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Trips to the Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh

Bus trips to the Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh

How to explore the best of the rest of Scotland

16 Feb 2011

Edinburgh has culture, history, shops and sustenance, but there’s a whole country beyond to be explored and it would be a shame to limit a visit to Scotland to the capital alone. If you visit just one other part of the country, make it the Highlands…

Danny MacAskill's new bike stunts video

Scottish stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill in new bike video

Danny MacAskill: Way Back Home features more of the moves that earned him 21m YouTube views

18 Nov 2010

Extraordinary Scottish street trials cyclist Danny MacAskill's new video Way Back Home is grabbing lots of attention. The film includes more examples of the jaw-dropping moves that earned his original Inspired Bicycles film over 21 million views on…

Skye

Over the sea to Skye

6 Aug 2009

Brad Pitt may be somewhat lacking but as we clamber Thelma and Louise-style into my old knackered banger, a miraculous sunny spell sets the mood for the days to come. Heading north out of Edinburgh, we leave behind us the traffic jams and daily grind of…

Scottish Islands

Scottish Islands: The essentials

6 Aug 2009

Go in search of the fairies The Isle of Mull’s MacKinnon’s Cave is believed to be the deepest in the Hebrides. A winding path leads towards a waterfall just before the mouth of the Cave and folklore suggests that it offers a passage to the underworld…

News in Brief

11 Jun 2009

The Scottish Government’s ‘One Scotland’ campaign RoAR (Rock Against Racism) campaign kicks off this fortnight with local lads Franz Ferdinand, who’ll be heading to the Scottish Borders for a special RoAR gig in Selkirk’s Victoria Hall on Wed 17 Jun.

Paul Towndrow

Paul Towndrow and Nigel Hitchcock: Encounters

14 May 2009

This encounter between saxophonists Paul Towndrow and Nigel Hitchcock has its roots in the Celtic fusion of the Peatbog Faeries, where the Skye-based Hitchcock is a regular with his fellow island resident, trombonist Rick Taylor. Towndrow did some gigs…

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