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First Haggis Festival Hailed A Success!
This month saw the first ever festival celebrating the honest, sonsie face of Scotland’s iconic national dish, the haggis. Organised by the the Glen Spean and Great Glen Tourism Group, […]
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Deadly Encounters
It was still early when the garden erupted. The eruption woke me up. I lay still for a few moments trying to rationalise the sound through the dregs of sleep. […]
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Top TV Movies To Star At Edinburgh International Film Festival
This year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will provide a rare opportunity to see some of the finest American TV movies from the 1960’s and 70’s. The EIFF’s ‘Little Big […]
Culture
Wild Lands, Wild Waters
I love September because every year it saves me from an overdose of summer. By the time September dawns, or at least by the time it has got a week […]
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Preserving History
Scottish soldiers from across the centuries celebrate the launch of Scottish Battlefields Trust Some of Scotland’s best living history societies gathered in Prestonpans today, bringing to life a timeline of […]
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Q-Aye! – The 30 Scottish Facts You Need To Know | Part 3
Put yourself to the test with our list of 30 essential weird and wonderful Scotland facts. How many do you know? 11. Rabbie Burns was the first person […]
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Woodland Wonders
In August pinewoods go all drowsy on me, flat-footed and weary like an old dog. I know this trait of pinewoods of old. I have, after all, been here before. I […]
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2015 Saltire Literary Awards Open for Nominations
Writers from across Scotland have the opportunity to have their work recognised across six categories with the opening of nominations for the 2015 Saltire Literary Awards, which are widely recognised […]
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Honours For Castle Cat!
The service of Castle Fraser’s resident feline has been recognised by the National Trust for Scotland – and, no, this is not an April Fools’ Day joke. The long-haired tabby, […]
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Links With Nature
I have reason to remember that tee shot. Kilspindie Golf Course at Aberlady, East Lothian coast, a beautiful early July day, sunlight bouncing off the deep blue Forth estuary, a […]
