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Life With The Orkney Island Games: ‘Organising a huge event on a Scottish island presents logistical challenges’
We catch up with Kirsty Talbot, director of the Orkney Island Games, to find out about her life on Orkney, how life compares to Glasgow, and the experience from working at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games she’ll be taking into this year’s event. Moving from Glasgow to Orkney has been incredible for us, we…
Read MoreEdinburgh Zoo: We try out the £2,000 bespoke private tour
I have fond memories of Edinburgh Zoo. Many trips were enjoyed there as a child with my grandparents and growing up it quickly became the highlight of the summer holidays But admittedly it’s been a very long time since my last visit and as I arrive in the capital on a freezing cold day, wrapped…
Read MoreScottish tractor rally of almost 200 farmers in protest over Labour’s family farm tax
A Scottish tractor rally of nearly 200 farmers in protest over Labour’s family farm tax has taken place in a bid to send a message to the Prime Minister that the industry ‘won’t give up’. Gordon and Buchan MP Harriet Cross gave a speech at the North East Scotland Tractor Rally at Thainstone Agricultural Centre…
Read MoreKevin Quantum brings his dazzling show to Carnegie Hall
As a 17-year-old acting in a youth theatre version of Some Like it Hot, Kevin McMahon could never have imagined he would return to the same stage as a famous international magician. Now known worldwide as Kevin Quantum, the master illusionist is presenting a special Christmas show at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall on 20 and 21…
Read MoreLost score found in Scotland shows what music sounded like five centuries ago
A fragment of ‘lost’ music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book is providing clues to what music sounded like five centuries ago. Researchers have been investigating the origins of the musical score – which contains only 55 notes – to cast new light on music from pre-Reformation Scotland in the early…
Read MoreJo Malone London pops up in Edinburgh for Christmas
The decidedly fabulous Jo Malone London immersive Christmas Special Pop Up has launched in St James Quarter in Edinburgh. Visitors can step through the entrance framed by presents piled high and try their luck with a prize wheel to see what they could win, before stepping onto the set for a photobooth moment to share…
Read MoreScottish castle visited by Robert Burns in line for £2 million restoration after being sold to new owner
A historic Scottish castle visited by Robert Burns could be in line for a major restoration after being sold to a new owner. Baltersan Castle is thought to have inspired architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was visited by poets Robert Burns and John Keats, and a restoration plan was even pitched to the multi-millionaire investors on…
Read MoreMeet the couple leaving a lasting legacy for a rare tree species on Arran
A couple with a passion for the rare Arran Whitebeam has left a legacy for the island through their work to help save the native tree species from extinction. Henry Murdo who has lived on Arran since 1968 and Margo McLellan, a native Arranach, have been working with the National Trust for Scotland to share…
Read MoreScottish researchers play key role in net zero project focussing on grasslands
Scottish researchers are playing a key role in a UK-wide project aimed at transforming grasslands for net zero. SRUC scientists based in the Highlands and Aberdeen will measure greenhouse gas emissions from grazing livestock, as well as analyse soil health and carbon storage in lowland and upland grass. At SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre…
Read MoreScottish cuckoos successfully make it to Africa for the winter
Two cuckoos tagged in Scotland earlier this year have successfully made it to tropical Africa where they will spend the winter months. Since 2011, BTO has fitted more than 120 individual cuckoos with state-of-the-art satellite tags to unravel the mysteries of their migrations and help their conservation. Henry and George 2 were tagged at Dundonnell…
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