The Grail, Jesus’s children and Stone Age lasers: Scotland’s madder myths
However, the imaginations of some have attributed unique wonders to this land that those in the mainstream would shy away from. for more click here
July 31, 2005
July 27, 2005
First Newspaper:
Scotland’s first newspaper, Mercurius Scoticus, was published in 1651, and although no mention is made the printer or where it was printed, it is thought that it was produced in Leith. It was a weekly publication running to eight pages, and contained news which was obtained from London. Within a year, this paper had given way to a newspaper which was published in London, but reprinted in Leith, and this was followed shortly afterwards by the Mercurius Politicus, which was printed in Leith for Scottish consumption until 1655, when it was reprinted in Edinburgh
Source-The Scottish Printing Archival Trust
July 26, 2005
Scots journalist’s ‘war of the words’
The Scots-born journalist wrote with a left-wing tone when covering the London Blitz, words powerful enough to draw the attention from the higher echelons of the Churchill government. It didn’t take long before he was “kidnapped” by the government and transformed into one of the leading figures in its secretive propaganda unit known as the Political Warfare Executive. for more click here