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BACK IN THE DAY

Legendary Scottish football manager Jock Stein (left)

The mining lad who became an unmatched legend of Scottish football
THIS week sees the centenary of the birth of Jock Stein, one of the greatest football managers in the history of the beautiful game and still the only man to manage a Scottish side to victory in the European Cup.

CM's invention was the forerunner of things like the mobile phone

BACK IN THE DAY Who was 'CM'? The mystery of the Scot who invented electronic messaging

David Cameron and Alex Salmond signed The Edinburgh Agreement on October 15, 2012, alongside Michael Moore and Nicola Sturgeon

EXCLUSIVE The story of the historic Edinburgh Agreement that began the indyref campaign

The plaque looks to demonstrate how proceeds of slavery flowed from the Caribbean to the northeast of Scotland

Scottish university installs plaque to recognise its legacy of slavery

The Henry Dundas statue sits atop a 150ft column in Edinburgh - Image Credit: Google Maps

Academics in bid to remove slavery plaque from Edinburgh statue

The weekend will be a showcase of Scottish-African storytelling

Scottish museum to showcase Scots-African storytelling for Black History Month

The Claim of Right was drawn up after William II and III and Mary II were offered the Scottish Crown in 1689

back in the day An exploration of the importance of the original Claim of Right

Protests have erupted over the death of 22-year-old Jina Amini, who was murdered for not wearing the 'proper Hijab'

Letters Protests in Iran could lead to self-determination for East Kurdistan

The flag of Nova Scotia pinned on a map of the Canadian province

history The story of how a Scottish earl founded a new Scotland across the Atlantic

Without Will Maclean (below) there would be almost no images of the Highland Clearances in Scotland’s visual arts other than those of William McTaggart in the late 19th century

essay Will Maclean's art offers a window into the Highland Clearances

Scotland was home to migrants for centuries before the Irish immigration of the 19th century, the Windrush Generation and EU membership

history Here's a look at Scotland’s rich history of embracing immigration

King Charles has not yet had his coronation

EXPLAINED Let's answer some Coronation queries from a Scottish perspective

Authors Mairi Kidd and Sara Sheridan. Photograph: Gordon Terris

INTERVIEW How Mairi Kidd is changing the narrative around Scotland’s witches

William Wallace led an uprising against the English

Guardian, outlaw, King in all but name: William Wallace

Prince Charles taking part in a traditional sword dance during a visit to Saudi Arabia
in 2014

comment We need to talk about the future role of the monarchy, not just the players involved

Mary, Queen of Scots’s story is explored in the new book

New book published on Mary, Queen of Scots explores her time in captivity

Performance on waiting times at Scotland’s A&E units has hit another new low

Letters Can we move on from mourning to swiftly treating those who are unwell?

The funeral could have gone ahead without multiple ceremonial events and an international guest list

Letters Queen's funeral was a chance to set a low-carbon example to the world

People gather in tribute as the cortege carrying the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II travels along the Royal Mile

Letters Coverage of the Queen's cortege showed the BBC at its best

Scotland’s King James IV (main picture) reasoned that it might be useful to have Perkin Warbeck officially connected to the Scottish aristocracy and arranged for him to marry Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of the Earl of Huntly

back in the day The strange story of the Scots king and an English pretender

The funeral cortege passing through Aberdeen on its way to Edinburgh from Balmoral

Letters BBC let us down with quality of team for a six-hour broadcast

Not everyone had the day off to watch the Queen's funeral

Letters Never forget how many people had to miss the funerals of loved ones

The Imperial State Crown, Orb and Sceptre on top of the Queen's coffin

What is the Orb on the Queen's coffin and why is the Wand of Office broken in two?

Crowds line the streets to watch the funeral cortege of Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Might, majesty and dominion: a contemporary account of Queen Victoria's funeral

A view of rowing boats and ships in Table Bay, with Cape Town and Table Mountain in the background, South Africa, 1766. Engraving by P.C. Canot after a drawing by William Hirst. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

PREMIUM The impossible choice facing a gifted Scots explorer in Africa

What is the nation mourning? What has been lost?

Letters What exactly do mourners mean when they say they 'loved' the Queen?

Stained glass at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews

Letters When will journalists learn that Scotland has had only one Queen Elizabeth?

King George VI's 1952 funeral

Back in the Day History behind state funerals

The Stone of Destiny usually resides at Edinburgh castle

comment AJ Morton: Stone of Destiny deserves protection and respect

The Queen was said to speak Doric while she was at Balmoral

THE BIG READ Knowing the Queen spoke Doric should mark an ultimate end to Scots stigma

Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk as procession with the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Westminster Hall

comment Ruth Wishart: Uncoupling the monarchy from the constitution makes sense

The fireplace behind the late Queen was of great interest

LETTERS The Queen's Balmoral fireplace motto was worthy of comment

Reader Alasdair Forbes's grandmother Catherine MacLennan (1880-1976) with her husband Farquhar

Letters Grief is personal, and cannot be enforced by actions of the state

Republicans are having to endure institutional mass sycophancy

Letters Is this the beginning of the end of the British state as we ken it?

The absence of Union flags among the crowds was noticeable

Letters Lack of Union flags showed mourners understood the Queen’s intentions

Phillip Mendelsohn, chair of Interfaith Glasgow, left, and Duncan Dornan, head of Glasgow Museums and Collections

'Unique' Scottish museum opens doors for first time since pandemic

Some readers are concerned about the Stone of Destiny being returned to London for the new King’s coronation

Letters King Charles will be crowned above sandstone from a Perthshire quarry

Fear for our future is palpable, and whatever constancy the Queen once provided, this comfort has gone too

Letters It seems the post-war era of hope has died along with the Queen

King Charles will sit atop the Stone of Destiny when he is crowned

EXCLUSIVE Call for 100 Scots to guard Stone of Destiny 'to stop London stealing it again'

1605, Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606), a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament is arrested and brought before King James I.

Back in the Day Will Charles fear how close his line came to its end?

Members of the public near Mercat Cross ahead of the procession of Queen Elizabeth's coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral

Silence as Queen's coffin procession travels up Royal Mile

The Crown of Scotland on display in Edinburgh Castle

What is the Crown of Scotland and why is it placed on the Queen's coffin?

John Knox is buried at St Giles', Edinburgh, where people have gathered for the Queen's funeral cortege

EXCLUSIVE 'Inflammatory and wrong': BBC presenter laughs at 'cleared the Catholics out' comment

Crowds get a glimpse of the Crown of Scotland as it arrives at the Scottish Parliament ahead of the Queen delivering a speech in the debating chamber to mark the official start of the sixth session of parliament

history Will we ever see the crown of Scotland upon Charles’s head?

The Bronze Age pot is set to go on display again after it was removed for repairs in 2011 Image Credit: Marta Innes

5000-year-old Bronze Age pot to go on display for first time since 2011

Despite his support for the war, RB Cunninghame Graham wrote a desperately moving account of horses being rounded up in South America to be sent off to suffer and die on the battlefields of Europe

essay Robert B C Graham's paradoxes from WWI to the rising Scottish independence movement

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is a renowned history buff who has been influenced by Celtic history

history Was Game of Thrones' Bran based on this famous Scottish seer?

Wall-to-wall coverage disregards the effect on viewers who may be going through their own personal grieving

Letters Blanket TV coverage of the Queen's death was ridiculous and insensitive

The Stone of Destiny is to be moved to London for the new King's coronation

Stone of Destiny to be moved to London for new King's coronation

King Charles ascension holds historical significance

BACK IN THE DAY King Charles has ascended to the throne - but what now?

A hemp field near Forfar in Angus

COMMENT Cannabis and Scotland: The surprising crop once a key component of our agriculture

The historic family home of the 'father of Scottish democracy' Thomas Muir

exclusive Tom Devine among figures calling for Thomas Muir's historic home to be A listed

The six-mile-wide meteorite struck the Yucatan peninsula in what is now Mexico

New study sheds light on devastating dinosaur extinction event

An ancient pot (an Unstan) was found in Loch Arnish in the Hebrides

Scots have been eating porridge for 5500 years, new research finds