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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the sublime beach at Achmelvich, north of Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland; and the interior of the magnificent Italian Chapel on Orkney.

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In Focus

Cromarty Cromarty stands close to the tip of the of the Black Isle, which projects into the North Sea between the Moray Firth and the Cromarty Firth. It benefits from the protective shadow of the Sutors of Cromarty and is the principle settlement on the Black Isle. The attractive village looks north across the Cromarty Firth towards the fabrication yards at Nigg, and you get the very strong sense of a history tied to the sea and to seafaring. ( More ...)

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On This Day

11 September 1297: William Wallace and Andrew Murray comprehensively defeat the English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Murray subsequently dies of wounds suffered during the battle.

11 September 1771: The birth near Selkirk of Mungo Park, who made his name as an early explorer of the African continent.

11 September 1997: A referendum asks Scots two questions. The first is whether there should be a separate Parliament for Scotland. The second is whether that Parliament should have the power to vary levels of taxation. 74.3% vote yes to the first question, and 63.5% vote yes to the second question.

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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