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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of Loch nan Uamh near Lochailort on the Road to the Isles; and a view of the eastern end of St Monans in Fife, one of the chain of pretty fishing villages that line the north shore of the Firth of Forth.

Clickable Map of Scotland

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In Focus

Burns Monument in Alloway Robert Burns lived from 25 January 1759 to 21 July 1796. He was Scotland's national poet: an icon who has loomed large in Scottish culture and consciousness ever since his early death at the age of 37. Every year on Burns' birthday, 25 January, Burns' Clubs across the globe gather to proclaim his Address to a Haggis before eating haggis. As a result, his is generally regarded to be the second most celebrated birthday worldwide. Now that's fame! ( More ...)

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On This Day

25 January 1759: The birth of Robert Burns.

25 January 1784: The death in Edinburgh of Alexander Webster, a writer and church minister who is best remembered for the country's first census.

25 January 1817: The Scotsman newspaper publishes its first edition in Edinburgh.

25 January 2012: First Minister Alex Salmond launches a consultation on the SNP Government's proposals for a referendum on Scottish independence, which they hope to hold in the autumn of 2014.

Featured Book

href="https://www.arachnid.scot/book-blork/buy.html" target="_blank">Book Cover Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021). Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his past and things get far too personal.
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Scottish Resources

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