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Lord Mac Haw Haw

Lord Mac Haw Haw

Few Scots ever admitted to listening to German propaganda radio broadcasts during the Second World War. A fewer still realized that the original Lord Haw Haw was a disgraced former officer from the Seaforth Highlanders.  By Paul Cowan Norman Baillie-Stewart was jailed in the Tower of London after being

Second World War pillboxes

Second World War pillboxes

Eighty years ago, in 1940/41 more than 30 anti-invasion concrete structures were built around the Kyle of Sutherland and the Dornoch firth. These were in the form of pillboxes, road blocks and gun emplacements. By Gregor Laing  After the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940, a German invasion

Akira

Akira

Release date: 1988 | Country: Japan | Running time: 124 min | Genres: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi |  Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo and Izô Hashimoto | BBFC 15  By Jack Weir Akira’s cultural impact is immeasurable, creating the cyberpunk genre and single-handedly projecting anime into western culture for the first time.

A book to lift the spirits

A book to lift the spirits

The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss by Liz Treacher, Author I think we probably all have a ‘go to’ book that we return to when we need a bit of a ‘pick-me-up.’ The History of Love by Nicole Krauss is the one I reread again and again.

Pat, the irishman

Pat, the irishman

W. A. M. MacKenzie remembers this local character and his horses, two big working Clydesdales used for clearing timber from the nearby forest in 1950s Invercharron farm. By W.A.M. MacKenzie Pat slipped into my boyhood ken almost unnoticed. There was no fanfare, no advance publicity. He and his

Regenerative farming

Regenerative farming

Farmers who use regenerative agriculture techniques accept that wildlife will share some of our harvest with us by Donna Gillies UK farming has been in the news a lot lately. The combination of Brexit, Covid-19 and climate change has made many people rethink their food choices and sources. During

The Scottish Rosswell?

The Scottish Rosswell?

An unidentified object thought to have been a Russian Sputnik satellite was found on the hillside near Ardgay in 1962 by a shepherd named Donald Mackenzie. By Dr David Clarke Picture the scene: A shepherd visiting a remote area stumbles upon strange wreckage strewn across the ground which could be