Why was the 2017 Catalonian independence referendum illegal?Is there a chance the region could become independent?Why Catalonia?

These Dumfries and Galloway poets, free in their own inimitable styles and approaches, are bound together by the unique culture of Scotland. Their poems help to raise the wall of that culture in the modern world.

Andrew Dempster picks the best Scottish mountains to 'scramble' (a cross between hillwalking and rock climbing) without the need for specialist equipment.

A precious golden souvenir has disappered from Kismuil Castle in the Island of Barra. Murdo set outs to find who dunnit. Help comes from smart officers from the mainland, whose most difficult challenge is Murdo himself. PC Murdo would find himself at home in both Whisky Galore and in Para Handy.