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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the superb Scott's View in the Scottish Borders, a favourite view of literary superstar Sir Walter Scott; and of Bowmore Distillery, located in the centre of village of Bowmore on Islay.

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In Focus

Skaill House Skaill House is Orkney's finest large mansion. It lies close to the shore at Skaill Bay and represents the last four hundred years in a continuous story of habitation of the area that dates back 5,000 years. For many visitors, Skaill House is overshadowed by its older neighbour, Skara Brae. The house lies two hundred yards inland from it, and it was the Laird of Breckness living at Skaill who recognised the significance of Skara Brae. ( More ...)

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On This Day

18 September 1905: The death in England of George MacDonald, the church minister who became an early author of fantasy fiction.

18 September 1959: 47 miners are killed in the Auchengeich mining disaster at Auchengeich Colliery in North Lanarkshire.

19 September 1697: The birth in Edinburgh of Alexander Monro (primus) a physician and surgeon, and the first in a line of "Alexander Monros" to be appointed to the post of Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bridge of Sighs by Ken Lussey (14 July 2026). A fast-paced contemporary murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. In a chilling echo of an event five decades earlier, a light aircraft takes off from a small Scottish airfield and doesn’t return. Meanwhile, someone is trying to prevent the development of the of the Sutherland Viking Haven near Kylesku. Who? And are they also damaging the vehicles of irresponsible users of the North Coast 500? Events take a very sinister turn when a body is found in a burned-out shop in Inverness. And then there’s another killing.
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Scottish Resources

English Borders Index South Central Index Edinburgh Index Fife Index West Central Index Argyll Index Glasgow & Stirling Index Western Isles Index Western Isles Index West Highlands Index Argyll Index East Lothian Index Angus Index West Central Index South-West Index North Central Index Aberdeenshire Index Sutherland Index Caithness Index Orkney Index Shetland Index