| Good morning, We hope you had a great weekend. Welcome to Monday's newsletter from The Scotsman. Our readers are our lifeblood. Like many businesses, we have been hit by the economic crunch of the pandemic. If you like and value what we do, please consider taking out a digital subscription with us. Subscribers get unlimited access to thousands of Scottish stories a week, award-winning writers, agenda-setting opinion, sport, arts, features and much more. Try us out today from just £3 a month. Analysis: The endgame of the Alex Salmond Inquiry is upon us This promises to be an extraordinary week. Holyrood’s inquiry investigating the Scottish Government’s botched handling of harassment complaints is set for its final act in the coming fortnight. Within the week the Scottish public and MSPs will hear Alex Salmond give evidence in front of the committee, providing an opportunity for the man targeted by what he believes to be a political conspiracy to say his part. Following a decision by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to publish his submission to the inquiry, Mr Salmond is now expected to give evidence on Wednesday February 24. Here's everything you need to know about the inquiry as Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond are set to land closing blows on one another. Young children return to school as classrooms reopen Relief for parents today as the youngest children are returning to the classroom as schools reopen to more pupils. Children in primaries one to three are due back in Scottish schools from Monday, along with some senior secondary pupils who need to do practical work for qualifications. Education Secretary John Swinney has said it is “critical” that parents follow these Covid rules at the school gate. Remembering the islander woman 'murdered' for being a witch 12 years after persecution outlawed A tragic feature from our heritage section next. A powerful clan figure was accused of binding and burning a woman to death after accusing her of being a witch – more than a decade after the persecution was outlawed in Scotland. Katherine MacKinnon died in 1747 after being attacked at house in Camuscross with Ruaridh Mac Iain McDonald, a tacksman of Clan Macdonald of Armadale, accused in court documents of her “barbarous and cruel murder”. Read the shocking and shameful story here. We're offering more FREE newsletters We're increasing the number of specialised newsletters we offer. During lockdown many of our readers like the convenience of us bringing the news to them via email. In March we'll be offering three new newsletters. Like this one they'll be totally free. Scotsman politics: The latest Scottish political news and analysis from our specialist writers direct to your inbox (twice a week) Opinion: Expert analysis and agenda-setting opinion from our team of columnists with insight from our comment editor (once a week) History and Heritage: Features on Scottish history, heritage news, nostalgia and archive picture galleries (once a week) Sign up to any of these for free right HERE. Thanks for reading, more headlines below, Sam Shedden, [email protected] | 