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Double-handed racing has been the stand-out success story of recent years. James Boyd finds out why it’s becoming ever more popular

FOR decades, the climate crisis has been viewed as an economic, scientific and technological challenge rather than a societal one. But it is society…

Old traditions meet new thinking on these green Scotland stays

WELSHMAN Dewi Jenkins, of Talybont, near Aberystwyth, reclaimed the bragging rights when finishing top dog on price with a £15,200 sale at Skipton…

After an unprecedented year of worry and stress, here's why we want nothing more than to kick back, reset and unwind in Scotland.

Students from the Scott Sutherland School at RGU are working with the South Uist community to create a more sustainable future.

It’s why we elect them. So why isn’t that happening? There’s clearly demand to live on islands – there just isn’t a healthy supply of building plots or warm, affordable homes so enterprising locals can create jobs, develop green energy systems and give their distinctive cultures and languages a fighting chance of reaching the next generation. Of course, Westminster not Holyrood is to blame for failing to connect the islands to the mainland by subsea connectors. So even as we a...

The Grand Tour  Presents series, Amazon’s installment rework of the formerly tent-based automotive series. Following up their “Seamen” premiere (which I liked) and “A Massive Hunt” (which I didn’t), Clarkson, Hammond, and May get back to their basics of years ago with “Lochdown.” And there’s not a lot wrong with that. Before you read any further, be advised this article contains major spoilers of the episode. You’ve been warned! The premise of Lochdown is a simpler one...

Four refugees start a new life on a remote Scottish island – what happens next? Ben Sharrock’s comedy, Limbo, looks at the trials and tribulations of resettlement in the Hebrides. The director explains why it’s so funny 30 July 2021 • 5:00am Vikash Bhai (l) and Amir El-Masry (r) try to adapt to rural Scottish life in Limbo Credit: Focus/Colin Tennant In 2015, a few days before Christmas, 24 Syrian refugee families were waiting in a wind-battered port, west of Glasgow, for a tiny ferry t...