Michael Fry: Should Britain quit the EU?
As Germany takes an ever-tighter grip on the eurozone, driving forward its message of federalism, would the UK be better served by going it alone, asks Michael FryIn THE past week, both David Cameron...
View ArticleCigarette machines consigned to history as tobacco giant loses case
A TOBACCO giant’s bid to overthrow Scottish Government legislation banning cigarette vending machines north of the Border was yesterday rejected by appeal court judges.Sinclair Collis Ltd, a subsidiary...
View ArticleComment: EADS merger collapse leaves BAE vulnerable
THE collapse of the merger of BAE Systems and Airbus manufacturer EADS should come as little surprise given the enormous difficulties in finding political agreement.The big question now concerns the...
View ArticleOne in seven graduates takes low-paid job
ALMOST 15 per cent of university leavers are forced to take jobs as bar staff, sales assistants and check-out operators due to a lack of opportunities for graduates, according to a new report. The...
View ArticleRugby stars back Stockbridge revamp for Edinburgh Accies
SOME of the top names in Scottish rugby have backed a controversial development that would see a rugby stand, clubhouse and shops built in the heart of a conservation area in Edinburgh.In a letter...
View ArticleFiona McCade: A fine line between support and pushing
Years ago, I knew a guy who loved golf. He loved it so much that the moment his baby son could walk, he put a club in the child’s hand and taught him to putt.I think the proud father had read that...
View ArticleRead Letter Day: A guide to publishers’ Super Thursday
TODAY, if you haven’t noticed already, is Super Thursday – the day on which publishers release their biggest, brightest hopes for Christmas bestsellerdom. What that emphatically doesn’t mean is that...
View ArticleTerror suspects are quizzed over kidnap
TWO Britons arrested at Heathrow Airport over terrorism allegations are to be questioned about the kidnapping of a British photographer in Syria.The man and woman, both 26, were held on Tuesday evening...
View ArticleMansfield Traquair signs deal with caterer Heritage Portfolio
Catering firm Heritage Portfolio has marked its tenth birthday by signing a long-term contract with a venue that has been described as Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel.The company said the deal with...
View ArticlePreview: Glasgay! Festival
WHY IS A famous heterosexual love story the centrepiece of this year’s Glasgay? It’s all about context, festival director Steven Thomson tells Mark FisherIf YOU want an idea of the philosophy that...
View ArticlePreview: The Authorised Kate Bane
ELLA Hickson’s latest work has four different realities. Confused? Well, you’re meant to be, finds Mark FisherI’m in the middle of chatting to Ella Hickson when I realise I can’t trust a word she’s...
View ArticleFilm reviews: Ruby Sparks | Pusher | Hit & Run | Private Peaceful | Hotel...
ALISTAIR Harkness reviews the films making their way to a cinema near you...Ruby Sparks (15)Directed by: Valerie Faris, Jonathan DaytonStarring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Elliot Gould, Chris Messina, Steve...
View ArticlePreview: AniMotion Festival
Tonight’s Animotion event will fill the National Museum of Scotland with sound, song, painting and a taste of Russia, writes Jim GilchristHAIR flying, arms flailing at a battery of percussion, Dame...
View ArticleVisual Art review: Bronze, London Royal Academy of Arts
THE sheer scope and continuity of the Royal Academy’s Bronze show is impressive, filling in gaps most of us wouldn’t have known were there, yet the organisation of them is odd, to say the...
View ArticlePreview: The London Film Festival
AS THE London Film festival opens, two films celebrate the way nonconformity and strangeness eventually become the mainstream, writes Alistair Harkness.The 56th London Film Festival got under way last...
View ArticleInterview: Nicky Spence on his appearance in a steampunk version of The Magic...
A populist, steampunk Zauberflöte will give Nicky Spence a chance to really prove his credentials as a serious opera starAfter his recent impressive offstage appearance as the Young Sailor in the BBC...
View ArticleTheatre reviews: Haunting Julia | Remember You Are Beauty Full | The Man Who...
THREE plays all explore how human failings engender a need to look to angels, ghosts and other superstitions for answers to life’s questionsHaunting JuliaEdinburgh King’s TheatreRating: * * * WHEN...
View ArticleFilm review: On the Road (15)
ON THE Road is one of those literary adaptations that has been on the go for so long any sense of anticipation or dread surrounding who was going to bring it to life on the big screen has all but...
View ArticleFolk, jazz etc: Tommy takes riches passed down by the Duke out to the nation
TOMMY Smith never met Duke Ellington. The legendary pianist, composer and band-leader, who drew no distinction between jazz and so-called “art” music, died in 1974, but Scottish saxophonist Smith did...
View ArticleInterview: Django Django on the making of their debut record
DJANGO Django’s exhilarating, eclectic debut album is like a whole Mercury Prize shortlist crammed into one record. Ahead of two homecoming gigs , they tell Fiona Shepherd how it all came together.Each...
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