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Scottish runner smashes world record for running marathon in Highland dress
A Scottish runner recovered from a broken sporran chain to smash the world record for running a marathon in full Highland dress. Stephen Molloy shaved 2 minutes 24 seconds off the previous best for the 26.2-mile distance at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival on 26 May – despite losing two minutes at the roadside to repair…
Read MoreRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to host UK premiere of new Fleurs de Villes exhibition
Alice Grundon looks ahead to this year’s Fleurs de Villes exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It has dazzled audiences in Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Toronto. But the world-renowned Fleurs de Villes’ Artiste exhibition is returning to Edinburgh. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh will host the UK premiere of the show…
Read MoreOutlander Day: Fans of hit TV show can experience life in the time of the Jacobites
Fans of hit TV show Outlander can experience life in the time of the Jacobites and delve into the lives of characters Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall at the Highland Folk Museum this year. The High Life Highland attraction at Newtonmore was used as a filming location in 2014 for the TV series, based on…
Read MoreCorrimony Nature Reserve: Signs of recovery at wildfire hit nature reserve a year on
It was destroyed by a devastating wildfire last year, but now there are signs of recovery at Corrimony Nature Reserve. Flames burned in woodland and moor near Cannich, south of Inverness, for two weeks decimating important moorland and woodland habitat, home to species including Black Grouse and Scottish Crossbill. An exceptional dry spell with hot…
Read MoreRare glimpse inside rock star’s pad as Marillion singer Fish puts home on the market
Fans of Fish, the former frontman of cult prog rock band Marillion, are getting a rare glimpse inside the star’s world after he put his Scottish home on the market. The singer has lived in the countryside at Spittalrig, near Haddington in East Lothian, since 1988. But now he is now preparing to start a…
Read MoreHope Cross erected in memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton to travel 7,000 miles to Dundee
A memorial in memory of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will travel more than 7,000 miles from South Georgia to Dundee to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth. The wooden cross from Shackleton’s Hope Point memorial will soon be on display at Discovery Point where the Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, which first carried…
Read MoreA brush with science: Artist Gregor Harvie to create dramatic paintings to celebrate physicist Lord Kelvin
Scottish artist Gregor Harvie has created two dramatic paintings to celebrate the work of renowned physicist Lord Kelvin. The Quantum Theory Group at the University of Glasgow, where Kelvin was a professor, commissioned the work as part of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of his birth. Kelvin was an eminent mathematical physicist and engineer and…
Read MoreOne of first coins to be minted in Scotland during King David I reign sold at auction
One of the first coins to be minted in Scotland has sold at auction for more than £1,000. The very rare penny was made some time after 1136, during the reign of King David I of Scotland. It shows a profile bust of the King holding a sceptre, and a cross with fleurs de lis…
Read MoreUK’s first fake food store: ‘My training in taxidermy helps me create realistic food replicas that featured in Barbie’
Kerry Samantha Boyes has always loved building things. Growing up in the North Pennines, the hills and wildlife were her playground. And when she wasn’t running around outside, she was at her father’s woodworking studio learning how to craft things. But it wasn’t until she began working under Scotland’s leading taxidermist, George Jameison, that she…
Read MoreSt Andrews surpasses North Berwick as most expensive coastal town in Scotland
St Andrews is the most expensive place to buy a home by the coast in Scotland, according to the latest analysis from Bank of Scotland. Homes in the area – known for its world-famous university and golf courses – cost £423,419 on average, marginally up from 2022. The results push North Berwick into second place.…
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