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Every iconic cover from John Lewis' Christmas adverts, ranked
From those which reached the top of the UK charts to those which didn’t quite make the cut, here are the most popular covers from John Lewis Christmas adverts.

Looking down onto the sales floor from the top balcony at Jenners in August 1962.

Jenners in its Heyday: 32 pics of the store in the 50s and 60s

A silver and gilt watch made by David Ramsay for King James VI of Scotland, circa 1613, is to be auctioned with an estimate of £250,000-350,000

17thC Dom Joly's reaction to James VI's new watch not hard to imagine Scotsman comment

Michael Haughian, Hoseason Gardens, Clermiston Edinburgh, dressed up in cardboard boxes as a Dalek to go guising.

Halloween Heritage Scotland: 21 photos of Scots celebrating Halloween

This traditional pub is apparently so haunted that its website has a section dedicated to its numerous ghosts including the accounts of those who have encountered them. A family of 18th century crofters is said to haunt the building - they froze to death after being thrown off the site. A little girl in a pink dress has been spotted as well as a man whose family was slaughtered by a Highland chieftain.

The 10 most haunted pubs in Scotland - including ‘fantastic’ bar

John Ross remains revered for his role as a Cherokee leader. Picture: Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre

Exclusive Home of revered Highlander Cherokee chief at centre of legal battle

A F-14 Tomcat, the most of advanced US warplane of its time.

Little-known Cold War race to find lost warplane in Scottish waters

Scottish soldiers have played a part in some of history's most decisive moments. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Why Scotland has consistently punched above its weight in wars Iain MacGregor

Here are 7 suggestions for a simple Halloween costume.

Easy Halloween Costumes: 7 simple fancy dress ideas for Halloween 2026

Tay Road Bridge: View along piers towards Dundee.

Archive pictures the Tay Road Bridge transforming Dundee's skyline

Facial reconstruction of man from Inveresk

Watch how experts reconstructed face of a man who died 2000 years ago

Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.

India-based businessman 'made bid to buy castle before seeing it'

The rare Mackintosh lamp which sold for just under £610,000 - 20 times its original estimate

Rare Mackintosh lantern sells for more than 20 times expected price

Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders

Alan Carr castle plan given boost by heritage officers

Tree sculpture tribute to navvies who built 125-year-old Mallaig line

Ad Feature Discover something new at Rosslyn Chapel

Great Scott: Abseilers spotted cleaning Edinburgh's iconic monument

Competitors in a Highland Reel at Aboyne Highland Gathering, Aberdeenshire

In pictures: Unearthed images show Scottish life in 1930s

John Duns Scotus's Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi.

How a brilliant Scottish philosopher became a byword for stupidity Scotsman comment

Dr Matthew Knight with a clay mould from the Blyth Hoard and an item from the Peebles Hoard. PIC: Stewart Attwood/National Museums Scotland/PA Wire

Metal detectorist's second 'extraordinary' find of Bronze Age treasure

The Waverley steams through London's Tower Bridge on her special anniversary sailing. Picture: Waverley Excursions

'Remarkable achievement' for world's last seagoing paddle steamer

The lantern was designed for the Cranston Tearooms in Glasgow

'Rare and beautiful' Rennie Mackintosh lantern heads to auction

‘Bittersweet moment’ as owner of landmark Perth hotel sells up

Two sides of Mary, Queen of Scots. Models pose in desses similar to those thought to be worn by Mary Queen of Scots, as a new exhibition, Mary, Queen of Scots: Renaissance and Resistance, opens at the NMS next June, and will bring together about 100 loans from across Europe,

Mary Queen of Scots retold as 'vibrant' queen at heart of her court

Two models wear replica dresses similar to those thought to have been worn by Mary Queen of Scots, ahead of the opening of a new exhibition, Mary, Queen of Scots: Renaissance and Resistance, at the National Museum of Scotland next June (Picture: Duncan McGlynn)

Why Mary, Queen of Scots would have been a TikTok superstar Scotsman comment

Historic Scots hotel with link to Bonnie Prince Charlie hits market for £3.75m

17 places to visit during Doors Open Days Edinburgh 2026

Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom in Glasgow, which was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald (Jane Barlow/PA)

Mackintosh experts 'disturbed' by vape shop next to historic tearoom

An 1807 painting of Thomas Cochrane by Peter Edward Stroehling

Why Scotland's real-life Jack Aubrey deserves a statue in Edinburgh Peter Moore

£26m funding deal will help transform iconic 150-year-old Scottish hydro hotel

George Square in May 1954.

20 pictures of Glasgow George Square in the 1950s and 1960s

Unlike some Victorians, Robert the Bruce doesn't appear to have insisted that women were 'civilly dead' in relation to property matters (Picture: Culture Club)

Medieval Scots less sexist than Victorians? Old document suggests so Scotsman comment

The 16th-century Bible translator William Tyndale depicted on the morning of his death in a 19th-century engraving (Picture: Print Collector)

William Tyndale, the forgotten architect of modern Britain Stephen Kerr

One of Edinburgh’s most iconic Art Deco buildings sold in £2.9 million deal

Four images from the glory days of Edinburgh department stores.

Edinburgh Department Stores Heritage: 20 photos of much-missed shops

The Arlington Baths in Glasgow will be open to the public as part of Doors Open Days this year.

Everything you need to know about Doors Open Days 2026

Gordonstoun teacher Dan McLean at an excavation site where the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old was discovered

‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ found on uninhabited Scots island

The Bowling Basin, where the Forth and Clyde Canal enters the Clyde

Stretch of canal shut for year amid major repairs to historic aqueduct

Greenside Parish Church in Royal Terrace is up for sale

Landmark Edinburgh church with links to Louis Stevenson up for sale

The Green Welly Stop has gone on sale

Iconic Scottish destination Green Welly Stop on sale after 61 years

The newly discovered letter was purportedly written by Bonnie Prince Charlie in the summer of 1759. Picture: PA

Exclusive Bonnie Prince Charlie was rallying forces in east Europe, says expert

Circa 1455, King James II of Scotland (1430 - 1460)

How medieval Scottish kings kept unrest at bay with populist policies

The Falcon Safety Platen Press which has been restored to full working order

Victorian printing press working once more after major restoration

Jake Sayles at work on Skye

The 'community currency' keeping Skye's crofts alive

Curator Lisa Mason examines a yellow jacked designed by Jean Muir

Public appeal for pieces by famed designers for new exhibition

30 abandoned Bandeath Munitions Depot on the banks of the River Forth, three miles east of Stirling

Eerie pictures show ruins of secret abandoned WWI bomb depot

Orkney lifeboat that saved 308 people in toughest seas is safeguarded

Historic Ayrshire hotel to receive seven-figure makeover under new owner

Meet Scotland's youngest lighthouse keeper in her 'whole new world'

Newhailes House, near Edinburgh

The hidden UFO history of country house near Edinburgh

One of two rare Jacobite era pistols representing a "tumultuous" period of Scottish history which are to be reunited for the first time in more than 30 years in a new exhibition, Tartan & Turmoil: The Angus Jacobite Story, in Montrose

Two rare Jacobite era pistols reunite in town once loyal to the cause

Explore the Border Reiver country

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‘Rare opportunity’ arises to buy award-winning Inner Hebridean hotel for £1.75m

Peter Cushing, third from left, plays Robert Knox in the 1960s horror film The Flesh and the Fiends (Picture: Film Publicity Archive/United Archives)

Burke and Hare anatomist developed radical ideas about sexual biology Dr Ross Brooks

Female Republican soldiers take part in shooting practice during the Spanish Civil War

'No pasaran' became a Scottish battle cry as Fife feared Nazi invasion Scotsman comment

A wooden finger belonging to Lady Jane Gordon, sold for almost £9,000.

Wooden finger snapped up for £9,000 in Scottish stately home sale

Firefighters tackle the raging inferno that consumed the Union Corner building in Glasgow (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Princes Street blaze: Why historic buildings are at heightened risk

The horn drinking cup which belonged to poet Robert Burns

Drinking cup raised by Burns returns home from Australia to Ellisland

King's new Scottish wedding venue takes shape a year ahead of opening

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton arrive at Tower Pier in London aboard Kalizma - built in Leith - in 1968

The Leith-built steam yachts treasured by stars like Elizabeth Taylor

Scottish island candle company comes full circle with soap firm takeover

Lennox Castle is one of the buildings that has been added to the 'at risk' register

Record number of Scottish historic buildings now considered 'at risk'

Luxury five-star wedding hotel overlooking famous Scottish golf course sold

Brooch given to first passenger to board doomed steamship found at roadshow

Edinburgh holidaymakers taking part in the donkey races on Cramond Beach in around 1900.

Cramond Beach Heritage in Pictures: 13 photos of people on the beach

New Abbey Corn Mill

Ad Feature A Historic Scotland Explorer Pass is your key to Scotland’s heritage

TV weatherman Sean Batty launches the Newcoastal Flood Warning Campaign on Portobello Beach in February 2013.

Portobello Beach Heritage in Pictures: 23 photos over 70 years

'Harry Potter fans won't be happy': Jacobite steam train turns blue

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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