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 ...

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 ...

Plan the trip of a lifetime with insights from experts with deep local knowledge. A medieval capital full of narrow, cobbled streets and jaw-dropping castle views. The soaring peaks and mist-shrouded ...

National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson finds the wild landscapes of Scotland poetic and inspiring. Looking out at the Isle of Rum from Laig Bay on the Isle of Eigg. The light plays on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Understanding how rural landscapes changed over the centuries can help design the best ways of preserving them, new research has suggested. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) commissioned a study of how ...

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