Sometimes all that is needed to switch-off from the daily grind is a journey by train to a new destination: getting settled in a seat with a good book, with views to admire out of the window, and ...

In 2010, schools across Scotland were invited to participate in BBC Scotland Learning's Your Landscape Story - Our Crew competition. Entries were judged by a selection panel made up of representatives ...

If you were to travel around Scotland seeking an insight into how the country farms and feeds itself, you would inevitably look at the way the land is used. Allowing, for now, that in the modern world ...

If you really want a fresh perspective on your country, writes television director Arlene Searle, see it through the eyes of your landscape painters. Wendy Sutherland In a cramped box room, paint ...

What a year it has been for Scotland. While the independence referendum held in September kept the country in union with the rest of the U.K., the extent of citizens' and communities' involvement in ...

On the edge of the Scottish Highlands, three families of beavers slip, slide and splash between a series of ponds and swamps at the Bamff estate. The animals have been breeding there for almost two ...

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