Call to end uncertainty over Leuchars plans
AN SNP MSP has called on the Ministry of Defence to end the uncertainty surrounding plans to relocate Army personnel to Leuchars.Rod Campbell, the MSP for North East Fife, spoke after Fife Council...
View ArticleRevealed: Dalai Lama’s love for Highlands
HIS spiritual home may be in Tibet, but it seems the Dalai Lama’s heart is in the Highlands.A documentary due to be broadcast this week reveals that the exiled leader of Tibet requested to visit...
View ArticleScottish independence: ‘Yes’ stance costs Andrew Fairlie restaurant customers
THE COUNTRY’S leading chef has revealed that some customers threatened to boycott his Michelin starred restaurant when he declared his support for an independent Scotland.In a wide-ranging interview...
View ArticleJeff Salway: Scots are increasingly keen to focus on ethical concerns
WE’RE fond of telling banks to focus on principles as well as profits – and it seems Scots are increasingly willing to walk the talk and put their money where their morals are. Investors in Scotland...
View ArticleBAE looks east after failed merger
DEFENCE firm BAE Systems is expected to turn to wealthy customers in the East as it tries to bounce back from the collapse of its merger with Airbus manufacturer EADS.The group, which has an...
View ArticleDrumlanrig: The lighter side of politics
SOME stories you may have missed, from the past week in the political sphere.National drink spells embarrassmentSHORT of putting lemonade in his dram, there are questions over whether Motherwell and...
View ArticleLeader: Blame and shame
FIRST it was a trickle, then a flood and now a torrent. Incredulity is not a strong enough word to describe the astonishing glut of allegations surrounding Jimmy Savile, who was once one of Britain’s...
View ArticleGerald Warner: Castro and Marxism won most from the Cuban missile crisis
ARMAGEDDON, with the courtesy of four minutes’ warning: that was the prospect facing the world 50 years ago, as the Cuban missile crisis threatened thermonuclear war on a scale that experts today...
View ArticleWillie Sullivan: Parties must evolve to meet new challenges
SOME of us – but probably not many – might have caught a glimpse of the UK party conferences on TV over the past few weeks. Speeches were made, fringes were held and copious amounts of canapés and wine...
View ArticleEuan McColm: Battle begins to woo the 40% who will decide Scotland’s future
IF IT’S historic moments you’re after, be sure to hang around for tomorrow. It’s going to have the lot. Fountain pens, flags on desks, Huw Edwards, excited, in a marquee – you name it. I have bought a...
View ArticleAndrew Wilson: More power to Boris in a political world that needs humour and...
I THINK I am in the process of changing my mind about Boris Johnson. I have watched him in various guises for quite a long time. Early in his first term as Mayor of London I heard him address a large...
View ArticleWines with Brian Elliot
I f YOU have enjoyed a glass or two in one of Edinburgh’s top-notch restaurants, the chances are you will have sampled wine sourced by L’Art du Vin. The outfit was founded five years ago, with...
View ArticleParenting: Fitness, fun and footie songs, what’s not to love about Petite...
I’d like to say that it was Team GB’s performance in the Olympics this summer that prompted us to make our way to the local football pitch of a Saturday morning, but that wasn’t actually the...
View ArticleCity guide: Florence, Italy
FLORENCE is a city designed to be explored on foot, especially since the city administration pedestrianised large parts of the old centre, banishing the buzzing Vespas and tooting vehicles. This makes...
View ArticleTravel: The Four Seasons, St Fillans, Perthshire
WHAT do you want from a weekend break? Food better than you can cook at home and a stunning view while you eat it. Somewhere you can get to quickly, because if you’re away for a short time, you don’t...
View ArticleIn Person: James Barton, entrepreneur
FOR James Barton, a snapped Achilles tendon was so much more than a painful interruption to his busy routine. It also provided the impetus for him to launch a soap-making business, to add to all the...
View ArticleDaddy Cool ‘Did I view work as a chance to make my way up the career ladder? No’
SOMETHING strange is happening. We have in our home someone who wants to get up for work in the morning, who springs out the door well before 8am. Someone who has a cheery demeanour and says things...
View ArticleChitra Ramaswamy: Leaf’s too short
I LOVE this time of year. For some, autumn is a finale, a never-ending dusk or a metaphor for ageing. For the rest of us, it’s the season that does what it says on the tin. The cold, hard mornings that...
View ArticleAndrew Fairlie: Scotland’s most celebrated chef talks about Scottish...
ANDREW Fairlie, chef proprietor of Scotland's only two-starred Michelin restaurant, is chilled. Sitting back in the august surroundings of his eponymous domain, he's relaxed and calm. He knows the...
View ArticleWinona Forever: Winona Ryder talks about her comeback after her much...
IT WAS almost quarter of a century ago, but Winona Ryder can clearly recall her first encounter with Tim Burton. “I remember vividly – vividly – meeting him,” the actress says. She was 14, and the...
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