On 26 August 1901 the Donibristle Mining Disaster occurred in the Fife coalfield.

The disaster occurred when part of Mossmorran peat bog near Cowdenbeath collapsed on sixteen miners 360 feet underground. Four miners were lost, as was a four-strong rescue party. All the bodies were eventually recovered but some remained underground until the December of that year.

On 26 August 1745 Henry Mackenzie, the Scottish novelist and playright, was born. Mackenzie was known by the epithet The Man of Feeling after the title of his first novel, published anonymously in 1771.

Although many of his novels achieved great sucess he was less well renowned for his theatrical works with his The Prince of Tunis being his only work of note.

Today's recipe: the summer holidays may be a distant memory, but this dish of baby squid stuffed with chorizo and feta will provide a reminder of sunny Spain.