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Posts from — June 2009

City lifts ban on Life of Brian

Councillors in Glasgow have lifted an unofficial 30-year-old ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian.

The council’s licensing

Dr Malcolm Maclean accepts call to Greyfriars

At the meeting of the Western Isles Presbytery today a call from the Greyfriars Free Church congregation in Inverness to

Randal MacAlister

Obituary of Randal MacAlister, former Dean; born 31 December, 1941, in Ballinderry, Ireland; died 19 June, 2009, in Cortachy, Angus,

Edgar Fergusson

Edgar Fergusson, for many years a respected member of the Glasgow medical profession, as well as a devoted Scottish churchman,

Orphanage ‘paedophile’ set to appeal conviction

An Edinburgh charity worker jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing children in an Albanian orphanage is set to appeal

Britain ‘knows little about Bible’

The public is widely ignorant of the stories and people who provide the basis of Christianity, a survey has found,

Queen attends church in Edinburgh

The Queen was in Edinburgh to attend church during her stay in Scotland.

The Monarch wore a pink checked jacket and

Street Pastors launches in Paisley

Local officials in Paisley are hoping that the new Street Pastors scheme there will have a positive impact when its

Lose Trident and win the moral war

A recent editorial in this paper [The Times] on Trident, noting that “national defence is one of the cardinal duties of

The IoS Pink List 2009

Number 88: Reverend Scott Rennie, minister, Church of Scotland.

Scotland’s first openly gay minister is a member of the Church of