20 h. ago Scotland retro: 41 of the best photos showing popular 80s shops and their owners

These photos show some of the most popular shops in Scotland during the 80s, and the much-loved characters who ran them.

Culture

3 d. ago The historic buildings of Scotland fighting for their future

How we care for Scotland’s historic properties is changing

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5 d. ago Historic Environment Scotland embarks on 'difficult and emotional' decisions over future of 300 properties

There are tough talks ahead on the future of Scotland’s prized historic sites as climate change, costs and rising visitor numbers take their toll

Culture

1 week ago Scotland in 1966 in Pictures: Here are 24 fascinating photos of Scottish life 59 years ago

Scotland was a very different place in the mid-60s.

Culture

1 week ago Scotland in 1958 in Photos: Here are 26 amazing pictures showing Scottish life 67 years ago

Scotland looked very different nearly seven decades ago.

Culture

1 week ago Lost nightclubs: From Sol Viva to clubbing above Bury's famous fish market

There was something liberating about growing up in an era before camera phones and when you could still smoke indoors

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2 w. ago Scotland in the Fifties: Here are 23 amazing pictures showing Scottish life in 1959

Scotland was a very different place at the end of the 1950s.

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2 w. ago Scotland in the Sixties: Here are 23 amazing photos of Scottish life in 1964

Scotland looked very different 51 years ago.

Culture

3 w. ago Scotland in 1970: Here are 19 amazing pictures of life in Scotland 55 years ago

Scotland was a very different place five-and-a-half decades ago.

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3 w. ago Scotland retro: 41 of the best photos taking you back to the 80s, from famous faces to lost landmarks

A giant Cabbage Patch Kid doll visits sick children, shoppers throng past BHS, and comic duo Cannon and Ball shelter from the rain.

Culture

3 w. ago Scotland in 1962: Here are 23 remarkable pictures of Scottish life 63 years ago

Scotland was a very different place in the first part of the 1960s.

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3 w. ago Cannonball 'taken from Culloden battlefield' bought for Scotland after auction bid

The objects take us closer to events at Culloden on April 16, 1746.

Events

3 w. ago Scotland's Best Buildings: 13 of the most beautiful buildings in Scotland

What is the most beautiful building in Scotland? There are hundreds across the country - but we’ve put together a list of 13.

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3 w. ago Scotland in 1960: Here are 19 incredible pictures of life in Scotland 65 years ago

Things looked very different in Scotland at the start of the 1960s.

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3 w. ago ‘More of an attitude’: how 1985’s Buffalo look changed fashion for ever

Created by photographer Jamie Morgan and stylist Ray Petri, the Buffalo look – tough, but also cinematic – was worn by Naomi Campbell, Neneh Cherry and Kate Moss. Morgan explains what it means, then and nowFashion’s historic references come and go. Currently, they might include Harrison Ford in shorts in the 1970s and 90s Oasis. But there are also some that are canon – such as Buffalo, the look masterminded by stylist Ray Petri and photographer Jamie Morgan in the mid-80s.Shaped largely through fashion shoots for the Face magazine, the duo created a look that reflected the culture and creativity of London at the time, but gave it the classy and cinematic feel of a Marlon Brando portrait or a shot by Henri Cartier-Bresson. This beautifully lit black-and-white photography of street-cast models and people – including a then-unknown Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Neneh Cherry and Nick Kamen, who later went on to star in Levi’s famous 1985 launderette advert – went on to shape both fashion p...

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3 w. ago Scotland in 1955: Here are 19 amazing pictures of life in Scotland 70 years ago

Things looked very different in Scotland seven decades ago.

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3 w. ago Inside world's oldest functioning camera obscura in Scotland

The camera obscura has been functioning since 1836

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4 w. ago Scotland in 1965: Here are 20 amazing pictures of life in Scotland 60 years ago

Things looked very different in Scotland six decades ago.

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