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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the magnificent coastal scenery at Clachtoll, on the west coast of Sutherland north of Lochinver; and the lovely Inchamhome Priory on the Lake of Menteith in the heart of the Trossachs.

Clickable Map of Scotland

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In Focus

Museum of Childhood It is all too easy to simply walk past the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh without ever really noticing it. The tall, arched glass doorway on the north side of High Street is elegant and attractive, but is readily mistaken for just another retail outlet. This is a great shame, because the Museum of Childhood is a magical place that deserves to be explored, perhaps most of all by those of us whose childhoods can be rekindled by a glimpse of a once-treasured toy sitting in a display case. ( More ...)

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On This Day

26 June 1695: The establishment by an Act of the Scots Parliament of the "Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies," which is better known as the "Darien Company".

26 June 1830: King George IV dies: he is succeeded by King William IV.

26 June 1970: The Kingston Bridge, carrying the M8 motorway over the River Clyde in Glasgow, is opened.

27 June 1746: Flora MacDonald sails "over the sea to Skye" from Benbecula with a disguised Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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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Scottish Resources

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