IT might sound strange to say it now, but at the beginning of the year many of us hoped the Declaration of Arbroath’s 700th anniversary would be one of the most memorable events of 2020. The anniversary weekend, focused around April 6, was lining up to be a colourful and creative celebration of one of Scotland’s most important historical artefacts, with a number of cultural and political events being planned. My own preparations for 2020 began way back in the spring of 2018, when I started work on The Illustrated Declaration of Arbroath, a commemorative book designed to tell the story of the Declaration in a creative and accessible way.
Tributes for Scottish Socialist Party treasurer who passed aged 62
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Tributes after Scottish Socialist Party treasurer Jim McVicar dies at 62
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