Albums of Scotland: Del Amitri. Recorded at Park Lane Studio, Glasgow, and released on the Chrysalis label in 1985.

Luskentyre Beach, Isle of Harris. Pic: IG/eilidh__cameron

Movies of Scotland: Prince of Muck (2021). The story of Lawrence MacEwen, Laird of the Isle of Muck, as he pursues his mission to preserve the island's fragile ecosystem and society for future generations.

Women's Suffrage march in London, 1911. 11-year-old piper Bessie Watson leads the Scottish contingent.

Mills Observatory and the Tay Bridge, Dundee. Pic: Brighthook Media

The Delmontes from Edinburgh. Cult garage/indiepop band who released two singles on Rational Records: 'Tous les Soirs' (1980) and 'Don't Cry Your Tears' (1981). Completed a full UK tour with the Teardrop Explodes in 1981.

Phone Box of The Day: The Wee Book Hoose, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire.

TUI cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 behind Greenock Municipal buildings. (2026) Pic: Michael Deveney

I saw BB King in Edinburgh. He was booed by the crowd for saying England instead of Scotland. He walked off the stage.

Loch Awe railway poster, c.1950s

Waverley Station car park, Wednesday, 18 September, 1991. Pic: Nigel Brown

Love & Money on tour with BB King in 1986. Pic: FB/Love & Money

UK premiere of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh, 25 August 1998.

It fascinates me that men used to wear suits daily like this no socks and sliders in sight

Sgùrr Dhòmhnuill, Highlands. Pic: FB/smarshall.photos

Strike-breaking staff and volunteers at St Enoch railway station in Glasgow during the General Strike of 1926.

My favourite film. I love it.

Laying mains electricity cable at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee. (1904) Pic: Dundee City Archives

Aztec Camera from East Kilbride. (1983)

Arbroath railway poster, c.1950

That's 17-year-old me front left. Young, dumb, and full of... opinions.

Phone Box of The Day: Rousay, Orkney.

David O'Hara as 'DSU George Stark' in Luther (2013). Stark, nicknamed the 'Grand Inquisitor,' is a retired officer who returns to hunt down John Luther for past misconduct. He appears in all four episodes of the third series as a primary antagonist.

“We can have 20,000 more pies at Parkhead within 40 minutes”, the man in charge of catering said reassuringly. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/a...

Miner and Farmer Sculpture, Dalkeith, Midlothian, by David Miller. Pic: Dave Lowe

Keith Moon, drummer with The Who, at Ayr Sheriff Court after spending the night in cells at Ayr Police Station. Moon was accused of being drunk and disorderly at Prestwick Airport. The Who had played Glasgow Apollo two days earlier. 18 October 1975

Forever my favourite film, screenplay & soundtrack. Quite simply the perfect film - one with which it is very hard to find fault. I visited the beach shortly afterwards and 45 years after that made the dream move to Scotland permanently. Films can do that to a person.

The Palace of Holyroodhouse. British Railways poster by Claude Buckle, 1955.

Movies of Scotland: The stars of Local Hero pictured in March 1983. (L-R) Peter Riegert, Jennifer Black, Peter Capaldi, John Gordon Sinclair.

The last train from Glasgow Central to Kilmacolm, January 1983.

Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis. Pic: IG/mister_seager

More about Rebecca Sharp's poem play Maiden Mother Mage here: www.rebeccajoysharp.com/maiden-mothe...

Albums of Scotland: Simple Minds – Empires and Dance. Released on the Arista label in September 1980.

Always thought this line was a particularly sad loss. Not only could Callander really use a rail link these days given the "interesting" nature of the A84 and the traffic, but the full line to Crianlarich linked up the West Highlands with the Central Belt.

Mural of St Enoch – the mother of St Mungo, Glasgow's patron saint – in George Street, Glasgow. The artist Smug took inspiration from Rebecca Sharp’s poetry play Maiden Mother Mage to show St Enoch in her later years.

I grew up here many years later and we used play along the old railway track.

A mug from Olivers cafe, Stirling. (1980s) Pic: Scott Tucker

Isle of Skye by LMS, 1933.

Pubs of Scotland: Demolition of the Radical Road, Willowbrae Road, Edinburgh in 2018. Previously known as The Right Wing, owned by former Hibs player Gordon Smith.

Doune railway station in 1967, 18 months after its closure. Pic: Norman Turnbull

Movies of Scotland: Nae Pasaran (2018). In East Kilbride in 1974, factory workers refuse to carry out repairs on warplane engines in an act of solidarity against the violent military coup in Chile.

North Bridge, Edinburgh. (1974) Pic: George Upstairs

The Amazing Snakeheads from Glasgow. Debut album 'Amphetamine Ballads' released in 2014.

Books of Scotland: Ali Smith – Gliff. Dystopian novel set in a near-future, totalitarian Britain, where children Bri and Rose navigate a surveillance state after their mother is taken for dissent. First published in 2024.

'The Clyde Coast for Holidays' railway poster by Pieter Irwin Brown, 1931.

Press handout photo of Glasgow anarchist, Stuart Christie. Jailed in Spain for an attempt to assassinate Franco in 1964, and later acquitted of being a member of the Angry Brigade.

Inverkip Marina, Firth of Clyde. Pic: Michael Deveney

Passengers about to board a St Andrews-Edinburgh train at Crail railway station in 1964. Pic: Frank Spaven

Tay Road Bridge, Dundee. Pic: IG/drone_alone_scotland

Greenock Central Library demolition. (2026) Pic: Michael Deveney