Gordon Craigie, Author at iScot Magazine

10th June 2020

Published by Gordon Craigie at 10th June 2020

‘Leslie Wilson, the man no prison camp could hold!’

He never spoke about it… There’s usually a trigger for iScot stories, though it’s not always obvious at the time. Back in November last year, I read something that made me search online for a Channel 4 documentary, Dunkirk: The Forgotten Heroes, that tells the story of the 51st (Highland) Division who were left behind in France after the Dunkirk […]

3rd April 2019

Published by Gordon Craigie at 3rd April 2019

Stick or Twist?

If you look in the dictionary for a definition of remote, there’s probably a photograph of Balchrick! Located around 3 miles north-west of Kinlochbervie and 10 miles south-west of Cape Wrath, Balchrick is over 500 miles away from London yet only 250 miles from the Faroe Islands. It also happens to be around 650 miles away from Brussels, which will […]

27th January 2019

Published by Gordon Craigie at 27th January 2019

The Great Prestwick Airport Robbery?

“Prestwick will be the greatest international airport in the world!” That’s a big claim to have made, but the two men said to be responsible for making it were no idle dreamers… For a few weeks earlier this summer, The Great Prestwick Airport Robbery! created a bit of an internet sensation when it was ‘serialised’ on Twitter by @TrulyScottishTV. The […]