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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the magnificent Blair Castle, ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Atholl, in Blair Atholl in Perthshire; and a view of the lovely little harbour at Cove, near Cockburnspath in the Scottish Borders.

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In Focus

Princes Cairn If it's not been done yet, then doubtless someone will at some point devise a "Bonnie Prince Charlie Way", a long distance walk following in the footsteps of Charles Edward Stuart during the 1745 Jacobite uprising and after the Jacobite's final defeat at the Battle of Culloden. The Prince's Cairn stands on the shore of Loch nan Uamh and was placed here by the 1745 Association on 4 October 1956. It is signposted from the A830. ( More ...)

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On This Day

23 November 1654: The birth in Edinburgh of George Watson, the account whose beqest allowed what is now George Watson's College to be founded.

23 November 1844: The death in Edinburgh of Thomas James Henderson, who became the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

23 November 1547: 3,000 Scottish troops besiege Broughty Castle, overlooking the mouth of the Firth of Tay.

24 November 1440: The Livingston and Crichton families seek to secure their joint influence over the young James II by killing the Earl of Douglas and his brother in the presence of the King at Edinburgh Castle.

Featured Book

Book Cover A Tangled Web by Ken Lussey (15 November 2023). A fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. Callum Anderson returns to Sutherland to help local GP Jenny Mackay investigate the death of her husband. The authorities say it was suicide but she’s convinced he was murdered. It soon becomes clear that Iain Mackay lied to everyone who thought he loved them: especially his wife and his daughters. But that becomes the least of their problems when they come up against people who have already killed and would have no qualms about killing again.
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Scottish Resources

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