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Holocaust heroine Jane Haining honoured by PM

The family of a Church of Scotland missionary who died in the Nazi gas chambers has received a posthumous award

Council’s role in recording heritage of churches

The importance of recording the heritage of churches in Angus has been recognised by Angus Council.

The local authority has

Search for Columba’s monastery

Archaeologists are hoping to find the exact location of the original monastery built by St Columba when he arrived in

Why Iris Robinson deserves little sympathy

Just when we had begun to think that Northern Ireland’s Unionists really were as British as they claim, along comes

Stirling’s Chapel Royal is ‘replica’ of King Solomon’s Temple

A tiny chapel in the centre of Stirling’s old town has been revealed as a replica of Solomon’s Temple —

Don’t knock the Knox

This is a significant year for John Knox, writes Ed McCracken. It is 450 years since the Scottish Reformation, when

Iain Nicolson

Obituary of Iain Nicolson, wartime RAF navigator, businessman, prison and parole board volunteer; born 10 March, 1923, in Glasgow; died

Scotland’s oldest book goes on public display for first time

Scotland’s oldest book, which dates to the 11th century, is go on public display for the first time, it was

Scotland ‘largely pagan country’

Professor A Dewar Gibb of Glasgow University, speaking in a broadcast discussion last night, said he regarded Scotland as "a

Charles Walker: Civil engineer and Eric Liddell devotee

Charles Walker, who has died aged 65 from cancer, identified the unmarked grave of Eric Liddell in northern China.

Born and