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Header Slides

Today's header slides are a view over Stranraer and Loch Ryan from the top of the Castle of St John; and a distant view of Croick Church, in a remote corner of central Sutherland and home to an enduring historical mystery.

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In Focus

Pennan If you're a film buff, then Pennan may look a little familiar. In 1983, parts of the film Local Hero were shot here. The film gave Pennan one of the best known red telephone boxes in the world, on the quayside opposite the Pennan Inn and attracting a steady stream of visitors ever since. Pennan sits at the base of a north-facing cliff looking out to sometimes stormy seas. There is just enough space between the the cliffs and the sea for a single row of dwellings. ( More ...)

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On This Day

6 April 1320: The Declaration of Arbroath, drafted by Bernard, Abbot of Arbroath, is addressed to the Pope in an effort to have him recognise Robert the Bruce as King of Scotland (and remove the excommunication that followed his murder of the Red Comyn in a church).

6 April 1998: The US Senate approves the celebration of an annual Tartan Day in recognition of the achievements of Scottish Americans.

7 April 1767: the birth in Torphichen in West Lothian of Henry Bell, who would make his name by building the the paddle steamer PS Comet and, in 1812, using it to run Europe's first commercially viable passenger steamboat service on the River Clyde.

Featured Book

Book Cover Friend or Foe? by Ken Lussey (14 July 2025). A fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s journey home from Malta is interrupted in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy. Back in Scotland, they travel with a Military Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets. When two Soviet agents arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to decide if the spy exists, or whether he is a Soviet invention intended to lure MI11 into danger.
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