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Motherwell 1 Ross County 1: No technical knockout in titanic Fir Park struggle
YESTERDAY was an occasion for the clashing of titans. A date for contests between two untameable forces who would draw the eyes of the world and capture the imagination of all who witnessed their titanic battles in the flesh. In London, Anthony
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Partick Thistle 0 Dundee 1: Hartley's party poopers first past the post as youngest MP looks on
AS befitting her woman-of-the-people manifesto, Scotland's youngest member of parliament Mhairi Black choose the less than salubrious surroundings of Firhill to mark her 21st birthday. The SNP firebrand and Partick Thistle fan opted to take in yesterday's
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Dundee United 1 Kilmarnock 2: Miss of the season and a late stunner hands visitors their first win
KILMARNOCK staged a smash and grab at Tannadice to claim their first league win of the campaign at the seventh time of asking. Victory came courtesy of a stunning late strike from debutant Kevin McHattie. United, however, could scarcely believe the
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Loss of haggis option mitigated by success of remainder of Stark's Scottish course
He was forced to switch his menu to a vegetarian option but course designer Ian Stark was still satisfied that he had served up a feast which suited the most re-blooded of competitors following the cross country section of the Longines FEI European Eventing
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Everton 3 Chelsea 1: Steven Naismith hat-trick turns up the heat on Jose Mourinho
STEVEN NAISMITH struck a brilliant hat-trick as stuttering Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Everton.Naismith, a ninth-minute replacement for the injured Muhamed Besic, scored twice within moments of coming on as Everton
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Hundreds gather for Glasgow Sees Syria Event
Hundreds of people today gathered in Glasgow at a candlelight vigil to show solidarity for the plight of Syria’s refugees. Cities across the UK took part in similar events today in support of the refugees. Despite gloomy skies and rain, the city’s George
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Dundee United 1 Kilmarnock 2: Jackie McNamara's side suffer fourth straight loss
Kilmarnock celebrated their first win of the Ladbrokes Premiership campaign on Saturday as they left it late to defeat Dundee United 2-1 at Tannadice and move off the foot of the table. Gary Locke's side triumphed thanks to Kevin McHattie's 88th-minute
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Motherwell 1 Ross County 1: Moult scores stoppage time equaliser
Louis Moult scored his fourth goal in as many games to earn Motherwell a 1-1 draw against Ross County with a stoppage-time equaliser at Fir Park. Moult was on hand to convert substitute Marvin Johnson's driven cross from close range in the first of
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Rangers 3-0 Livingston: Perfect ten for Mark Warburton's side at Ibrox
RANGERS have made it ten wins from ten games this season after a 3-0 victory over Livingston at Ibrox this afternoon. Mark Warburton’s side maintained their perfect run with another deserved triumph on the day the Light Blues marked Armed Forces
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Partick Thistle 0 Dundee 1: More misery on Maryhill as Jags' poor run goes on
PARTICK THISTLE’s winless start to the league season continued at Firhill as a second-half Greg Stewart goal was enough for Dundee to take all three points. Alan Archibald’s side dominated for long spells but couldn’t turn that possession into goals,
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St Johnstone 4 Hamilton 1: MacLean hat-trick helps Saints demolish lacklustre Accies
A hat-trick from Steven MacLean helped St Johnstone to a comprehensive demolition of Hamilton at McDiarmid Park. A goal from Liam Craig and a double from MacLean had the game dead and buried by half-time as Hamilton were continually dismantled
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Labour leader election sketch: the Tom and Jerry Show is born
THE comrades chanted “Jez we did”. Some even began singing the Red Flag as the bearded wonder romped home even more emphatically than T Blair did. With Tom Watson securing the deputy’s crown, the Tom and Jerry Show had been born. Arriving
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Leigh Griffiths: Aberdeen's Andrew Considine deserved red card
Leigh Griffiths claims Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine should have seen red after conceding a penalty against the Celtic striker in the Dons' 2-1 win over the Hoops at Pittodrie. Griffiths gave the Parkhead side the lead in the 35th minute from
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Leigh Griffiths: Aberdeen's Andrew Considine deserved red card
Leigh Griffiths claims Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine should have seen red after conceding a penalty against the Celtic striker in the Dons' 2-1 win over the Hoops at Pittodrie. Griffiths gave the Parkhead side the lead in the 35th minute from
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Man, 18, murdered in Uddingston, Lanarkshire
Police Scotland has launched a murder inquiry following the death of Sean Banks (18) in Uddingston. Just after midnight on Saturday, September 12, police received a report of an 18-year-old man being injured in North British Road, Uddingston. Emergency
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Corbyn due in Scotland next week with top priority of winning back Labour to SNP switchers
JEREMY Corbyn, Labour’s new leader, is expected to travel to Scotland next week as he puts winning back voters who switched to the SNP as one of his leadership’s “top priorities”. Leftwing MSP Neil Findlay, who was Mr Corbyn’s campaign chief
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Henry McLeish: Corbyn should push for Scottish 'home rule' and stop Labour voters moving to SNP
A former Labour Scottish First Minister has urged new UK party leader Jeremy Corbyn to push for "home rule" for Scotland. Henry McLeish, who led Scottish Labour for a year following the death of inaugural First Minister Donald Dewar in 2000, said Mr
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Everton 3 Chelsea 1: Steven Naismith sinks Chelsea with brilliant hat-trick
Steven Naismith struck a brilliant hat-trick as stuttering Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Everton. Naismith, a ninth-minute replacement for the injured Muhamed Besic, scored twice within moments of coming on as
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Scottish MEP commends German stance on refugees while UK Government 'struggles to show leadership'
A Scottish MEP has commended Germany's offer to house 800,000 refugees in contrast to the "sheer panic" expressed by other European leaders. Alyn Smith said Scotland stands ready to offer sanctuary to refugees, while the UK Government "struggles to
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Aberdeen 2 Celtic 1: Is this the day a title race began?
ABERDEEN did not so much put down a marker at Pittodrie today as make a statement that Celtic just might have a title race on their hands. A goal down, they came back, a man down and somehow they still found a winner with only minutes left of a
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Ed Miliband offers Corbyn his support
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has offered Jeremy Corbyn his support - and called on the rest of the party to do the same. The new leader has secured a "clear victory" from all sections of the party and the win must be respected, Mr Miliband said
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Sturgeon: Appetite for independence may grow under Jeremy Corbyn's divided Labour
Scotland will conclude that independence is the only alternative to continued Tory government if Jeremy Corbyn cannot quickly demonstrate Labour has a credible chance of winning the next general election, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has warned. Mr Corbyn
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GB&I strike early blow in Walker Cup
Great Britain & Ireland’s amateurs surged into a 3-1 lead during the opening session of foursomes in the Walker Cup at Royal Lytham this morning.Nigel Edwards’s side harnessed the testing conditions to fine effect and struck an early blow in their bid
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Lamb prices firm as Muslim Eid-al-Adha festival approaches
ROG WOODIn the week ended on Wednesday 9 September the GB SQQ (Standard Quality Quotation) price for prime lambs fell by 2p on the week to 152.9p/kg according to EBLEX (the promotional body for English beef and lamb).However, sharper falls at this time
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Labour front bench resignation within minutes of Corbyn's election, while Tories brand him 'risk to nation's security'
Mr Corbyn faced his first front bench resignation within moments of his victory, as shadow health spokesman Jamie Reed announced he was quitting. In a letter to the new leader, Mr Reed - whose Copeland constituency includes the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing
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Jeremy Corbyn is new Labour leader, and plans to take on Cameron on Monday
Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won the leadership of the Labour Party by a landslide, taking almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast. In a result which marks a fundamental change of direction for the party, the Islington North MP defeated
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Herald analysis: Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership
Hats will be being eaten across Britain today after the amiable hairy Leftie defied the odds, the Blairite brickbats and the media onslaught from the right-wing Press to lift the Labour crown. For some, UK politics has now entered the world of Salvador
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Tom Watson elected as deputy leader of the Labour Party
Tom Watson is the new deputy leader of the Labour Party. The West Bromwich East MP had been overwhelming bookies' favourite to be Labour's number two and saw off challenges from Ben Bradshaw, Stella Creasy, Angela Eagle and Caroline Flint.
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Poll: 52% would vote No to Scottish independence
Scots remain sceptical about independence nearly one year after it was rejected in a referendum, a poll has found. A YouGov survey for The Times found 48% would vote Yes to independence if a poll was held tomorrow, against 52% who would vote No
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Humourless? No, Charlotte Proudman's a superhero among male jokers
IT’S probably somewhat inappropriate under the circumstances, but I like to think of Charlotte Proudman clad in a catsuit, superhero-style, with several jagged speech bubbles around her head: Biff! Bam! Pow! The human rights barrister has been
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The 50 Greatest Scottish Rugby Players Part VI: 3-1
With the final day upon us, the full list of Herald Sport’s 50 Greatest Scottish Rugby Players can now be considered in the round. Obviously very few, if any, are likely to agree with the final running order and some spleens may be vented now there
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Jean Darling
Actress.Born: August 23, 1922.Died: September 4, 2015.Jean Darling, who has died aged 93, was one of the last stars of silent cinema, having first appeared in the Our Gang movies way back in 1927 when she was just four years old.And she was a showbusiness
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Rangers chairman has multi-million claim on £18m oldco creditors pot rejected
RANGERS chairman Dave King has had a claim for millions from the £18 million club oldco creditors pot thrown out by liquidators.The South African businessman had claimed he was owed £20 million over an investment in the club 15 years ago, when Sir David
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St Leger sets stage for Golden Horn and Gleneagles to finally deliver if weather holds
HISTORY and Yorkshiremen would say that the fittest horse wins the 2000 Guineas, the luckiest horse wins the Derby but the best wins the St Leger.The formbook would say that the best horses running today can be found in Ireland, although the weather forecast
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Catriona Matthew off the pace but in the cut at Evian Championship
CATRIONA MATTHEW, the only Scot in the field, safely made the cut after a second-round 73 but was a long way behind the leader at the Evian Championship in France.On a three-over-par 145, the North Berwick 46-year-old was a dozen shots behind the halfway
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Interview: Salmond - a poll too soon cost us the vote
POLITICS is full of what-ifs.Alex Salmond, nursing a knee injury from a round of golf, reflected on the political game of his life and that, if a handful of things had swung for rather than against him last September, then Scotland would now be just six
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If Scotland want me, I have plenty more to give, says Majid Haq
THIS time last year Majid Haq was reflecting on Clydesdale's third consecutive near miss in their long wait to lift the Western Union title.On a personal level, Haq was perhaps consoled by the enticing prospect of a busy winter schedule which would conclude
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Tory MSP to miss out on £8m after Government rejects wind farm appeal
A LONG-SERVING Tory MSP who is stepping down from Holyrood has suffered a blow after rejection of a wind farm development on his land cost him a deal worth £8 million.Sir Jamie McGrigor, who has been MSP for the Highlands and Islands Region since 1999
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Is the GM crop ban simply a sop to the green lobby?
RICHARD Lochhead, the Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary, is in Italy today attending the Milan Expo. The vast international jamboree is the great, great, great grandchild of London's Great Exhibition of 1851, housed in the purpose-built Crystal
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Sticky negotiations lie ahead for Labour big hitters
There has been a very interesting series of phone calls in Labour circles in recent days. Members of Jeremy Corbyn’s team have been probing which MPs could serve under their man should the veteran left winger, as expected, be crowned party leader today
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Herald View: Will Goodwin hedge his bets?
THERE are those who will say that Fred Goodwin, the disgraced former chief executive of the RBS group, cast a shadow over their lives. His neighbours at the home he owns in the Colinton area of Edinburgh experienced that in a physical as well as a metaphorical
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More lawyers join court boycott
Plans for a shake-up in Scottish appeal courts have taken a further blow as another lawyers' body voted to boycott the proposed new service.The Edinburgh Bar Association has joined the Glasgow and Falkirk Bar associations in agreeing that no member will
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Companies where Scottish Enterprise directors have a stake got £3.4m
Companies in which Scottish Enterprise board directors have a stake received more than £3.4 million in financial support from the economic development agency in its most recent financial year.The vast bulk of the money has gone to businesses where the
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Landlords make most money from student rents in Edinburgh
Landlords make more money from students in Edinburgh than anywhere else in the UK. New research has found four of the top five most profitable locations for landlords can be found in Scotland. Property site Zoopla looked at where investors
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Chair's departure is a chance for new transparency at Scottish Enterprise
You would expect anyone at the helm of Scottish Enterprise to be a successful businessman, or woman. While working for the quango, they are likely to remain in business and therefore have active personal interests in one or many companies. But such interests
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Vettriano in model talks for first painting since injury
Jack Vettriano is in talks with an Edinburgh businesswoman to sit for his first painting since he dislocated his shoulder earlier this year.Tara Inchbald, a nutritionist and beautician, first met the Fife artist last year when they agreed a sitting.They
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First Scottish tax authority in 300 years in search for new £80k boss
THE agency responsible for collecting the first solely Scottish taxes in more than three centuries is searching for a new £80,000 per year boss.Revenue Scotland, which is responsible for collecting Land and Buildings Transaction Tax which replaced stamp
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A political arena in which profound issues are cast aside by a grubby backstreet murder
When it seemed just a year or so ago that Scotland might choose to regain its independence, Northern Ireland’s Unionists had plenty to say. Much of it was predictable, a matter of living up to the job description. There was, however, an undertone. It
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Scots are UK's top cyclists
SCOTLAND is home to the most cycling-mad cities in the UK, new research has found. Glaswegian cyclists spend more time on their bikes than anywhere else in Britain, averaging 4.9 hours a week in the saddle.And almost a third of people in Edinburgh commute
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First roadway at north tower as new bridge reaches out across Forth
The first section of roadway on the north tower of the new bridge across the Firth of Forth has been put in place, marking another milestone in its construction.The roadway is laid over the framework to form the main surface of the Queensferry Crossing
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Letters: Drones are political as well as operational weapons
THE discourse between Bill Brown and Ian Thomson (Letters, September 9, 10 & 11) usefully teases out some issues around the operational use of drones. However it is equally important to look at military activity, particularly one as contested as drone
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Salmond: Trident renewal could lead to second independence poll
THE renewal of Trident could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, Alex Salmond has indicated, saying opposition to the nuclear deterrent was “in the SNP’s DNA”.In an exclusive interview with The Herald to mark the anniversary of the 2014
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Oil and gas troubles spark Aberdeen hotel downturn
ABERDEEN'S hotel sector has experienced a major drop in occupancy for the third month in a row as cost-cutting measures in the troubled oil and gas industry continue to bite.Accountants BDO said that year-on-year occupancy in Aberdeen dropped 13.4 per
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Unspun: "I have a big bonnet with lots of bees in it", admits MSP
MSP Richard Lyle couldn’t chair his monthly SNP branch meeting in Bellshill on Monday, but luckily he had a cunning plan - he sent his parliamentary assistant, Jordan Linden, to do it for him. Alas, this didn’t go down well with the locals, especially
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Scots may benefit most from bottleneck of English talent
FA chairman Greg Dyke has faced continued resistance from clubs against his pleas to increase the minimum number of home-grown players in English Premier League squads from the current eight, to twelve. His argument goes that the existing rules
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Better, faster, safer change has yet to be delivered
A week is a long time in politics, Harold Wilson said. So it is probably unsurprising that the 52 weeks since the independence referendum have seen considerable change. The Herald has launched a series of articles talking to key players in that
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Agenda: A global crisis we are determined to help out with at a local level.
By Gregor Duncan There is widespread distress among our communities and in our churches at the continuing plight of the large number of refugees and migrants who are attempting to make their way into and across Europe in search of safety, new homes and
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JD Wetherspoon still keen on further Scottish expansion
Pub company JD Wetherspoon hopes to open an additional “four or five” outlets in Scotland by next spring.The business, which already has more than 70 pubs in Scotland, said plans for a new Edinburgh site along with one in East Kilbride are at the most
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Ewen Lumsden adds silver lining to Scots' shimmering medal haul from Commonwealth Youth Games
TENNIS player Ewen Lumsden won silver in the boy’s singles on the final day of the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa to take Scotland’s final medal tally to 21; three gold, 10 silver and eight bronze. Sixth-seeded Lumsden from Lenzie was in good form,
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Hollinshead hits stride on new business run
IT is not until the end of the interview that Mark Hollinshead answers what really should have been this correspondent’s opening question.Why did this 30-year veteran of the newspaper industry vacate a senior role with Trinity Mirror to lead the company
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Glasgow graduate degree show is linked by a common thread
Most writers would admit that in the face of a tide of visual overload they tend to look for a common thread. I’m no exception. It’s a natural human trait to find a link which connects you to the art you’re looking at in order for it work for you as a
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Combating spam emails
We like to think that most spam email is speculative. That there is some chancer out there thinking up random addresses based on domain names and simply trying their luck, but this couldn't be further from the truth.The facts suggest we are our inboxes
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The not so easy tiger
IN Scarface there is a famous scene during which Al Pacino’s gangster Tony Montana, demented on spectacular amounts of Colombian marching powder, asks his enemies whether they would like to “play rough”. Miffed by the ensuing lack of response, Montana
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It's 12 months since the referendum and have No voters been ignored?
By Alan Taylor IT was Harold Wilson, winner for the Labour Party of four general elections, who famously said that a week is a long time in politics. I came of age watching him on our black and white TV and reading about him in the Daily Express
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'I wouldn't wantonly put myself in harm's way.' Emily Watson on mountain disaster movie Everest
By James Mottram Emily Watson is feeling delicate. “Ever so slightly the worse for wear” as she terms it, in a soft, mellifluous voice befitting someone who once described herself as “a nice middle-class English girl”. Settling herself
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Paralympic gold medallist David Smith: "I have two races: one on the bike and the other with a tumour. I need to win both."
A YEAR ago I staring death in the face. The spinal cord tumour removed in 2010 had returned and was on the nerve root which runs to the lungs. The surgeon told me there was the risk that I could lose both lungs and spend the rest of my life on a ventilator
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Catch up with the Munro Challengers
By Lorne JacksonAt this very moment, you are probably enjoying a soporifically sluggish Saturday. It’s more than likely that you are oozing through the hours. Kicking back, chilling out, hanging loose. The most aggressively athletic task you will commit
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REVIEW: Jay Parini: Every Time A Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies (Little, Brown)
Every Time A Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life Of Gore VidalJay PariniLittle, Brown, £25Reviewed by Alan TaylorTHOUGH he ran for public office on the Democrat ticket, the party to which Gore Vidal instinctively belonged – the Contrarian
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Gardening: Surviving storm damage
There’s nothing more disheartening to gardeners than seeing your prize greenhouse, invaluable polytunnel or wonderful pergola destroyed by wind, rain or snow. Box blight, Sudden Oak Death or potato blight is heartbreaking. But, given time and a wee bit
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If you had to, which would you sleep with? A vampire or a werewolf?
J tells me someone she knows has been reading fantasy fan fiction. Erotic fantasy fan fiction. Books called things like Taken By An Elf."Taken by a what?" I say."An elf.""Taken By An Elf? That's a thing? Why would you fantasise
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Martin Wishart: Vegetable couscous
Couscous is a staple ingredient across North Africa. It’s usually steamed and often served with vegetables and spices mixed through it.It's a versatile dish and can serve it as an accompaniment to meat, fish, vegetables, tagines, or a tasty salad. This
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Ron Mackenna: Mark's Deli, Giffnock, Glasgow
PEOPLE apparently argue about whether hot salt beef should be thickly or thinly sliced, on heavy rye bread or on light little slices. On London’s Brick Lane, I’m told they like them thick. In Katz’s in New York where it’s not called salt beef but corned
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Tom Costley: Scottish politics may be swinging back to traditional issues after the drama of independence
A year ago, the independence referendum brought about an earthquake in voting behaviour. Old loyalties and voting patterns were discarded as thousands of people across Scotland ignored the advice of the parties they had supported for decades and voted
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Faroe Petroleum suffers setback as another bank warns on oil price outlook
FAROE Petroleum has drilled a second dry well off Norway in the space of five months amid tough conditions for the oil and gas industry.The Aberdeen-based firm said the Portrush well would be plugged and abandoned after drilling produced disappointing
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Start up activity holds steady in Scotland
THE number of business start ups in Scotland in the second quarter was in line with the same period last year but up on the preceding period, banking records have shown.The Committee of Scottish Bankers recorded 3,159 start ups in the three months to
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Grave questions
INCLUDED in East Renfrewshire's Doors Open Days (September 12 & 13) is a guided tour of Cathcart cemetery. Considering the present spoilated state of much of the cemetery grounds it would appear a questionable venue choice. Accepting that some may be
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Prog music deserves greater coverage
I WAS interested to see a rare article on prog music "Music is a smorgasbord of sound", The Herald,September 5). However it was difficult to gauge if Teddy Jamieson was being positive about the genre.I grew up in the 1960s and 70s and discovered
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The first Elizabeth
I NOTE with interest your editorial on the Queen (“The Queen has cemented monarchy in 21st century”, The Herald, September 9). I am one of the many who “still insist” – to quote your choice of words – in referring to the present long-serving and admirable
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Memories of the old railway
I NOTE with interest the reopening of the Borders Railway (“History in the making as Borders Railway carries passengers again”, The Herald, September 7). When I was 11 or 12 in the late 1940ss my grandfather, who lived in Carlisle but had close connections
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Kirk wrong on Israel school
AS a Church of Scotland member and a former teacher at Tabeetha School it beggars belief that the Kirk sees fit to bleat on about funding cuts in Israel when over the border in Syria Christians are burned to death, shot and beheaded just for being Christians
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Invest in more recycling
DAVID Martin (“Deposit return scheme would make shopping more complex and costly”, Agenda, The Herald, September 11) is entirely correct to highlight the increased costs customers would face if a deposit return scheme were to be introduced. The other
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Currency will remain a conundrum for the independence camp
I NOTE that a second poll suggests a majority for Yes in a referendum re-run (“Second poll in a week shows surge in support for Yes vote”, The Herald, September 10). Another campaign would soon expose many of the same key issues. Promoting his new book
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It was inevitable that a Corbyn would eventually emerge from the Labour back benches
BY the time this letter has been digested I expect one Jeremy Corbyn to be head of a parliamentary Labour Party much more shattered than already was the case. As Doug Maughan’s letter (September 11) reiterates, Mr Corbyn is a socialist. Also, as Mr Maughan
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In Galloway
AS neatly crafted as the drystane dykes of south-west Scotland which it describes, this poem by Andrew Greig was first published by Canongate.IN GALLOWAYIn Galloway the drystane dykes that curllike smoke over the shoulder of the hillare built with holesthrough
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Great Run Company eyes marathon deal
THE chief executive of the company which stages the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow has revealed its ambition to add a marathon to its portfolio of events.Mark Hollinshead, who joined Brendan Foster’s Great Company from a senior role at Trinity Mirror,
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Male Order: Is dad fashion really such a bad thing?
As three letter words go, "dad" is pretty neutral. It's casual and descriptive and you're never going to get into trouble for shouting it at a policeman or a traffic warden.But team it with certain other words – "rock", say, or "
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Book depositories are great but they'll never replace the library
Apparently they’re popping up everywhere. As libraries across Britain are in danger of going the way of the dinosaurs, hungry readers are coming up with their own solution. In one English village, miles from a library, a telephone kiosk has been transformed
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Ways to cut the cost of car cover
ALEXANDRA MORGANDrivers who accept their existing insurer’s renewal quote without looking for a better deal could be wasting more than £1bn a year – and much of it will be lost this month.September and March are the busiest times for cover renewals as
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Worth putting some energy into analysing household fuel bills
NAOMI CAINEScottish households could see their annual fuel bills rise by more than £135 if their fixed energy tariff expires at the end of the month. A total of 24 dual fuel plans run out on September 30 and experts advise consumers to shop around now
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Let's Eat Glasgow food festival is a real treat
When a food festival runs out of food, is it a sign of success or failure? Actually, I'm being a bit disingenuous. It was only in the very last hour that some of the chefs taking part in last weekend's Let's Eat Glasgow, the UK's first 'socially inclusive
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Drink: Counting the calories
“The world will have gone mad if we have a TV chef deciding health policy,” declared Ian Wright, a spokesman for the Food and Drink Federation, in response to Jamie Oliver’s latest crusade to tax sugary drinks. This was the key agenda in Jamie’s Sugar
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Fidelma Cook: Their determination shames me into compliance
Sometimes I feel like a prize-winning greyhound or, preferably, a thoroughbred racehorse being primped and honed for the big stakes race. By nine each morning my temperature, blood pressure and bloods (once a week) are taken.A vial of a powerful liquid
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Beware the experts who think they have a crystal ball
CALUM BREWSTERA significant problem with investing is figuring out the ‘right’ thing to do – especially in the current volatile markets.The investing world seems riddled with dozens of ‘experts’, often contradicting each other, but doing so with apparently
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Perth Concert Hall lines up a classy 10th birthday season
It would probably be an exaggeration to suggest that Perth Concert Hall, whose new brochure announces its tenth anniversary season, is pushing the boat out to celebrate its birthday. Such are the budgetary constraints of the era that boats, cultural
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Serial form inspires Margaret Atwood's latest novel
Interview by Jackie McGlone WHICH Margaret Atwood – grande dame of dystopia, Canadian Cassandra, intellectually severe literary colossus – will be on the other end of the phone? The 75-year-old author of more than 40 books (who said that “books
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Paisley opens the pages of the Great Scottish Songbook
SCOTLAND has a remarkable wealth of talented groups and singer-songwriters, and an exemplary track record in rock, indie, post rock, pop, folk and alt-folk. On Friday, that tradition will be honoured at A Celebration of Scottish Songwriting, the flagship
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Review: Alexsander Hemon: The Making Of Zombie Wars – A Novel (Picador)
Once in a while a novel comes along that, on the surface, looks quite awful. It might have a silly title: The Making Of Zombie Wars, for instance. Its protagonist might be a writer: let’s say an aspiring screenwriter called Joshua Levin. And the plot
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Review: Stephen Buchmann: The Reason For Flowers (Simon and Schuster)
When we go outside and do a bit of gardening, what are we really doing? All that potting and re-potting, digging and hoeing, forking, composting and sowing – what’s it all for? We enjoy it, of course, especially when the plants flower – and if we plant
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"How low should an honorand’s behaviour sink?" Refusal by St Andrew's University to strip shamed Cardinal of degree condemned
SCOTLAND'S oldest university has been accused attacking academic freedom after it publicly criticised a staff member over a bid to strip shamed cardinal Keith O'Brien of his honorary degree. St Andrews University lecturer Manfredi La Manna, who
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Lawwell: Hoops will turn a profit next season
Celtic have posted a financial loss of £3.6m for the previous financial year, a steep decline from the £11.8m profit the club celebrated this time a year ago.The Parkhead side have attributed the shortfall to the fact they retained the services of Virgil
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GM ban puts politics before sound decision-making
RICHARD Lochhead, the Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary is in Italy today, attending the Milan Expo. The vast international jamboree is the great, great, great grandchild of London's Great Exhibition of 1851, housed in the purpose-built Crystal