Scotland

A sharp-eyed collector spotted this translucent flint blade—crafted by hunter-gatherers about 8000 years ago—on a Dutch beach. MANON BRUININGA By Andrew CurryJan. 30, 2020 , 2:00 PM MONSTER, THE NETHERLANDS—On a clear, windy autumn afternoon last October, Willy van Wingerden spent a few free hours before work walking by the…

Elden Ring is said to be the most ambitious game ever created by From Software, but we know very little about how it will be different from the previous games created by the team. According to rumors, the world design will be the first thing that will set the game…

Vacations are supposed to be a time to kick back, relax and forget about all the problems waiting for you at home. Unfortunately, this can be easier said than done. Noisy tourists and crowded resorts can often make it impossible to get the peace and quiet you’re searching for and…

Alasdair Gray (courtesy Rodge Glass) One night in summer 2015, under a vast night sky mural in the Òran Mór Arts Centre auditorium in Glasgow, there was a film showing. In fact, two. The subject of both, Alasdair Gray, once an intense, asthmatic working-class boy from northeast Glasgow and now…

The UK’s new agriculture bill has been called “one of the most significant pieces of legislation for farmers in England for over 70 years”. It could directly affect the livelihoods of 460,000 people and determine the future of the 70 per cent of UK land area (17.4 million hectares) currently…

As Telegraph Travel challenges readers to cover 1,000 miles on foot in 2020, Richard Madden reflects on a walk in Coleridge country that changed him, and suggests other routes in the region Is it just me or have the Romantic poets lost their allure for teena…

Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 242, dated January 21, 2020. The Ringer and Spotify. On Friday evening, at the top of a long weekend a time slot known in some cultures as “News Dump O’Clock” The Wall Street Journal dropped a mi…

The late great Galen Rowell once advised us to look to the edges of environments, and there we would find many successful images. Where the land meets the sea must be by far one of our most fertile hunting grounds. Ever since we were children, given a bucke…

By Ravi Coutinho on Jan 18, 2020 in Asia, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, Europe, Italy, Leisure Travel, Mexico, North America, Portugal, Regions, Speciality Travel, Thailand, Western Europe Anyone who loves golf and travel has a few bucket list golf courses on th…

Image copyrightGetty Images A major UN climate conference will take place in Glasgow later this year and the spotlight will fall on Scotland's efforts to deal with climate change. What are Scotland's climate change targets? The Scottish government has set…