Older daredevils show skateboarding and BMX stunts aren’t just for kids
The local skatepark, a school night, and the tricksters are showing off their skills.BMX bikers with handlebars spinning, perched on one wheel at the top of a sheer drop ramp, even a back flip or two;...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: Say ‘Hi’ to strangers .. they love it!
Street seen. It’s good to talk. Tell you this, I do more for Edinburgh’s image than any dozen of our city councillors you care to name. Either their noses are in the air or they’re plain...
View ArticleBest in show: Come to The Scotsman’s awards ceremony for the best Fringe...
THE Scotsman’s awards ceremony is on Friday morning. Catch performances from some of the most talked-about shows at the Fringe, and find out who’s won the big prizes before anyone else – all for FREE,...
View ArticleDavid Hasselhoff drops in - not just another day at the Hoffice
Just another day at the office? Not quite for the staff of The Scotsman and the Evening News, as David Hasselhoff dropped in to say hello.The TV legend stopped by briefly to record a podcast interview,...
View ArticleUnion had no effect on literature, says Ian McEwan
THE award-winning novelist Ian McEwan has said literary culture was resistant to the union between Scotland and England.• UK novelists’ work more likely to be characterised as Scottish, English or...
View ArticleSSE shares power ahead on price hike
Energy firm SSE topped a shortened risers’ board yesterday as plans to hike prices this autumn helped it avoid a wider sell-off.The surprise announcement that the Perth-based group will raise its...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 23/08/2012
PRINCE Harry’s watery frolickings in Las Vegas haven’t escaped the attention of our cartoonist, who wonders how the Prince feels under the constant glare of the media spotlight - and it seems not even...
View ArticleFiona McCade: It’s real life Tommy, but not as we know it
WHEN the film Sid and Nancy came out in 1986, Johnny Rotten was rather displeased by the depiction of the Sex Pistols’ lives and times. He threatened to shoot the director and, when asked if he would...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Are they living on borrowed time?
WITH DEBT soaring and the UK stuck in recession, Cameron and Osborne have few cards left to play.When the central pillar of a government’s economic policy starts to unravel, coherence and credibility...
View ArticleHugh McLachlan: A Union of convenience
SCOTLAND cannot seek to stay within the UK ‘marriage’ but seek fiscal autonomy, argues Hugh McLachlan in considering what questions to ask in the independence poll.Fiscal autonomy is a dubious goal....
View ArticleMichael Kelly: Wallace the man to keep the SNP in check
THE Advocate General can ensure that the cunning Nationalists play it by the book over the independence referendum.Lord Wallace is a pleasant, warm and engaging individual. However, I have never been...
View ArticleLeaders: SNP must accept findings on referendum question | Market will decide...
AS WE head towards the historic vote on Scottish independence, perhaps we can all agree on one thing at the very least: the question put to the voters in the autumn of 2014 must be utterly clear in its...
View ArticleTavish Scott: In politics, it’s all a question of timing
THE taxi driver was blunt. “A white elephant,” he observed as we sped past the Gogarburn tram depot. But the next bit caught me by surprise. What the government should have done, he said, is build a...
View ArticleTiffany Jenkins: Plug in and turn on: it’s hip to be square-eyed
DON’T be ashamed of your addiction to the box – some of today’s most artistic work is on display there.It’s a sure-fire way to commit social suicide, or ruin a reputation at least. I casually mentioned...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Luskentyre, South Harris
This incredible picture of Luskentyre in South Harris was taken by Brian Sutherland from Glasgow while he was travelling from the Butt of Lewis to Vatersay, south of...
View ArticleScottish independence: Voting experts say just one question
VOTERS in Scotland should be asked a “clear, decisive” question on independence in the forthcoming referendum, leaving the issue of further devolution for another date, according to a panel of experts...
View ArticleEdinburgh trams will offer private joyrides
TRIPS on Edinburgh’s trams and guided tours of the huge depot where 20 vehicles are being test-driven will be offered from next month in a bid to build support for the troubled projectPrivate groups...
View ArticleTony Nicklinson dies days after losing court bid to end his life
TRIBUTES have been paid to the “extraordinary” Tony Nicklinson who died peacefully at his home yesterday, just days after he lost a landmark right-to-die case.Suffering from “locked-in” syndrome, the...
View ArticleUnion Terrace Gardens development that divided Aberdeen is thrown out by two...
ABERDEEN City Council last night scrapped plans for the controversial transformation of Union Terrace Gardens – despite a warning by business leaders that the decision will send out a signal that...
View ArticleLost Glasgow: Rottenrow hospital
Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, or to many Glaswegians - The Rottenrow - was founded in 1834 and demolished in 2001. The Victorian building had fallen into disrepair by the time of its demolition and...
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