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Exeter 34 Glasgow 18: Stuart Hogg wins bragging rights as Chiefs prove too strong for Warriors
STUART HOGG claimed the bragging rights over his old Glasgow Warriors team-mates at Sandy Park in Devon yesterday, as his new club bounced back from a narrow half-time deficit with a dominant third-quarter performance which secured a bonus point victory
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Blair Kinghorn admits Edinburgh only have themselves to blame for dropping points against Bordeaux
EDINBURGH full-back Blair Kinghorn is convinced his team are still in the fight for a quarter-final place in the Challenge Cup despite dropping points at home to Bordeaux on Friday night. The capital side were 10 points ahead at one stage of the
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Scotland seek to up tempo to beat Japan
SCOTLAND hope a faster-paced game will produce a better result against Japan today after being second best physically in last week’s 17-3 loss to Wales. They were certainly a lot more competitive after the break in that match when they upped the
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Greg Taylor hoping link-up with Celtic teammates for Scotland can lead to more opportunities at club level
CELTIC supporters would have been pleased to see the rapport being struck up between Greg Taylor and James Forrest over the past week. It’s just a shame for the full-back that it took until the international break for him to get such a chance. Taylor
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Ryan Jack says the Rangers side that faces Feyenoord have same pressures of Dick Advocaat's era
THE Rangers that Dick Advocaat knew was a club of trophies, top-quality players and of huge expectations. When he comes face-to-face with them again on Thursday evening in Rotterdam, Ryan Jack says he is sure to recognise them. Jack was a mere
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No Europa League let up from Celtic as Neil Lennon vows to field full-strength team against Rennes
IF any Celtic players thought the win over Lazio that secured their qualification for the knockout stages of the Europa League meant it was job done, they will soon have cause to think again. Celtic manager Neil Lennon has no intention of allowing
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Rachel McLauchlan out to get the better of her old club
HAVE boots, will travel. It's an old football saying, and the title of a 2014 book. And although she is still just 22 years old, particularly applicable to Rachel McLauchlan. When the versatile right-sided player joined Glasgow City from Yeovil
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Frimpong continues the flying start to his Celtic career with Livingston masterclass
When Jeremie Frimpong gets motoring down the flank, you can just about hear your own eyes wheezing as they struggle to keep up with watching him. With sizzling pace, boundless energy, tireless industry and sprightly invention it’s no wonder Neil Lennon
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Action needed to close gap between private and state schools
David Barnes George Watson’s College ran out comfortable 44-8 winners over Edinburgh Academy on Friday evening to book their spot in the Scottish Schools Under-18s Cup final on December 4, when they will take on their great rivals Stewart’s Melville
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Festivities on hold for Old Firm as key December fixture glut looms
NINE in a row will take on a whole new meaning for Celtic in the weeks ahead. December has become the month Scotland’s footballers dread the most as the game’s organisers shoe in as many games as possible into the calendar ahead of the winter break
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Neil Lennon says John Kennedy can succeed him as Celtic manager one day
NEIL LENNON has backed John Kennedy to take over from him as Celtic manager one day, and says he is already capable of being a successful manager in his own right. The Celtic assistant manager was heavily linked with the Hibernian job before Jack
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New Hibs boss sees plenty of potential
JACK ROSS, the Hibernian head coach, insists he has been buoyed by the potential and attacking potency he has inherited at Easter Road after immediately ascending into the Premiership’s top-six with a victory against Motherwell. While Ross shied
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Rays of sunshine on Leith at last as Ross kicks off his reign in some style
Hibernian 3 Motherwell 1 Alan Temple at Easter Road GUTSY, innovative and attacking. If Jack Ross wanted to post a statement of intent in his first outing in the Easter Road dugout, this did the trick. Emphatically. The hosts displayed
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Burke rolls back the years to put dent in MacPhee’s prospects
Ewing Grahame at Rugby Park Chris Burke will turn 36 in eight days’ time but you would never have guessed it from watching him here. His direct opponent, Aaron Hickey, is less than half his age but he had no answer to the wiles of the older man
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Lennon urges Celtic players to relish the pressure of the title race
Neil Lennon watched his Celtic side steal a march at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership and then urged his players to relish the pressure of the title race. Celtic’s 4-0 victory over Livingston put them three points ahead of Rangers at the summit
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Hamilton vs Rangers: Is it on TV? What time is kick-off? Team news | Premiership action returns to FoY Stadium
The international break may have dominated this weekend's football, but next weekend sees the return of domestic action. Rangers make the short trip to Hamilton bidding to maintain their form at the top of the Scottish Premiership. With rivals
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Celtic 4 Livingston 0: Griffiths returns as Celtic ease to four goal romp
THOSE of a green and white persuasion had already roared their approval at three Celtic goals but the emergence of Leigh Griffiths when the match was already done and dusted generated the kind of din that could have led to a noise abatement notice
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Celtic 4 Livingston 0: How the Celtic players rated in rout of Livi
How the Celtic players rated in their 4-0 win over Livingston. FRASER FORSTER 6 Very little to do. Saved one effort from Lawless, but a virtual spectator for the most part. JEREMIE FRIMPONG 8 Youngster played as a winger for the majority of
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Ben Fogle: 'I found my salvation in the Western Isles, the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth'
IT’LL be 20 years in December since a 26-year-old Ben Fogle packed his bags, closed his front door behind him and headed to Scotland for what must have seemed then like the adventure of a lifetime – a year on the uninhabited island of Taransay in the
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Sturgeon slams Boris Johnson stating he "does not deserve" to be Prime Minister
Nicola Sturgeon said Boris Johnson "does not deserve" to be Prime Minister as each of Scotland's party leaders get set to speak to voters on the campaign trail. The First Minister will be in Leven in Fife on Saturday where she will visit a hairdressing
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As it happened: Celtic 4-0 Livingston | Odsonne Edouard, Scott Brown and James Forrest on target
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It might be unpopular but if Brown wants a Scotland recall he should get it
IF Scott Brown is tempted to renew his Scotland vows then the time to speak is now. Or forever hold his peace. To be fair, in the light of yesterday afternoon’s draw it’s a question that seems increasingly fanciful. Still, if Brown fancies pulling
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The best and worst moments for the party leaders on Question Time
Here are the best and worst moments from the appearances of the four main party leaders on Question Time. Nicola Sturgeon Best The SNP leader said she would never put a Conservative prime minister into power - saying she could "not
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Ian Blackford: Jeremy Corbyn 'will give way' and allow independence referendum in 2020
The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Jeremy Corbyn "will give way" and allow a second Scottish independence referendum in 2020 if Labour needs the SNP's support to form a government. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, when asked
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Matt Beca delighted to be back in action with Glasgow Clan
GLASGOW CLAN may have had a dream start to this year’s EIHL, but Matt Beca has had a more tricky time of things. The Clan are currently sitting top of the EIHL having shown some dazzling form in recent weeks, but Beca has played only eight games
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I'm a Celebrity, War of the Worlds, Vienna Blood, The State of It, The Crown, reviews
AT CERTAIN points of the year television works as a calendar of sorts. When I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! (STV, nightly) comes along, for example, it is time to start thinking about Christmas presents. After resolving to buy everyone vouchers
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Paula Radcliffe: Laura Muir has the potential to be on the Olympic podium
PAULA RADCLIFFE knows more than most just how challenging it is to win an Olympic medal. The Englishwoman was world champion and world record holder, in the marathon as well as winning some of the sport’s major marathons multiple times. However, an
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Obituary: Peter Stormonth Darling, investment manager of the largest fund in the City
Investment manager of the largest fund in the City Born: September 29, 1932; Died: September 16, 2019 PETER Stormonth Darling, who has died aged 86, was chairman of Mercury Asset Management (MAM), the investment arm of the powerful City merchant
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Tumble in output for UK as Brexit woe hits
UK private-sector economic output has tumbled in November at the fastest pace since the month after the June 2016 Leave vote, with Brexit cited by companies as a major factor in the latest drop, a key indicator signals. The Chartered Institute
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Some TSB customers have been left without wages after glitch
SOME TSB customers have been left without wages in their accounts after the high street lender failed to process a number of overnight payments, they revealed yesterday. The bank said a “small number” of customers failed to receive payments due
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Gardens brought to life by a sparkling array of festive lights, candles, projections, lamps and lasers
First the shops start getting in Christmas decorations then, next thing you know it, the newest John Lewis advertisement is gracing your television screens. Scotland is definitely getting into the festive spirit as one of the country’s most popular
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Chic Murray on this and that
READING the correspondence about use of words, I am reminded of the late Chic Murray telling his audience of a conversation about this and that. "I know quite a lot about 'this'", said Chic, but I don't know much about 'that' ". David Miller, Milngavie
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Steven Cameron: Don't get stung by accessing your pension while still working
By Steven Cameron WHEN it comes to decisions about retirement it is clear that the pension freedoms introduced for defined contribution or money purchase pensions five years ago have had a dramatic impact on consumer behaviour. There were concerns
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Helen Xiong: Disruption will be the key driver of the automotive industry
TECHNOLOGICAL change and the pattern of disruption is broadening out into other sectors of the economy that have been hitherto immune. Nowhere is this more true than in the automotive sector. This is underpinned by three structural forces: the shift
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TV preview: The Balearic Island's are the backdrop to new BBC daytime crime drama
Elen Rhys, 35, and Julian Looman, 34, join forces to lead brand-new daytime series, The Mallorca Files. A cop drama set on the island, it centres around Detective Miranda Blake (played by Rhys) and her German counterpart Max Winter (Looman). The result
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Food: From terrible doughnuts to opening his restaurant, these are Nathan Outlaw's food memories
Ella Walker talks to the celebrated seafood chef about his culinary highs and lows. You won't write off seafood if chef Nathan Outlaw has anything to say about it. The Michelin-starred restaurateur, based in Cornwall, grew up scoffing fish and chips
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Gardening with Dave Allan: Winter composting
Our compost bins work all year round. Whether you’ve a large New Zealand box, a plastic composter or live in a flat and only want some compost for house plants, carry on composting. My open New Zealand box is still working away. After a couple of
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Former miner turned inventor in link-up with space centre to tackle waste in space
A FORMER Fife miner who has devised a series of inventions around dissolving materials including bandages and wipes has linked up with scientists at Strathclyde University to develop ways of tackling waste in space. Brian McCormack has already
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Cornelian sold for £39m
AN EDINBURGH-based wealth manager has been snapped up in a deal worth up to £39 million. The independent Cornelian Asset Managers, which had £1.4 billion of funds under management, has been acquired by Brooks Macdonald. The deal increases to £14.7bn
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North Sea giants table bids for Siccar Point
MAJOR oil and gas producers have lodged bids for North Sea-focused Siccar Point, writes Scott Wright. Chrysaor, RockRose and Equinor, which have all ramped up their presence in North Sea this year, are understood to have tabled first round bids
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Alan Roden: Why politicians can't stop themselves lying about the NHS
IT was supposed to be the Brexit election. But, in line with the finest British traditions, dire warnings about the future of the NHS are dominating the campaign instead. Christmas is, after all, a time for TV repeats. So that means we get a
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Kevin McKenna: Can we reconcile Christian faith with voting Conservative?
ON those occasions when religious faith and secular politics must mix and conduct business the process can be painful. I envy those whose fealty to either of these realms is so certain and absolute that they rarely permit matters pertaining to the
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Malaga: For movie stars and museums
Susan Nickalls "That’s where Antonio Banderas lives," says my tour guide, who is also called Antonio. We’re on top of Malaga’s 11th century Alcazabar fortress taking in the stunning vistas over the city and busy port. He’s pointing towards a penthouse
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Christmas Gift Guide 2019: The 50 books perfect for giving (or buying yourself)
THRILLERS Blue Moon by Lee Child (Bantam Press, £20) A new Jack Reacher novel. The year’s most reliable literary pleasure. A chance to believe that there is one good, capable man out there looking out for us (though it helps if you live in
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George Parsonage: The secret life of the man who has pulled 1500 bodies out of the Clyde
Jan Patience George Parsonage looks like he has been carved out of granite. A stocky bear of a man with powerful rower's shoulders, strong hands and a wide-eyed, uncompromising yet kindly gaze, his shock of unruly white hair gives him the appearance
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Fidelma Cook: I wrote the phone number down so it must be important but I'm buggered if I know why
I HAVE finally been reduced to noting things in my online calendar, or writing lists and aide-memoires on a notebook in front of me. When I remember. The problem, though, is that having had an exceptional memory for so long, I still write down a
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Galleries: Exhibition devoted to Scotland’s ‘overlooked’ abstract art
It was while working on a show of Scottish art with her colleagues at the City Art Centre a few years ago that curator Maeve Toal noticed that there were not a lot of books on abstract art in Scotland. “I really struggled to find anything,” she tells
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Film View: Blue Story (15)**
Dir: Andrew Onwubolu With: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Karla-Simone Spence Runtime: 91 mins There’s a grim inevitability to this overly familiar tale, one that doesn’t exactly function as entertainment so much as social parable. With
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Film view: Frozen II (U)****
Dir: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee With: Josh Gad, Idina Menzel Runtime: 103 mins According to lovable snowman Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad), who is a permafrosted font of wisdom about the natural world, water has memory. Considering that audiences
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Derek Jarman's prophetic and punkish The Last of England rises again
Neil Cooper Joseph Summers wasn’t born when Derek Jarman’s film, The Last of England, was premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1987. Once the Berlin-based artist, musician and instrument-builder saw Jarman’s impressionistic guerrilla-style
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Screen Shot: Award-winning animation about a severed hand arrives on Netflix
What's the story? I Lost My Body. Pardon? It's a French animated film directed by Jeremy Clapin. Currently enjoying a limited cinema release, it will arrive on Netflix this Friday. Right. Come again? A severed hand in a Parisian
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Ron Mackenna: Foodie heaven in Glasgow's coolest quarter and, no, it's not Finnieston
Mesa Glasgow LOOK at all the peaches, someone is sleepily singing over and over again in a croaky, folky, hippy-dippy voice on the sound system. So seductive is this mid-afternoon drawl that I pause my descent into a gloopy pond-green chipotle
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Royal Bank of Scotland could face million pound bill over unpaid PPIs
The Royal Bank of Scotland could face a bill running into millions of pounds over its refusal to pay out successful PPI mis-selling claims to people who have been insolvent. In a long-awaited ruling at the Court of Session, judges threw out an appeal
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World's most valuable whisky collection worth more than £10m
A VIETNAMESE man has been recognised by Guinness World Records as having the world’s most valuable whisky collection. The world-beating collection belonging to Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan, a businessman in Ho Chi Minh City, has been valued by experts
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Letters: Labour should be taxing the City, not attacking workers’ jobs
THERE are good ecological arguments for running down production of oil and gas as soon as alternatives can be utilised. Labour, however, wants to impose a “windfall tax” on the extraction of petrochemicals in the North sea basin, which will cost jobs
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What's the point of this salary?
I SPOTTED a recruitment advert for a project manager for the Ardnamurchan Point Lighthouse. The salary is £24,000 per annum. Today (November 22) I also read that the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Jose Mourinho, is to be paid £15
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Rab McNeil: Any chance of a bit of peace in our times?
CAN. You. Hear. Me? You can? OK, thanks. Just checking. I thought perhaps you might not be able to hear me over the racket. You say: “What racket, ya muckle eejit?” That is a good question, well put. I refer, madam, to the racket that is all around
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Mary Contini's Chicken Scaloppine with smoked ham and cheese
Adults, when under severe emotional stress, turn to what could be called 'comfort food'—food associated with the security of childhood, like mother's chicken soup." So declared the then ‘Palm Beach Post’ back in 1966 launching the term ‘comfort food
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Chef Gary Townsend's Pumpkin soup with seared scallop
It’s that time of year when pumpkins and squash are in season. The bright orange colour of a soup just makes you think of autumn and winter! This week I have made for you a pumpkin soup served with a seared scallop. I have used a muscade pumpkin here
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Technology: Roidmi X20 cordless vacuum cleaner
What is it? A rechargeable smart vacuum with mop attachment for more efficient cleaning. Keeping hard-surfaced floors debris-free is a constant challenge, particularly if they are on a home's main thoroughfare. Sticky marks won't lift by vacuuming
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Scotland's most fun and fabulous 14 pantos
By Ryan Dinsdale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh. Saturday, November 30 to Sunday, January 19. Tickets from £18.50-£36. 0131 529 6000 bookings.capitaltheatres.com High expectations fall on Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre
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21 Bridges (15)**
IT can take a long time to be an overnight success in Hollywood. Take Chadwick Boseman, the star of crime actioner 21 Bridges. Age 41, his imdb credits stretch back to the early noughties. He had a fairly consistent run of work, turning in notable
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The walk: Portsoy and Sandend, Aberdeenshire
Location: Portsoy and Sandend Aberdeenshire Grade: Low level coastal walk Distance: 5.5 miles/9km Time: 3-4 hours Coastal Villages of the Sun IT’S said that the villages of the Moray coast are amongst the sunniest in Scotland and
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Gardening: How to find a Christmas tree you can replant
Hannah Stephenson looks at container-grown Christmas trees and other alternatives which will thrive in your garden after the festive season is over. Discarding a Christmas tree once the festivities are over always feels so wrong and wasteful - but
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Hundreds of thousands of Scots have still not registered to vote
ONE in six adultse in Scotland are still not registered to vote, the election watchdog has warned ahead of next week’s looming deadline. The Electoral Commission urged people, especially young people and those who have recently moved house, to make
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Unspun: the political diary
May-hem THERESA May popped up on the campaign trail in Stirling on Monday, tramping sub-zero streets to defend Stephen ‘148-vote majority’ Kerr. At one house, a woman greeted her with a deafening cry of ‘On my God! It’s Theresa May at my door!”
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Herald View: Politicians not rising to election challenge
TO judge by the campaigns so far, this looks set to be a particularly unsatisfactory election, no matter its outcome – even though that remains as unpredictable as ever. If the polling is to be relied on (as experience of the past five or six years
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Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison is added to the national collection
ONLY a week ago in a Selkirk grocery Ron Hutchison was reminded once again of the influence of his late son Scott. Hutchison was talking to a young woman who had just returned from South Africa, and she told him about meeting a young American professor
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Herald Diary: He's no saint, Andrew
Pranged prince PRINCE Andrew was once adored by the nation. Or certainly that chunk of the nation that owns a tea towel with the Queen’s face on it, and wouldn’t be seen dead petting a dog other than a Corgi. Andy’s days of princely preening and
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Herald Diary at Large: Fancy trying the Robin Williams' laughter yoga workout?
Lorne Jackson I’VE always thought Santa Claus had a pretty cushy number. Gets to be his own boss, works one shift a year, avoids traffic lights and congestion by zipping round the night sky on a flying sleigh. But there’s one thing that must be
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Rod Stewart: 'My oldest brother is a Rangers fan and there’s a Rangers player engraved on my dad’s grave'
Richard Purden It’s the morning after the four days before for Sir Rod Stewart, who is recovering at home with “a night on the water”. The singer admits he is “a little hungover from last night in Rome” watching Celtic claim a victory for the second
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A taste of the joys of Tuscany
There is nothing like the Tuscan morning to send your senses into overdrive. Taking it all in from a hillside terrace, I watch the vibrant green of the vineyards in the valley below gradually come into focus as the mist burns off. The sky is already
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Jazzmeia Horn on living the Lush Life - and taking frogs to church
JAZZMEIA Horn is talking about the need to tell the truth when she sings. The Dallas, Texas-born winner of the ultra-prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, which propelled Horn towards a Grammy-nominated debut album in 2017, has
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The Herald’s Garden of the Week: Amisfield Walled Garden, Haddington
Amisfield Walled Garden Amisfield Park, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3TE Amisfield Walled Garden is a large, 18th-century walled garden on the outskirts of Haddington in East Lothian. The garden once formed an important part of the estate associated
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What it feels like ... to live in a tiny house
Magda Chudzinska, marine biologist I kept moving a lot and somehow every time you move you pack a lot of stuff and then realise you don't need that much. Over the last 10 years I have lived in four countries and seven cities. I work in academia
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'My family is extraordinary,' says scion of the British establishment Helena Bonham Carter
Chances are you'll have heard about Helena Bonham Carter's star turn in The Crown. In the third series of the hugely popular Netflix drama - which sees Olivia Colman replace Claire Foy as The Queen - the eccentric Londoner, 53, plays Princess Margaret
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Top TV films to watch, week beginning Saturday, November 23
Top Films to watch, week beginning Saturday, November 23 Saturday 23/11/19 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) (Channel 5, 2.10pm) Penniless Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is thrilled when he finds a golden ticket hidden in a chocolate
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Latest NHS fixes do nothing to address root cause of pensions crisis
AFTER months of campaigning from doctors, the Scottish and UK governments seem finally to have found a solution to the pensions crisis that was threatening to bring the NHS to its knees. The way pensions tax allowances have been structured for