OPINION

Introducing our new CEO

08 May 2025

We're delighted to welcome Lisa Chilton as the new CEO of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. Here she shares her early thoughts.

'You don’t understand.'

03 October 2024

SBP’s Storytelling Lead, Hugh Webster, reflects on the long-running debate around Scotland’s deer and explains why a new approach is needed to address contested issues.

Lynx and the Culture Chasm

03 November 2023

Peter Cairns has spent decades listening to conflicting opinions on the return of lynx. Here, he argues that the case for this enigmatic cat has little to do with the animal itself and instead, rests with the cultural chasm that surrounds it.

Killing predators won't save capercaillie

11 July 2022

Routine demonisation of pine martens is clouding the public discourse on saving Scotland's threatened capercaillie populations, writes Peter Cairns.