Nestled in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that has intrigued archaeologists and historians for generations. Built over 5,000 years ago, it predates even the ...

Beyond the north coast of Scotland lie the Orkney Islands ... exposed the Orkneys’ most significant Neolithic site, Skara Brae, also known as the Scottish Pompeii. The name is a corruption ...

The Church of Scotland is to formally apologise for its historic links to slavery, as it admits elements of its past are now viewed with 'deep regret'. Commissioners at the Church's General ...

The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most northerly tip of Scotland ... up cinema in a church hall in the Orkney ...

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Today that situation has been completely transformed. Perhaps the most significant thing in the life of the Church in Scotland is the growing awareness that evangelism is in no sense simply a ...

THE hundreds of buildings currently being disposed of by the Church of Scotland should be made available to the country’s diaspora churches, whose lack of premises is a “missional leash” on their ...

The ban on Roman Catholics representing the King at the Church of Scotland’s general assembly is set to be lifted in a “historic gesture of goodwill”. The “long overdue” measure will ...

Catholics will be able to represent the King to the Church of Scotland’s general assembly after MPs overturned a 325-year old law. The decision, which was backed unanimously by MPs, means Lady ...