On 6 March 1923, Scotland's first radio broadcast took place.

The broadcast took place from Rex House, 202 Bath Street in Glasgow. The BBC's founder, Lord Reith of Stonehaven, opened the station. Orchestra, pipe band, choir, solo singers, actors and speech makers were all squeezed into a small attic for the first broadcast. By the summer of 1924, stations had opened in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and, by the eve of the Second World War, over 90% of the Scottish population were served by BBC transmitters.

On 6 March 608, St Balfred, the hermit monk of the Bass Rock, died. The Bass Rock was later to become the Scottish version of Alcatraz, with Covenanters imprisoned there throughout the Killing Times of the Seventeenth Century. The island has a more peaceful vocation today as a bird sanctuary.

Today's recipe: for a real flavour of Scotland sample the king of Scottish meats. Collops of venison with blackberries.