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CONTENTS
Cover Story…
Explore the best of Edinburgh with our 14-page special!
My Scotland Football legend Ally McCoist takes you on a tour of his favourite spots
#OutAndAboutScotland The best pics shared with us this month on social media
A Wee Blether With… Elite mountain biker Isla Short ahead of the UCI World Championships
Around Scotland Your top pick of events, concerts and activities across the country this month
Pinnacle of Piping Hundreds of bands descend on Glasgow for the World Piping Championships
Head to North Berwick for the fantastic Fringe By The Sea festival
The Odd Couple It’s 250 years since the Hebridean adventure of unlikely duo Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
Jim Crumley is serenaded by a wild bird jazz band while whale watching
Scottish Bookshelf Discover the fascinating later life of Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald – plus top new book releases
Sound Of Scotland Ravers’ daughter Hannah Laing is turning up the volume
From the Vault Straight from the archives – a strange encounter with a U-boat off Arbroath!
A-Z Of Great Scots Remembering Scotland’s greatest boxer Ken Buchanan
Read our superb interview with Scottish violinist and Grammy Award-winner, Nicola Benedetti
Scottish Kitchen Serve delicious hot smoked salmon with Fingal’s recipe
Slàinte Mhath Glen Grant’s legacy is in safe hands with Dennis Malcolm OBE
Eat, Sleep, Drink Our reviewers try out Modern Haar in St Andrews and Pitlochry’s historic Moulin Inn
Hold Back The Flood Polly Pullar visits Bamff Wildland, where beavers have changed the landscape
Scotland The Brand Did you know that the world’s first instant coffee was Scottish?
Get on your bike to celebrate the first ever UCI Cycling World Championship – coming to Glasgow this month
Record-Breaker! Jamie Aarons has remarkably just compleated a round of Munros in record time!
Cameron McNeish Scotland’s top outdoor writer considers recent calls for climbing aids on our mountains
Big Adventure Into the wilds on a three-hill hike from remote Corrour
Modest Yet Mighty Discover the magnificent ridge of Stac Pollaidh in Assynt
Fiery Minister’s Wife Kenny MacAskill remembers feisty Scottish socialist and suffragette Helen Crawfurd
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