Book review: A World Elsewhere by Wayne Johnston
THERE is something quickening in the guts of what is referred to in Canada as Atlantic literature, and if you put a name to it, it would be Wayne Johnston.A World ElsewhereWayne JohnstonJonathan Cape,...
View ArticleBook review: Adventures Of A Waterboy by Mike Scott
SOME years ago – around 1995, towards the end of the period covered by this autobiography – I interviewed Mike Scott. Adventures Of A WaterboyMike ScottJawbone, £14.95The Waterboys’ frontman had a...
View ArticleMy Festival: Sarah-Louise Young
2012 is my tenth year at the Fringe and having the opportunity to see other acts is a massive incentive to keep coming back.I try to see lots of new stuff but it’s also a chance to catch up with old...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: Masters of the crying Games
BIG boys do cry. At least Sir Chris Hoy, arguably the biggest one of them all, does. Standing on the podium last Thursday night, just moments after taking his fifth gold medal to become Britain’s...
View ArticleScotland on Sunday cartoon - 05/08/2012
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond joins a nation in the grip of Olympic fever - in his own wayIllustration by Brian Adcock
View ArticleScottish independence: SNP opposition grows over plan to scrap anti-Nato policy
AS MANY as 12 SNP MSPs are likely to join a campaign later this month to urge the party to retain its policy opposing Nato membership.The campaign is to be launched at the Scottish Trades Union...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: Super Saturday sends Team GB soaring up the medal table
JESSICA Ennis fulfilled her Olympic destiny last night – taking gold in the heptathlon in a stadium that was a boiling cauldron of emotion for an amazing run of Team GB successes.For the past four...
View ArticleTreat obese patients before terminally ill, says government adviser
A GOVERNMENT adviser and leading surgeon has suggested that NHS funds would be better spent on providing surgery for morbidly obese patients than on palliative care for the terminally ill.Andrew de...
View ArticleMeet the women making their mark in the Scotch whisky industry
HER curves poured into a plunging black dress, Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks hosted a glitzy, celebrity-studded Johnnie Walker Blue Label event in Rio last month, declaring, “A lot of people don’t...
View ArticleChitra Ramaswamy: ‘It didn’t take long for us to kick off the Olympics 2012...
YOU will not be surprised to hear that the Olympics chez Ramaswamy is a viewing marathon. In terms of length, commitment and ceremonial pomp, it’s like the three-day equestrian event – with dressing...
View ArticleAfter two decades plugging away in Holywood, a summer of blockbusters is...
IN ANY gathering, Jeremy Renner stands out like a swordfish in a pondful of koi carp, but especially in a crowd of actors. For a start, he’s older than most rising male stars – his Bourne contemporary...
View ArticleTom Kitchin: ideas for cooking with seaweed
Seaweed isn’t common on most people’s menus but if you haven’t tried it you’re missing out on an incredible ingredient that is as tasty as it is healthy. Seaweeds can also be referred to as kelp, sea...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Polochar Inn, South Uist
A couple of years ago, a friend who is obsessed with golf spent a small fortune to play at Pebble Beach in California, which is rated by many as the best course in the US. I asked him afterwards...
View ArticleWine: ‘white Burgundy’s success comes from freshness, subtlety and diverse...
It’s something of a paradox that, despite the continual criticism of chardonnay, any list of the finest white wines in the world invariably includes at least one great Burgundian chardonnay. Although...
View ArticleRuth Walker:
MORNING, chirrups the editor as we wrestle each other for the office revolving door on Monday, simultaneously untangling headphones from ears and dismantling dripping umbrellas while doing the “You...
View ArticleIt’s a dilemma – you need sports gear for the gym, but most stuff only...
It is one of the great mysteries of modern life: why is sports kit designed for people who are already fit? The love-handle-hugging racer-back vest, the rinky-dinky shortie shorts, these are garments...
View ArticleLouisa Pearson: ‘what’s the point of barbecuing without the charcoal taste?’
My barbecue is called Lil Smokey. In case you hadn’t grasped it instinctively, that name should be said in a US accent. It would usually be mentioned in the context of “let’s fire up Lil Smokey and...
View ArticleDavid Tobin is reaching for the stars to provide fantasy travel experiences...
David Tobin had a dream. It involved chartering a pullman dining car, coupling it to the Jacobite steam train, filling it with Harry Potter actors handing out sweets and personalised wands to kids and...
View ArticleDaddy Cool: ‘Disney’s insidious as campaign got a death grip on me’
As tenth birthday celebrations go, it ‘Disney’ get much better than this. Yes, for our oldest son’s recent ascent into double digits we entered into the gaping maw of Mickey Mouse at his Paris lair –...
View ArticleTravel: a converted convent in Tuscany is the place to enjoy a little Italian...
WINDING our way through hilly Tuscan towns with the warm night breeze delivering gentle scents of wood smoke and citronella to our grateful nostrils, it’s easy to forget that less than three hours ago...
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