Discovering a slower ‘coftie’ pace of travel in the heart of Fort Augustus

From the moment you cross the threshold, The Lovat in Fort Augustus wraps you in warmth, comfort and Highland hospitality.

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Travel: Smoking! Why cigar city Tampa is hot stuff

Miami gets the beaches. Orlando gets the queues. Tampa barely gets a mention. Well, after a recent visit, that feels unfair to me, as this sun-soaked Gulf coast city might just be one of the American South’s best-kept secrets.

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Edinburgh Fringe: Musician brings legacy of artist great-grandfather William McTaggart back to life

She had heard the stories and seen his work ever since she was a little girl, but it was only as Elsa McTaggart began working on a show in tribute to her great-grandfather that she felt like she truly got to know him – and realised how much they have in common.

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‘Nicola insisted I get mole checked… she saved my life. I owed it to her to survive’: Call for action as skin cancer cases soar

A young dad has spoken of how his life was saved by his wife.

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Edinburgh Fringe: Ex-model Keeley Hazell on early fame, taking back control and writing a new chapter in life

As she brings a show to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, former model Keeley Hazell told us all about early fame, taking back control and writing a new chapter in life.

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A decade on from losing father to suicide, Kitty Falcon hopes to spark conversations with Fringe show Sitting (In Silence)

At 6pm every Sunday throughout August, an Edinburgh pub will come alive with conversations, stories, laughter and maybe a few tears.

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My Scotland: Enjoying the great outdoors with author, Kerri Andrews

Kerri Andrews is a writer, editor, academic and walker. Her new book is an exploration of women setting foot outdoors now, and what that means.

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Domestic abuse crisis: John Swinney promises to drive change after meeting with mum who suffered for years at hands of brutal husband

First Minister John Swinney has made a personal commitment to tackle violence against women in Scotland – likening spiralling rates of domestic homicide to a “pandemic”.

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KT Tunstall on how hearing loss has affected her career, and the joy of writing music for stage show The Singer

Nearly three decades ago, KT Tunstall was playing post-midnight sets in a tiny basement venue at the Edinburgh Fringe, hoping her late-night audience would listen to her songs.

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AI griefbots can help you ‘chat’ to a deceased loved one, but critics warn of the dangers of losing touch with reality

Every few evenings, Justin Harrison makes sure to have a chat with his mum, like any son might do.

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Joe Pasquale on his haunted house, dodgy knees, and why he’s finally doing the Fringe

Joe Pasquale shares his 16th century Norfolk home with a ghost he has never seen, but greets most nights when he gets home from a gig.

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Children in UK suffering as Brexit regulations shut them out of clinical trial programmes

Children with cancer are being shut out of desperately needed oncology trials because of Brexit regulations.

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Travis frontman Fran Healy on playing it for laughs in new improv musical

As the frontman of Travis, Fran Healy has mined heartbreak, relationships and everyday observations to create some of the most enduring hits of the past 35 years.

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‘I cannot wait to come home to the cobbles to experience every season in a day’: Edinburgh Fringe Q&A – comrie sf

Scottish comedian, writer and composer comrie sf returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his soothing, surrealist mixed-bill comedy night.

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St Vincent: Holiday to treasure on hidden gem of an island

In the opening scene of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the rapidly sinking boat belonging to Captain Jack Sparrow limps round a headland towards fictional harbour Port Royal.

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Travel: Exploring the culinary history of Europe from the comfort of a Rhine river cruise on a longship

There is a particular kind of travel that stays with you, not through photographs but through taste: the moment a wine unlocks a landscape; the realisation that a beer is not just a beer, but a legally protected expression of civic identity; or the discovery that a Dutch farming family has been transforming milk into exceptional Gouda for generations.

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Travel: Deep echoes of the past on a pilgrimage to the rugged Donegal coastline

A party atmosphere filters through the cabin of the aircraft as it takes off on its regular shuttle from Glasgow to Donegal.

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‘I was lost in grief when our family home was packed up’: Exploring one of the most difficult parts of bereavement

Bereavement is something that affects us all and, while we understandably concentrate on the loss we have suffered, we can often overlook the physical and mental impact grief has on our health.

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One Man Poe: Edinburgh show is the perfect setting for classic author’s macabre tales

The Gothic surroundings of Edinburgh provide the perfect setting for the literature of Edgar Allan Poe, as actor Stephen Smith has come to realise.

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Childhood friends turned television stars Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson on reuniting to mark 10 years since Fringe debut

Performing together as Britney, childhood friends turned television stars Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson are reuniting to mark 10 years since their Fringe debut.

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‘I’m approaching the festival like Erling Haaland approached the World Cup’: Edinburgh Fringe Q&A – Chelsea Birkby

After a magician predicted her every move, comedian Chelsea Birkby began to fear that her choices might not be her own.

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‘Scottish acts should have more opportunity at their own festival’: Edinburgh Fringe Q&A – Stephen Gordon

Edinburgh resident and Fringe obsessive Stephen Gordon is bringing together his comedy pals throughout the festival to pull back the curtain on the process that goes into the solo hours on show this summer.

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My Scotland: Coastal gems and organic breweries with Timberyard’s Anna Sebelova

If you have ever been lucky enough to eat at Timberyard in Edinburgh, you will know that the drinks are just as impressive as the food. That is thanks to Anna Sebelova.

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‘Commonwealth Games fans look on as we try to save her life’: We spend the night with volunteer medics as they help growing number of homeless people

Our reporter Janet Boyle and photographer Andrew Cawley headed out on shift with teams of volunteer medics to see the stark reality of homelessness on the streets of Glasgow.

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Experts urge First Minister to strip custodianship of Mackintosh building from Glasgow School of Art

Experts have called for First Minister John Swinney to hand control of Mack to a trust so iconic building can be restored

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Eilidh Loan on how future of new play inspired by her gran’s life rested on casting Elaine C Smith – and why legend was happy to oblige

When Eilidh Loan told her gran that she wanted to make a play based on her life, Cathy only had one demand: Elaine C Smith had to star in it.

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Gyles Brandreth on earliest memories, enjoying life, and the loss of Ann Widdecombe

Gyles Brandreth has been thinking a lot about memories recently. Why we remember some and forget others. What our earliest memory is and what it says about us as a person. And how a childhood lasts a lifetime.

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Why did police not act after car hit my deaf and blind son and broke his leg?

The family of a blind man and his carer who were struck by a car as they crossed the road are demanding to know why police refused to act on the matter.

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Daughter’s joy as trailblazing architect Kathryn Findlay celebrated with V&A Dundee exhibition

Kathryn Findlay spent her career building extraordinary things in Japan, London and the Gulf, a long way from the sheep farm in Angus where she grew up in the 1950s.

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‘Wake-up call’: John Swinney urged to work with Andy Burnham to tackle homeless crisis

Homelessness charities said a pledge by the new prime minister to end rough sleeping in England must be a wake-up call for Scotland

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