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Anyone who’s read Helen Macdonald’s remarkable memoir H is for Hawk – about grief, nature and training a goshawk – will be aware of its powerful impact. The book has now been turned into a film starri

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The Braemar hills are alive with the sound of bagpipes as Kyle Randalls, a 6-foot 5” (196cm), 22-stone (139kg) strongman from Falkirk, prepares to throw a 22lb (9.9kg) hammer across the arena. Stood a

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

An event that takes place during the depths of winter in the very northernmost reach of the British Isles, Up Helly Aa is a fiery festival that celebrates some of the customs brought to the Shetland I