On the whisky trail: a weekend of wee drams in Moray Speyside, Scotland
The region between the Cairngorms and the Moray Firth is rightly famous for its whisky, but that is just one of its many charms
November 2017
Jay Rayner on restaurants
The Kitchen, Inverness: 'A place that really looks after you' – restaurant review
After a miserable meal at Boath House, Jay is relieved to find himself at the Kitchen in Inverness
September 2012
Country diary
Dughall Mor – the big dark stranger in the forest
Country diary: Reelig Glen, Inverness: The trees here are so straight and tall that one was felled to provide a mast for the ship in which Scott sailed to the Antarctic
August 2012
John O'Groats: a new start for the end of the road
John O'Groats was shamed into a makeover in 2010, after being voted voted the most dismal place in Scotland. Two years on, Scott Murray reports on a landmark rehabilitation
May 2012
Britain's best bike rides
Lochs and Glens tour, Glasgow to Inverness
An exhilarating long-distance route that takes in two national parks
November 2011
Country diary
Country diary: Inverness
Ray Collier on an invasion of pine martens widely sighted heading for the peanuts put out for birds and red squirrels
May 2010
Inverness named as the UK's most popular destination for relocation
Property website reallymoving.com also reveals urban areas – particularly those around London – are falling out of favour with UK home movers
June 2009
Inshriach House, Inverness-shire
If you can trade a few trappings to escape bland conformity Inshriach cannot fail to beguile, says Sally Shalam
November 2008
Unhip hotels
From country hotels which forgot to chuck out the chintz to B&Bs where the owners are more colourful than the curtains, we celebrate the places where hospitality and character are more important than cutting-edge design
July 2008
20 top rural escapes in the UK
Remoteness in Britain may be under threat but it hasn't disappeared, says Robert Macfarlane. In fact, it can be surprisingly close at hand
January 2008
The Boathouse, Wester Ross
Sally Shalam escapes to the peace and quiet of The Boathouse, a secluded cottage on the shore of a sea loch
