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A cross-side of the stone (Photo: HES)

Fundraising bid to restore 1200 year old Pictish stone

A crowdfunding campaign has today been launched for the repair and conservation of a rare Pictish stone. The previously unknown carved Pictish cross-slab was recently...

A look at the natural year in the Highlands

‘Nature writers are supposed to be able to summon from the literary ether the precise words to describe their subjects or the feelings they evince,’...
Poet Niall O'Gallagher

Capturing Glasgow’s Gaelic spirit on canvas

Alexander Moffat is set to capture Gaelic culture and what it means to contemporary Glasgow at this year's Mod. The distinguished Scottish painter has been...

Twins’ fuse nature and art for some projected glory

A stunning fusion of nature, art and technology in Glencoe have made illuminating subject matter for Edinburgh-based projectionists Double Take. It may not be unusual...

Sir Jackie Stewart shares his thoughts on life

Scotland’s triple F1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart talks about overcoming dyslexia, cleaning windows and being beaten on the virtual circuit by his grandchildren. Dyslexia...

The Scottish tin shed that feeds a million each day

Its HQ is a tin shack in Argyll, yet from here Mary’s Meals feeds a million children a day in the world’s poorest countries.  Magnus...


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