On our View from Earth blog this week, “Sandra’s Diary” pays tribute to the passing of one of Scotland’s most distinguished Baptists.
In a week when the issue of the rights of disabled people have been highlighted once again in Scotland and in Rome, we bring you a programme from the early days of Radio Forth for the special worldwide “Year of the Disabled”.
In our reflection we bring together Joe Cox, bob Holman and a new book about Eric Liddell.
In the news, the week has been marked with services to express the horror throughout the country at the brutal murder of the MP and Aid Worker. Money has been raised for her charities and by coincidence tributes have been paid this week in Scotland for the work of Aid workers in helping children out of work and back into the classroom.
The gay minister Scott Rennie of the Church of Scotland in Aberdeen has stirred controversy by appealing for mercy for the killer of forty nine in a Gay club in Orlando.