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It’s not fair! This band from Northern Ireland is just far too good at playing the bagpipes

Field Marshal Montgomery have been very, very successful at the Pipe Band Championships

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Partition of India — remarkable stories of escape from ‘horrific violence’

First-hand accounts of partition from the Scots-Asian community

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Glasgow’s landmarks have never looked so exciting than when matched with Robbie’s jumps, runs and rolls

Robbie freerunning tour of the city is an absolutely breathtaking sight to see

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These London firefighters built a female monster and thought Nessie would mate with it

In 1975 there was a rather novel attempt to find Nessie with a papier-mâché Lady Monster

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Belladrum 2017: Eleven Scottish acts to fall in love with at this year’s Tartan Heart festival

A look ahead to the 2017 Belladrum festival by Beauly near Inverness.

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The fascinating lives of the women buried in the Necropolis, Glasgow’s beautiful Victorian cemetery

This city centre burial ground is full of untold stories from history

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Orcadian rhythms: the UK capital that adds 50% to its population in a single day and then returns to normal — over and over again

How cruise ships have changed the lives of the people of Orkney.

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How a 22-year-old chatterbox prepares to lose her voice permanently

Lucy loves to talk but motor neurone disease might take that away. Can technology help?

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How Ulva’s Lachlan Macquarie became the ‘Father of Australia’

The Scottish soldier that became Governor of New South Wales.

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Moo, poo and coconut shampoo: the challenges you could face as a cattle farmer

Raising cattle isn’t easy

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Baths in white wine and six other surprising things about Mary Queen of Scots

It’s 450 years since she abdicated from the Scottish throne. But did you know this...

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Celebrating 15 years of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

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Lego landmarks and pixel-perfect views of Scotland in miniature

Take a trip around Scotland without ever leaving home

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Glasgow’s social media drug market exposed in new ´óÏó´«Ã½ documentary

Dealers are taking to social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram to sell drugs

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Scottish road trips offer amazing views but what is there to do when you get out of the car?

The North Coast 500 isn’t the only road trip in town. Here’s three other fantastic options

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How Scotland’s otters became famous: the inspirational story of Gavin Maxwell

Remembering Gavin Maxwell, author of Ring of Bright Water

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The most remote railway station in Britain is at Corrour on the West Highland Line

What does Matt Baker find when he takes the train to Rannoch Moor?

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The giant pile of rocks on the edge of an Orkney island that keeps pushing people to their limits

Adventurous types keep being drawn to the Old Man of Hoy

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The scandalous story of Victorian Scotland’s high society poisoner

The story of Madeleine Smith, Victorian Glasgow's suspected poisoner

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The day 167 men perished in the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster

On 6 July 1988, an explosion ripped through the platform 120 miles north-east of Aberdeen.

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How TRNSMT’s main stage stars shaped up at Glastonbury

Performances by Radiohead, Biffy Clyro, Rag'n'Bone Man, London Grammar and Cabbage

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The inspirations behind five bands playing at TRNSMT in Glasgow

We find out what the stars of Scotland’s latest music festival are into

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This Scots sprint prodigy is racing towards the top of the podium

Cameron Tindle is already one of the fastest Scots of all time. How fast can he go?

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There’s a little secret at traffic lights that saves lives

Thought you knew everything worth knowing about traffic lights? Perhaps not

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High society! A trip inside the ostentatious, drug-inspired smoking room of the world’s richest man

John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, had quite the trippy smoking room

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There’s a white deer in the woods near Dunkeld but it’s proving to be a little shy

When you see wildlife that seems like it has just stepped out of Harry Potter

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From improvised insults to artform: The changing face of Scottish battle rap

The rappers now perform pre-prepared and carefully considered routines

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This set of spectacular waterfalls is only 30 miles from the centre of Glasgow

The Falls of Clyde at New Lanark are within easy reach of the city

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How Craiglockhart in Edinburgh turned Wilfred Owen into the voice of World War One

During his treatment for shell shock, the English officer penned his best known poetry

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The secret beauty regime of Highland cattle as they’re getting ready for a big agricultural show

What does it take to get your animals ready to show? Ginny Stacy-Marks shows us

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The blind man and the sea: how Ian Hamilton and a mixed-ability crew conquered the waves

Completely blind Ian Hamilton joins the crew of the Lord Nelson.

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The Water of Leith: A journey along Edinburgh’s industrial river

The Water of Leith is a river that flows into the Forth estuary near Edinburgh

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What ‘work hard, play hard’ meant to the women of Paisley’s textile mills in the 1950s

Were Friday nights back then really all that different to how they are today?

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A food truck in Glasgow helped this man change his life; now he’s helping others do the same

From food vans in Glasgow to seaweed farms in Argyll, food has economic and social power

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D-Day: The military success that Winston Churchill feared would be a failure

Scottish actor Brian Cox thinks many don't realise Churchill tried to stop the invasion

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The wonderful world of Katie Morag as created by award-winning author Mairi Hedderwick

The adventures of the red-haired girl on Struay has won Mairi Hedderwick many awards.

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How a lung transplant has changed the life of a young woman with cystic fibrosis

Lisa is a young woman with a life limiting condition

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Summiting Suilven: Paddle boarding your way to one of Britain’s most iconic mountains

A ‘day’ trip to the summit of Suilven.

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No football allowed: When playing the beautiful game in Scotland put you on the wrong side of the law

Those times when Scots weren't allowed to play their national game

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Lost Scotland

Features about abandoned places in Scotland

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How Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s student days at Edinburgh University brought Sherlock Holmes to life

One of Conan Doyle's lecturers impressed his students his remarkable powers of deduction

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Munro bagging: What’s so great about climbing up Scottish mountains?

A hillwalker tells us everything she loves about going up Scottish mountains

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Things to do in western Scotland if you miss your ferry

Failing the 5 Ferries cycle challenge provides time to explore the west coast of Scotland

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Top of the world: When Highlands climber Alison Hargreaves made history on Everest

Scotland-based climber Alison Hargreaves’s history-making ascent of Everest

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Stephanie Inglis’ battle to join the list of great sporting comebacks

Stories of sports stars who have recovered from career-threatening injuries

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From Kirriemuir to Neverland: The bitter-sweet story of how J.M. Barrie created Peter Pan

Commemorating the birthday of J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan

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Bass Rock: The tiny island that gannets love ...and prisoners presumably hated

The perilous fortune of the seabirds who live on a small rocky island

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Glasgow style: Charles Rennie Mackintosh at 150

Plans announced for 150th anniversary event for architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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