatre of Scotland sets sail with Kidnapped

Books | News | Performing Arts
THE National Theatre of Scotland has unveiled its retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella, Kidnapped. The show will have its world premiere at the...
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