Sign of the times ahead of Solheim Cup in Scotland

It’s a sign of the times that golf’s Solheim Cup is coming to Scotland next year – and it’s being marked already. With a year to go until the takes place at Gleneagles in September 2019, Perth & Kinross Council is erecting road signs welcoming the major golfing tournament to the area. Perth & Kinross…

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Stress isn’t just for humans – it affects dogs too

We all experience stress and anxiety at certain stages of our life – but not everyone appreciates that our dogs are just as vulnerable to the effects of it as we are. Our four-legged family members can’t express themselves by taking a time out, slamming a door or sitting down for a good chat with…

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Investigating an art mystery at Scottish castle

A Scottish castle featured on TV last Sunday in popular TV series Fake or Fortune? Scone Palace appeared on in last weekend’s edition when journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould investigate the famous portrait of Lady Elizabeth Murray and Dido Belle. The series, which looks at mysteries behind paintings, asks whether the portrait…

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A beginner’s guide to aesthetics procedures

Aesthetic treatments used to be something of a taboo, but in 2018, that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. Thanks to a host of celebrities opting for enhancement using muscle-relaxing or dermal filler injectables, it’s now become much more common for women to opt for ‘tweakments’ or subtle cosmetic augmentations. But why has the…

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Outlander castle is ready for visitors On Location

Visitors are invited to celebrate a Scottish castle’s status as an Outlander film location with Historic Environment Scotland’s first On Location event this weekend. Blackness Castle has been used as a filming location for a range of movies and TV shows including Outlander, where it featured as the setting for Fort William. Outlander stars Scots…

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Scottish vet stars in new show as she helps sick pets

A Scottish vet is currently starring in a brand new TV series, showcasing the amazing lifesaving work of vet charity PDSA. Anne Robinson, originally from Motherwell, features in the fascinating new series on Channel 4, called The People’s Vet, where cameras spent six months behind the scenes at two of the charity’s busy Pet Hospitals…

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TV programme will bring deer stalking to the nation

For many people across Britain, a life on the Scottish hills as a deerstalker is as alien to them as pearlfishing in India or pony trekking in the Andes. This traditional Scottish was of life will come to the forefront this Sunday evening, when the BBC airs The Deer Stalker. For 40 years, Alex MacDonald…

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Scotland’s most memorable TV themes revealed

Scots say that when it comes to memorable television theme tunes, the old ones are the best. A survey of UK consumers was conducted by audio branding specialist PHMG, which saw Doctor Who finish on top of the pile. The Time Lord has been on our screens since 1963, with Scots actors Sylvester McCoy, David…

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A galaxy of stars came to Scotland to meet their fans

Scottish shoppers had a surprise at the weekend when Darth Vader, Spider-Man, and several incarnations of Doctor Who walked past them. The intu Braehead mall seemed to have been transported to a galaxy far, far away, as shoppers met with the sight of characters from all kinds of films, TV shows and comics having a…

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Shetland author returns to island for final book

Bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves is visiting Shetland to launch her latest novel – and say a bittersweet farewell to detective Jimmy Perez. Wild Fire is the eighth and final book in the Shetland series, which has been adapted into a hit BBC series. Ann launched her first Perez novel – Raven Black – in…

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