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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...

Scottish beaver strategy unveiled

LANDOWNERS and conservationists have today unveiled a joint beaver strategy. More than 50 organisations contributed to Scotland’s Beaver Strategy 2022-2045, with a Scottish Beaver Advisory...

Book Festival sends ‘Outriders’ on their way

FOUR Scottish writers are teaming up with a quartet of their European contemporaries for Edinburgh International Book Festival's third "Outriders" project. The programme was launched...

Moomins land on Tiree tomorrow for Sea Change Film Festival

THE island of Tiree will welcome back the Sea Change Film Festival tomorrow to celebrate female filmmakers - and the Moomins. The festival begins with...

Glasgow Cathedral Festival tunes up for launch

GLASGOW Cathedral Festival returns to the Dear Green Place's oldest building on 29 September for its sixth season. The festival, which runs until 2 October,...

Scottish Opera goes back to the 70s for autumn tour

SINGERS from Scottish Opera are preparing to step back in time to the 1970s for their autumn tour, which starts on Thursday. Four performers from...

Wigtown Book Festival inspires Irish book town

IRELAND could soon get its first "book town" thanks to inspiration from Wigtown Book Festival. Granard in County Longford aims to raise £20,000 for its...