The 13 most beautiful beaches in Scotland as chosen by our readers

We asked our readers the best beaches they have been to in Scotland. [View email online]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [The Scotsman] Mar 22, 2021 [Sam Shedden] Sam Shedden Engagement Editor Good morning, Welcome to a new week and Monday's [Scotsman]( newsletter. We'll start the week off gently, sharing with you some of Scotland's best beaches (as chosen by you) before we get to some of the biggest stories of the day. We need your support. We're proud to have told Scotland's stories for over 200 years. We're expanding and want to ensure we can provide you with even more quality news you can trust. To do this we need you help, news costs to produce. If you're able to, consider supporting us from as little as [£3 a month with a digital subscription.]( Subscribers get unlimited access to thousands of new Scottish stories a week, expert analysis, agenda-setting opinion and world-class features. We're also offering 25% off all annual subscriptions at the moment but only till the end of March. Use the code POLITICS25 at checkout. [Try us out today and keep on top of the latest happenings in Scotland, here.]( ['Unbelievably beautiful': 13 of the best beaches in Scotland, chosen by you]( We asked our readers the best beaches they have been to in Scotland. [{$escapedtitle}]( The 13 most beautiful beaches in Scotland When we need travel recommendations we go to you, our readers. With the country on track to open back up and more of us thinking about holidays (though currently travel restrictions are still in place) we asked readers on our [Facebook page]( the best beaches they had been to in Scotland. We were flooded with responses. [These were the beaches our readers said were the best in the nation.]( Yesterday, a public health expert urged would-be holidaymakers to focus first on [opportunities here in Scotland]( so these beaches may well be worth a visit in the future. Nicola Sturgeon battles for survival as Tories are accused of Trump-like tactics Constitution Secretary Michael Russell has accused the Scottish Conservatives of Trump-like tactics over the Salmond committee investigation as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon faces a crucial three days in her battle for survival. The partial leak of the report of the Scottish Parliament’s inquiry into the handling complaints against former First Minister Alex Salmond and the imminent publication of a separate independent report by James Hamilton QC on whether Ms Sturgeon broke the ministerial code are putting pressure on the First Minister as never before. [Read the full story here.]( Secrets of Culloden Battlefield to be uncovered It was the site of the final showdown of the Jacobite Rising, which came to a brutal head on a moor in the Scottish highlands on 16 April 1746, [in one of the most harrowing battles in UK history.]( New insights into the Battle of Culloden are set to be revealed in a series of special events being held to mark the 275th anniversary of the historic clash. [Here's what scientists are hoping to discover from the centuries old battlefield.]( Great niece of SNP founder reveals she chalked women's rights message at government HQ Chalk in hand, Mary Gordon approached the wall in front of St Andrew’s House and began writing. In large capital letters, she quickly scrawled “Women’s rights are not a hate crime” followed by a social media hashtag message “Women are watching” – then walked away. [Not quickly enough though, she recalls.]( A security guard from the government building chased after her [Read Mary's story here.]( Thanks for reading, more headlines are below. [Sam Shedden,]( sam.shedden@jpimedia.co.uk [Article Image]( [Secrets of Culloden battlefield to be uncovered]( New insights into the Battle of Culloden are set to be revealed in a series of special events being held to mark the 275th anniversary of the historic clash. [Article Image]( [Female leaders still need to navigate 'glass ceilings and old boys' clubs', says Yale School of Management expert]( Despite research showing women have better-developed leadership skills than men, the glass ceiling remains in many places across the globe. Promoted by GetSmarter [Article Image]( [Euan McColm: Is this really the beginning of the end for Nicola Sturgeon?]( Not so very long ago, Nicola Sturgeon was enthusiastic about the opportunity to have her say. The First Minister said she relished the prospect of appearing before the Holyrood committee established to investigate how a civil service probe into allegations of harassment levelled against Alex Salmond had been ruled unlawful and the Scottish Government ordered to pay his legal costs of more than £500,000. [Article Image]( [Tories accused of Trump-like tactics as Sturgeon faces battle for survival]( Constitution Secretary Michael Russell has accused the Scottish Conservatives of Trump-like tactics over the Salmond committee investigation as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon faces a crucial three days in her battle for survival. [Article Image]( [Forget a independence referendum (it won’t happen) so what about the policies? Brian Monteith]( Scotland is a failed state. Yet for all the inability of our schools to raise their standards, of our hospitals to meet their targets, or for our homelessness, child poverty, life expectancy and drug deaths to be the worst in the UK, the attention of the nation is not about holding a clearly failing government to account – it is instead to ponder if we can trust the First Minister to tell the truth under oath. [Article Image]( ['Stick to Scottish holidays for now, but things could change,' says expert]( A public health expert has urged would-be holidaymakers to focus first on opportunities here in Scotland, though not ruling out trips overseas at some stage. [Article Image]( [Anas Sarwar admits ‘it’s not good enough’ that Labour is not fielding a single woman of colour in May’s election]( Anas Sarwar has admitted “it’s not good enough” that Labour is not fielding a single woman of colour in May’s election. 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It had pace, power, skill and drama and, most importantly, sets up a mouth-watering clash in Paris on Friday where both teams will be playing for something. [Dave Lewis]( [Rangers boss Steven Gerrard hails 'class' response from Celtic and rest of Scottish football to Glen Kamara race row]( Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has expressed his pride and gratitude for the collective show of support throughout Scottish football for his midfielder Glen Kamara. [Dave Lewis]( [How the Celtic players rated in the 1-1 draw with Rangers]( Celtic passed up the chance to inflict a first league defeat on Rangers in a 1-1 draw at Parkhead. [View more news]( You have received this email as you are opted in to newsletters from The Scotsman, published by JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. To manage your individual newsletter preferences with us, please [click here]( and log in to your account. 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