Rob Smith questions his own long-held belief that natural golf courses score heavily over more contrived designs…

England’s newest course has opened – and its future looks very bright

Michael Weston visits the Cairndale Hotel and Spa in Dumfries to see the recent upgrades and play golf nearby, including a round at renowned Southerness

STAY AND PLAY

The station’s £140 million rebuild is running several months late, and even when complete it may never realise its potential. HOWARD JOHNSTON investigates

The Scottish Highlands have captured travellers’ imaginations since Sir Walter Scott began setting his wildly evocative historical novels here. What those first Victorian tourists discovered was a vas