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LAST week I was strolling by the Tweed near Melrose when I saw a woman ahead of me, wearing shorts and carrying a back-pack fit for Annapurna. Well…

In southern Belize, a sweet and creamy heritage drink made from seaweed has become a symbol of the country's sustainable underwater farming initiatives.

AS promised, today I will be telling the story of three clans from the Scottish Borders and will be showing how they played as great a part in the…

May I thank Professor Paul Bartholomew, Vice-Chancellor and President of Ulster University, Dr Seán Farren, Chair of the John and Pat Hume Foundation, and Dr…

Mon 11 Jan 2021 00.30 EST Perched on a tussocky slope, we eat our sandwiches in the winter sun, sit-mats sinking into damp moss among leaves of betony and St John’s wort. Heather stems nudge against my knees. Young hawthorns make a spiky canopy above my head. Through backlit stalks of knapweed, a field lies way below us, held in a crook of the Warksburn. The far side of the river is bordered by a cliff seen through a lattice of riparian alders. Atop that is a sheep field and above that the wi...

By BBC Travel 18 December 2020 A year ago, no-one could have predicted that a global pandemic would bring travel to a standstill and usher in such an unprecedented year. But amidst the uncertainty of 2020, we continued to be inspired by remarkable stories that celebrate the people, places and cultures that make this world so wonderfully diverse and amazing. Here are some of our favourites.