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Books: Dame Sheila Hancock on feeling angry as she approaches 90
The acclaimed actress talks about her book, Old Rage, why she won't dwell on ill health and how she climbed a mountain in her eighties. Forthright, funny, feisty - and a little furious - are all words which spring to mind when interviewing acclaimed
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Gareth Bale agrees to join Los Angeles FC following Real Madrid exit
WALES forward Gareth Bale has agreed to join Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC on an initial one-year deal when his contract with Real Madrid expires, the PA news agency understands. The five-time Champions League winner is soon to be a free
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Garden of the week: Truly one of Scotland’s horticultural highlights
Cambo Gardens Kingsbarns St Andrews KY16 8QD Why Should We Visit? Cambo is one of Scotland’s most exciting gardens. It lies on the east coast of Fife, seven miles south of St Andrews, and its classical layout contains vibrant contemporary
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Film: Austin Butler as Elvis and Ethan Hawke turns to the dark side in The Black phone
ELVIS (12A) Wise men say only fools rush in. Baz Luhrmann, Australian director of Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge!, appears to sing from the same hymn sheet because his visually extravagant biopic of Elvis Presley has a whole lotta shakin
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Motoring: Seven new electric vehicles on the market
A number of new releases are on the way - here are some of the best, says Jack Evans. The electric vehicle segment is really hotting up, with loads of new models entering the market. It's understandable, as interest continues to grow in battery-powered
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Books: The Reverend Richard Coles makes his fiction debut
Fiction Bitter Orange Tree Jokha Alharthi Scribner, £14.99 (ebook £9.99). The second novel from the International Booker Prize-winning author, Bitter Orange Tree examines love in all its forms, across multiple generations of one Omani
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Food: Paul Hollywood on his unexpected journey from art school to world-famous baker
The Great British Bake Off judge talks to Prudence Wade about his baking mistakes, getting used to early starts, and being a perfectionist. Paul Hollywood didn't set out to become a baker. Yes, his father was a baker, but he initially joined the
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Gardening with Dave Allan: How to grow exotic beauties in almost every part of Scotland
Globe artichokes are tasty beauties. They stand majestically in any garden, offering a steady supply of gourmet pleasures from now till September. I fear the 19th Century horticulturist, Patrick Neill, would consider me ‘impertinent’ as only ‘prosperous
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Professor Andrew Watterson: Are we already missing the lessons on pandemic planning failures in Scotland?
PRIOR to Covid, general information and international pandemic guides from WHO, ILO, NGOs and international trade unions were available in Scotland. They highlighted how best to plan and protect the public, and health care and other workers in pandemics
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Wimbledon analysis: Centre Court scheduling continues to favour men
Wimbledon’s Centre Court is the only one of the four main Grand Slam show courts that continues to see more men’s matches than women’s, analysis by the PA news agency reveals. None of the previous 10 Wimbledons have seen an equal number of men’
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Nottingham Forest sign Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi for club-record fee
Nottingham Forest have stepped up their preparations for a first Premier League season since 1999 with the signing of Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi. The 24-year-old moves to the City Ground from Bundesliga side Union Berlin on a five-year deal
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Books: An immersive adventure which will have you questioning who the heroes and villains of this story really are
STUMBLESTONE Clio Gray (Sparsile, £10.99) Revenge is a dish served very cold indeed in Booker-nominee Clio Gray’s latest novel, in which a troupe of travelling entertainers is unwittingly swept up in a Balkan feud that could cost them their
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Shona Craven: A haven in the heart of the Highlands
THE line between town and country feels blurred as the electric gates to Ness Walk swing open. The multimillion-pound hotel is only a short, scenic walk from the city centre and minutes from cultural hub Eden Court, yet on arrival the feeling of “getting
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Technology: Ezviz DB2 battery-powered video doorbell
What is it? A simple but powerful video doorbell from Ezviz. Good points? The DB2 video doorbell is the easiest and most flexible exterior security camera you will fit as there is no tricky wiring involved. A rechargeable battery allows
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Galleries: From Avant-garde works inspired by Scotland to a ‘gallery’ garden
Scottish works by Paul Yates 25 June-30 September. Free. Fraser Gallery, 53 South Street, St Andrews, KY16 9QR. World renowned avant garde artist Paul Yates is holding his first UK show in 12 years at the Fraser Gallery in St Andrews. Some
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Mick Lynch's Week: I'm channelling the spirit of Jimmy Reid
As imagined by Brian Beacom LISTEN, it’s very nice of you to point out I’ve had a pretty good week, but you’ve got to keep things in perspective. Yes, I made Robert Jenrick look like a complete twit on Peston but, as I said to my mate Ron in
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Theatre with Brian Beacom
WHEN asking Gray O’Brien ‘How are you?’ the usual polite opener to a chat has a searing resonance attached. In late 2019, the actor took a trip to the doctor to have his swollen glands looked at. But the staggering diagnosis came back of Stage 4 tonsil
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How Joe Strummer’s Scottish roots inspired his search for social justice
FOR an iconic lyricist that penned classics for The Clash such as English Civil War (1978), Something about England (1980), and This is England (1985), Joe Strummer had a strange but somewhat late and close relationship with Scotland. His father
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TV: The Rutherford Falls team talks on-screen hijinks and revamping sitcom
As Rutherford Falls returns for a second series, Danielle de Wolfe speaks to stars and creators of the Native series turning the sitcom on its head. When it comes to creating a ground-breaking sitcom, what makes for the perfect recipe? For some
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Drew Allan: So what do we do with Gaelic in English?
SOME personal news, as they say on Twitter: I’ll be attending a cèilidh soon. Actually, hold that thought: the invitation says it’s a ceilidh. Did you spot the difference? Is it wrong to publish the word without the accent? The topic arose
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Roger Daltrey: the night The Who nearly brought the house down at Green's
It may have been one of the most iconic and best-loved rock venues ever to operate in Glasgow. But while Green’s Playhouse on Renfield Street once hosted such stellar names as David Bowie, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath
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Roger Daltrey on the what, the when, the why ... and The Who
In a contrary act of rock band taxonomy, Time magazine once wrote that while The Beatles aimed for the head and The Kinks for the funny bone, The Who went straight for the crotch. It’s true to an extent. Think of a rock gig as a sort of Dionysian
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The band are alright: The Who's best songs ranked
15. You Better You Bet (1981) A great song and an accomplished piece of song-writing to be sure, but the sense of barely-contained anarchy has gone out of the band following Keith Moon’s death three years earlier so it marks the end of an era in
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Radar: our June 25-July 1 hotlist
Music Sun’s Signature, out now The name may not be instantly recognisable – this self-titled EP is the duo’s first release – but the people making the music will be: Elizabeth Fraser, iconic singer with cult Scottish band Cocteau Twins, and
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Rab McNeil: Summer’s here and the living is, frankly, uncomfortable
LIKE many Scots, perhaps even other northern Europeans (though I think it’s mainly we Celts), I’ve a complicated relation to the Sun. I agree it can cheer a place up, brightening even the dingiest slum. But why must it be so blasted hot? (On a separate
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Scottish Open ban on LIV Golf Series players is only the beginning
THE way things are going in the turbulent world of men’s professional golf just now, you wouldn’t be surprised if the RMT’s ubiquitous Mick Lynch got called in to try to broker some agreeable terms and conditions. In this summer of golfing discontent
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Watching my friends doing what they love gives me a big boost - David Smith MBE
GOING for a 4000-meter swim the morning before you race in the national championships isn’t the normal warm up for a time trial rider. However my fellow para rider did just that this week before lining up against an impressive start list of riders
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Ricky Burns looks ahead to the Commonwealth Games as he backs Scotland's boxers to get gold
THERE is no special treatment afforded to Ricky Burns at the Boxing Scotland gym and you expect that’s just how he likes it. The photo call yesterday with the fighters who will represent their country at next month’s Commonwealth Games provided another
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Laura Muir 'pretty close' to full recovery from hip injury
LAURA MUIR, ominously, sees the finishing line in her race to journey from the trough of hip injury in the spring to lofty conquests in the summer. “I'm getting pretty close,” the Olympic silver medallist attests. A good place to be, four weeks out
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Andy Murray reveals reason for continuing to push himself to the limit on the biggest stages
IN the past few years, as Andy Murray has battled for form and fitness with a metal hip, he has often been asked just why he continues to put himself through all the effort. With three Grand Slam titles to his name, including two Wimbledon wins
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Alison Rowat's TV review: Suspect; McDonald and Dodds; Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain; The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN
HAVING watched a trillion detective shows I would like to think that we, thee and me, could crack a case on our own by now. The circumstances would have to be extreme, a mass outbreak of dicky tummy, say, that drove most of the country’s cops to their
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Sarah Inglis had a hunch teaching pupils would allow her to move up a class when it came to distance running
SARAH INGLIS had a hunch that waving farewell to her pupils might allow her to move up a class. To school herself better in the disciplines of distance running without the diversion of planning lessons or sculpting impressionable minds. The Scot
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More than 1,000 children strip searched by Police Scotland since 2020
POLICE Scotland has carried out more than 1,000 strip searches on children in the last two years, according to figures uncovered by The Herald. Of the 1089 strip searches of under 18s carried out between January 2020 and March 2022, three were
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New Indian street food contender hits sweet spot. Ron Mackenna's restaurant review
RICKSHAW & CO GLASGOW BY THE TIME I walk through the front door of Rickshaw and Co, head swivelling between the empty-looking dining room to the left and that mezzanine above I know the internet has lied to me. Again. Sigh. No tables available
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Brian Taylor: By-election disaster for the Tories. Is there any way back for Johnson?
IT IS not unknown for an incumbent UK governing party to lose a Westminster by-election. Yes, OK, point taken, but the Tories have just lost two contests on a single night in very different parts of England. I know, I know, mid-term blues.
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Kevin McKenna: The church’s document on gender contains both truth and wisdom
IN the face of civic Scotland’s eternal suspicions, born of fear and ignorance, the voice of the Catholic Church still carries significant influence. It’s just that the leaders of the church in Scotland seem lately to have been cowed by the expectation
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Herald View: Why we will continue to fight for an end to the ‘dementia tax’
WHEN The Herald launched its award-winning Dementia Campaign in October 2019, we made the point that dementia was Scotland’s biggest health issue with no effective treatment, and no cure. Quoting the chief executive of Alzheimer Scotland, we noted
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Camley’s Cartoon: Ian Blackford’s Patrick Grady woes
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Ian Blackford’s handling of the Patrick Grady affair on June 25, 2022. Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website
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David Leask: How would an independent Scotland change Nato and EU?
FIVE years ago, a still relatively new and painfully gauche American president barged past a foreign dignitary at a summit. At a meeting of Nato leaders Donald Trump – as a I think many of us will remember – shoved the then prime minister of Montenegro
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Herald Diary: The secret to the success of Mulberry bags
Tories tripping THE Conservative Party has hit a stumbling block. Actually, it’s more of a chopping block. For the Tories have seen two by-elections turn into bye-bye elections this week. The Diary feels sorry for the True Blue Brigade, for
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Retail sales tumble amid UK cost-of-living crisis, as consumers rein in on food spending
RETAIL sales volumes in Great Britain dropped by 0.5 per cent month-on-month in May, with the food category showing particular weakness amid the cost-of-living crisis, writes Ian McConnell. The decline, revealed in seasonally adjusted figures published
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Unspun: the political diary
Best foot F-word COUNTRY toff turned Scottish Secretary Alister Jack suffered a bad case of Tweed rage at Monday's Scottish Affairs Committee. Quizzed by SNP MP Deidre Brock about levelling-up funds, he spluttered: “You ought to suck it up and
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Issue of the day: Carrie Johnson's fashion fanbase
CARRIE Johnson often hits the headlines for contentious reasons, none more so than in recent days. But online, Mrs Johnson has an ardent following, with Carrie fan sites and social media pages dedicated to her. Recent days…? If you haven
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: Who Do You Think You Are? with Ralf Little; Call Centre Chaos; This is MY House; Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
WHEN Ralf Little was 18 he was cast as a tea boy. Not just any tea boy, though. As Antony Royle he served television blue bloods no less. Barely an episode of The Royle Family passed when he was not despatched to the kitchen by dad Jim, mum Barbara
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'Landmark' distillery will restore whisky making to Inverclyde
Exclusive By Scott Wright A “HUGE step forward” has been taken with plans to put Inverclyde back on the Scotch whisky-making map, a key architect of a £17 million distillery project has declared. Developers of the proposed Ardgowan Distillery
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Covid reinfections: Why they might be a much bigger problem than expected
HOW worried should we be about reinfections with Covid? It is a question worth asking because repeat infections are becoming increasingly common and evidence suggests that even triple-vaccinated people who were exposed to the original strain of
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Catholic Church criticised for claiming gender reforms 'detrimental' to society
THE CATHOLIC Church has been criticised after claiming elements of plans to reform gender recognition are “detrimental to the interests of society, communities and family”. The Scottish Government has tabled plans to reform the process for trans
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Historic Scottish church site leased for arts and crafts
By Ian McConnell Business Editor THE Scottish Design Exchange, which provides a high street presence to hundreds of small, independent producers, is launching its second outlet in Edinburgh as part of a long-term expansion drive, leasing the
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Win for health app creator at Scottish company creation awards
THE founder of a health tech start-up that bridges the gap between physical injury and mental wellness was one of the big winners at Scotland’s largest company creation programme for Scottish universities. Jodie Sinclair won best pitch for Theo
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Letters: Ian Blackford's hypocrisy has come back to bite him
IAN Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, has spent copious amounts of political capital attacking his opponents for a variety of sins, including moral turpitude. Boris Johnson is, of course, the ultimate bete noire, justifying, in Mr Blackford’
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From 'medical tourism' to NHS privatisation controversy: Pioneering hospital marks 20th birthday
It began life as a private hospital specialising in heart surgery but failed to make a profit. Built by American company Health Care International (HCI) on a former Clydebank shipyard site, the owners had hoped to capitalise on the lucrative medical
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Thomas Hodges: Technology ecosystem gives cause to be bullish about European equities
By Thomas Hodges Proclaiming you are bullish about the long-term case for European equities is likely to earn you some strange looks at present. Sentiment towards European equity funds has capitulated. Net flows are approaching the levels last
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Brian Donnelly: Anger as island producers 'urged to scale back' to ease ferry issues
A CRESCENDO of discontent around Scotland’s ferries, and efforts to tackle capacity pressures claimed to be costing business exponentially, rings loud. It resounded as the seafood industry and hauliers met with Transport Scotland officials for
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'We don't think the same way as Westminster' says Glasgow priest who has opened his home to refugees
"If we got a phone call today we would be ready," says Canon Peter McBride, as he shows us around the "airbnb" he has created at a Catholic church in Glasgow's west end. At one point there were six priests living in the house at St Peter's, now
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What is today's Framed? June 25 movie hints and answer
If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed. Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. The game sees a
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What is today’s Wordle? June 25 hints
Wordle has taken the world by storm, and if you’ve not given in to playing the daily game, we can guarantee you’ve seen the elusive squares all over social media. The aim of the game is to find a 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
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What is today's Heardle? June 25 song hints and answer
Grab your headphones because it's time for your daily musical brain teaser Heardle. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' mind-bender for months now. Described as "a respectful homage to Wordle", Heardle
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What is today's Quordle? June 25 word puzzle hints and answer
If you are needing some hints to help you crack today's Quordle brainteaser, you've come to the right place. Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle and you've got the Film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes.
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Tesco is giving away FREE breakfast this weekend if you have this job
Tesco is giving away free breakfast to people with a particular job this weekend. Members of the Armed Forces will be able to get a free hot breakfast at Tesco cafes across Great Britain to mark the Armed Forces Day celebration in June. As a thank