US told: SNP’s fight for independence ‘just like American revolution’
The SNP has compared its fight for Scottish independence with the American Revolution, which went on to create “one of the most powerful nations in the world”.The party has hit back at an editorial in...
View ArticleWomen who exercise spend same amount of time sitting down as those who don’t
Woman who regularly exercise still spend the same amount of time sitting down than those who don’t, according to research.This means they are still risk of developing a range of health problems...
View ArticleBritain’s butterflies on a wing and a prayer if devastating droughts persist
BUTTERFLIES in Britain could face extinction if droughts continue, according to research.A new study revealed the ringlet butterfly population dropped severely following the 1995 drought and subsequent...
View ArticleBA boss boosts Yes campaign
SCOTTISH independence could be good for business, an airline chief has suggested.Willie Walsh, below, chief executive of International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, said the move could...
View ArticleFilm-makers arrested at Donald Trump estate accuse Grampian Police of cover-up
A NEW war of words has erupted between an award-winning film-maker and a Scottish police force over his arrest while shooting a controversial documentary on Donald Trump’s golf resort.• Grampian Police...
View ArticleScottish independence: David Miliband says SNP EU claims are ‘fantasy island’
FORMER foreign secretary David Miliband yesterday dismissed SNP claims that an independent Scotland would automatically join the European Union as “fantasy island”.On a visit to Scotland, Mr Miliband...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Inverleith House in autumn
Golden leaves frame Inverleith House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, as photographed by Peter O’Flaherty on a crisp day{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View more images of Scotland on...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon - 03/11/2012
Cardinal Keith O’Brien: less than thrilled to receive gay rights charity Stonewall’s Bigot Of The Year awardIllustration by Brian Adcock
View ArticleLeaders: Stonewall row does not befit the new Scotland
IN HIS speech at the opening of the Scottish Parliament, which eloquently captured the spirit of the moment, Donald Dewar said the creation of the new democratic body was “about more than our politics...
View ArticleMarkets: US jobless figures fail to excite City
The London market scraped out a tiny gain tonight as mixed data from across the Atlantic failed to move investors who remained cautious ahead of the upcoming US elections.The benchmark FTSE 100 Index...
View ArticleUnder the Radar: Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon report on Scotland’s...
Energetic Glasgow quartet, We Are The Physics, have returned to form with a frenetically excellent new album Your Friend The Atom, released last week on This Is Fake DIY Records.They recently appeared...
View ArticleBook review: Through The Window: Seventeen Essays (Plus One Short Story), by...
SPEAKING to a friend and fellow critic the other week, we fell into a conversation about the odd fact that so many of the most prominent contemporary English novelists actually excel at non-fiction...
View ArticleComedian Ade Edmondson talks his new project ‘The Idiot Bastard Band’
THE purchase of a mandolin on a drunken whim led Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band devotee Ade Edmondson to form his own group dedicated to singing silly songsOver the years we’ve seen many faces of Adrian...
View ArticleWhat’s on this weekend
SHOULD you like your music to have unconventional roots then this weekend offers a groaning smorgasbord of the weird and potentially wonderful. At pole position in the road less travelled chart is...
View ArticleBoris and me: Rachel Johnson on the lives and loves of tories on the rise
Notting Hill is what Martin Amis would call “pram-torn”. Precision-engineered, pastel-hued designer buggies – pushed by some yummy mummies but more often than not by nymphet nannies – rule the...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Hanoi Bike Shop - 8 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow
To paraphrase Katie Melua, there are pure gazillions of bicycles in Beijing.Same goes for Vietnam, where cars and motorbikes have now taken over, but travelling and working on two wheels remains part...
View ArticleHealth, Beauty & Fitness: Save face by checking out the current trends
When you’re in your late thirties, your face becomes like an old house. As soon as you get round to repairing those cracks in the windowpanes and touching up the decor, the whole thing starts...
View ArticleWine: After weathering storms, Oddbins is still trading, half a century on
It seems incredible that Oddbins will be 50 next year. Since its creation by entrepreneur Ahmed Pochee back in 1963, it has had a somewhat rocky history with six different owners.Yet it still exists –...
View ArticleGame review: Forza Horizon
DAVE COOKForza Horizon£44.99, Xbox 360The Horizon festival is made up of race events dotted across the sprawling map, and your aim is to win them for festival points to unlock more events, and credits,...
View ArticleTake a peek at how the other half lived in Cramond’s answer to Downton Abbey
As half the nation snuggles down on a Sunday night to watch Downton Abbey, most won’t realise that there is a chance to see exactly what life was like in 1926 right here in Edinburgh.A trip to...
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