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Header Slides

Today's header slides are a view of part of the harbour at Kinlochbervie in Sutherland; and the magnificent blind arches on the exterior of the chancel and apse of Leuchars Parish Church in the village of Leuchars in Fife.

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In Focus

Perth Art Gallery The origins of Perth Museum and Art Gallery date back to the formation of the Antiquarian Society of Perth in 1784, which two years later was renamed as the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth. In 1824 the Society gained a permanent home for its collections when the Marshall Monument was completed as a memorial to Thomas Hay Marshall of Glenalmond. This became one of the oldest purpose-built museum/gallery buildings in the United Kingdom. ( More ...)

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On This Day

16 December 1653: Oliver Cromwell is sworn in as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

16 December 1263: The death of King Håkon IV of Norway while staying at the Bishop's Palace in Kirkwall.

16 December 1911: Businessman Thomas Blake Glover, one of the founding fathers of modern Japan, dies in Tokyo.

17 December 1566: The future James VI/I is christened at Stirling Castle. Lord Darnley refuses to attend.

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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