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SCOTLAND, THE UK AND BEYOND
Scottish Scouts become Golden Eagle Champions
A Scottish Scout group is launching the first ever Golden Eagle Champions initiative to help safeguard the future of Golden Eagles in the UK. Working...
Scottish Book Trust reveals New Writers Awards
The Scottish Book Trust has today announced the 10 recipients of the New Writers Award, which is supported by Creative Scotland. Scottish Book Trust, the...
Lend them your ears to monitor tawny owls
Scots are being encouraged to do their bit to monitor the country's population of tawny owls. Evidence suggests that our tawny owl population is falling...
Glasgow set to come alive for Celtic Connections
Celtic Connections 2019 begins today (Thursday 17 January) with 18 days of music set to bring the city alive on stages across Glasgow. The festival’s...
Fred Olsen: Scotland, Scilly Isles & The West Country 10 Night Cruise
At the ripe old age of 33, I packed my bags, hopped on the 30-minute train from Haymarket to Rosyth and into the waiting taxi...
Galgorm Resort is the perfect place for a luxury spa break in Northern Ireland
There are spa breaks, and there are spa breaks. But when I agreed to travel to Northern Ireland to visit Galgorm Resort I was fairly...
Marine Troon Hotel: ‘A relaxed sense of luxury and you don’t need to like golf to love this hotel’
Marooned just steps away from the golden sands of Troon beach lies the sandstone monolith that is the Marine Troon Hotel. Golf fans may be...
The slow staycation: How to take a tranquil city break in London
London, a famously frenetic city, might seem like an odd choice for a relaxing break, but it all depends on how you do it. Eilidh...
Restaurant review: Patatino At The Hoxton, Edinburgh
This new Italian restaurant inside a shiny new contemporary Edinburgh hotel is a curate’s egg, finds Richard Bath. The Hoxton is a new hotel built...
Recipe: Carrot and Ginger Cake
One of Scotland’s best loved farm shops and cafes, Gloagburn in Perthshire, will publish its first cookbook this year, as a homage to the traditional country...
Producer’s Corner: Keith Paterson, Shore Seaweed Chips
Seaweed has long been a staple of many cultures, particularly in Asia, but the Western diet seems to have forgotten it. One of the most...
Scientists produce the first ever blueberry to flourish in Scottish climate
Scotland’s fertile soils, abundant clean water, and milder summer temperatures create ideal conditions for producing high-quality berries. And now after ten years worth of research,...
