Film review: Beasts Of The Southern Wiklkd
‘THIS is the prettiest place on earth,” observes six-year-old Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis), which sets the tone for Beasts Of The Southern Wild as a movie which flies in the face of received...
View ArticleFilm reviews: No One But Me | Ginger and Rosa | Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most...
SIOBHAN SYNNNOT reviews the rest of this week’s film releasesNo One But Me (no cert)Star rating: * * * *Once billed as Scotland’s Shirley Temple, then as Jimmy Logan’s wee sister, Annie Ross came into...
View ArticleGame review: Resident Evil 6
Once upon a time, the groundbreaking Resident Evil horror games were genuinely frightening, but recently the series has morphed into a third-person shooter with horror trappings – a great game but not...
View ArticleTV reviews: Homeland | Fresh Meat | Wonderland: I Was Once A Beauty Queen
MY FIRST thought when I heard there was going to be a second season of Homeland was: “Fantastic!” My second was: “OK but how...?” Carrie was last seen biting down hard on reinforced rubber while her...
View ArticleMotors: Subaru’s Outback is overpriced and over the hill, says Frederic Manby
THERE were times when I really wanted snow. I wanted lots of it. Snow makes owning a 4x4 seem a great choice. The other reason is the mighty and high seating which levitates you above other drivers....
View ArticleMy first car … Catherine Hardy
MY FIRST car was a 1970 navy blue Morris Minor which I inherited from my mum when I was 17 – I think my dad was working for a subsidiary of Austin Rover and she got his second company car. Probably the...
View ArticleScottish independence: SNP appeal over Nordic allies
SNP DEFENCE spokesman Angus Robertson will this week call for the SNP to back Nato membership so that an independent Scotland can work with its North Sea neighbours on defence.With the SNP due to vote...
View ArticleStandard Life targets two million new customers
STANDARD Life expects to boost its UK business by two million customers over the next three years on the back of regulatory changes coming into force this month.Paul Matthews, chief executive of the...
View ArticleDirector Dealings: Inspired decision to up chiefs’ holdings
SHARES in gas and electricity procurement company Inspired Energy rose last week after three directors went into the market to up their stakes.Managing director Jane Thornton, sales director Matthew...
View ArticleMarket watch: Aggreko feeling power of downturn
TEMPORARY power supplier Aggreko will shed more light on how the global economic downturn is affecting its business when it updates the market on Friday.The Glasgow-based firm was hit by a broker...
View ArticleIf music be the food of profits…
OLDER generations may remember the radio programme Music While You Work. Now it seems there is money to be made from it.Eighty per cent of Scots small business owners believe music in the workplace...
View ArticleGrowth fund for entrepreneurs set to increase Scottish investment team
THE Business Growth Fund, backed by the big five banks, is looking to almost double its team of Scottish investment managers in a sign that companies are showing a greater appetite for equity to...
View ArticleMinimum pricing plans in Scotland shelved by ministers
PLANS to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol in Scotland have been postponed indefinitely by ministers as a result of a growing legal challenge to the controversial move.The Scottish Government has...
View ArticleDani Garavelli: Malala’s love of education is a powerful lesson to all
TWO DAYS after 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by a Taleban gunman in revenge for standing up for her right to learn, the UN celebrated the first International Day of the Girl Child. The event,...
View ArticleBirds pose rising threat to air safety
POTENTIALLY disastrous collisions between aircraft and birds are increasing around Scotland’s busiest airports.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has revealed the number of bird strike incidents has...
View ArticleSurge in ‘calls for help’ amid Savile scandal
A COUNSELLING service that helps survivors of childhood abuse has revealed a rise in calls in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.Trauma Counselling Line Scotland said the multiple allegations of...
View ArticleScottish independence: Salmond in campaign cash battle
THE SNP may challenge Electoral Commission guidelines on spending limits in the forthcoming referendum campaign amid claims from the Nationalist side that they would allow the pro-Union camp to...
View ArticleEdinburgh falls out of fashion for Louis Vuitton style bible
IT’S UNLIKELY to suggest deep fried Mars Bars or a trip to the Barras market. But there’s one thing the Louis Vuitton Guide to Glasgow certainly won’t be recommending – a trip to Edinburgh.In a snub to...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Shovel-ready projects may dig us into a hole
SHOVEL-ready projects: when it comes to popularity these days they are up there with Adele, supermarket ready-meals and designer stubble. The Scottish Government, wishing to be at least as popular,...
View ArticleSumming up: We need alternatives to payday loans
THAT the Wonga brand is to adorn the mono shirts of Newcastle Football Club seems apt, such is the black and white nature of the storm over payday lenders.The breathless moralising over payday loans...
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