Blind war veteran releases first book at 101
John McOwan spent most of his days during lockdown writing about his time in the military - from fighting in the deserts to D-Day.
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Meet Scotland's leading flag expert
Philip Tibbetts supervises the registration of new flags, and the way that flags ancient and modern are used in an official way