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his is a time of year when change is in the air. The Edinburgh Festival and Tattoo are over, and so is the holiday season. The children have gone back to school or university, and the clocks will soon go back.

Yet there is still so much to celebrate and enjoy. For instance, I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the new Dundee V&A and to be given access to the key movers in a cultural project whose importance to Dundee and Angus can hardly be overstated. I hope you enjoy the resulting piece.

For those readers of a huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ disposition, this is the time when the hills and glens echo to the sound of gunshot and the rivers are crammed full of anglers chasing silver. To mark that fact, we have spoken to many of the country’s top shots and compiled a list of Scotland’s 25 top shoots.

Both articles are just part of a huge offering of over 350 pages, easily the biggest Scottish Field that has ever been published. There are also articles on all our key areas – gardens, interiors, fashion, motors, food and drink, and wildlife, plus interviews with beloved figures like author Peter May and a thoughtful profile of rural affairs minister Fergus Ewing.

In fact we hope that there’s something for everyone. And, as ever, our photographer Angus Blackburn has been there to document it all in the sort of detail no other magazine can match. Enjoy!

‘At this time of year, change is in the air’