Bannockburn Band singer Ted Christopher and band road manager Robert "Ziggy" Walton at the William Wallace plaque in Smithfield market, London. Photograph: Mark Oliver
Today is the 700th anniversary of Scottish hero William Wallace being gruesomely killed in Smithfield market in the City of London.
There are a series of memorial events in Scotland and one in the Church of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, this afternoon where an empty casket was used in a "symbolic funeral" service.
The anniversary has prompted debate in the Scottish media about whether Wallace is commemorated enough and whether Scottish history is taught adequately in schools. Naturally, the anniversary has also inspired some commentators to use it as a platform to assess the current state of modern Scotland.
In an excellent article in the Sunday Times recently by Hugo Rifkind and Kenny Farquharson, they note that the 1995 Braveheart movie, a historically flawed account of Wallace's battles against the English, caused a new wave of nationalism 10 years ago, but this had now receded.
Today's Herald follows the 450-mile walk to London for the memoral service by Wallace campaigner David Ross, 47, who believes the warrior is under-recognised in Scotland.
Mr Ross, who walked the route along which Wallace was dragged by English soldiers, tells the Herald: "This is the mourning he never had".
There was also a good read on Wallace and his true historical context in this weekend's Scotland on Sunday.
