• The shortest day, the longest night.

  21/12/2013

  Today is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. The winter solstice takes place at 5.11 pm today.

  Please have your gongs, whistles and drums at the ready for the moment.

  

  Photo credit – Andreas Krappweis

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  03/08/2007

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  01/08/2007

  Pausing just for a moment to remember Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle who died just over a week ago. He was a dedicated member of the Scottish Episcopal Church. [Indeed, he might even have been one of the 100 or so True Scottish Episcopalians that only exist at any one time]. I remember Lord Jauncey’s finest…

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  31/07/2007

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  28/07/2007

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