Martin Lewis: Debt collecting a suicide risk for some
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Far too many vulnerable people are at risk because of antiquated legislation that near forces companies to bully them.
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Tourism chief: ‘Disneyfication’ of Edinburgh would not be a bad thing
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The figurehead of the body charged with selling Edinburgh to the world has warned it needs to take urgent steps to tackle a “tourism bad” narrative in the city after a summer of discontent.
Theatre reviews: Kinky Boots, Playhouse, Edinburgh | Aladdin, King’s Theatre, Glasgow
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AT FIRST glance, it’s not the most obvious choice for a Christmas show: the musical of the 2005 film, loosely based on a true story, about a failing Northampton shoe factory that’s saved from closure when its new owner Charlie – the fourth generation of his family to run the business – moves into the niche market of making glamorous high-heeled boots and shoes for drag queens...
Music review: Lily Allen, Barrowland, Glasgow
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“I FEEL like anger is becoming a personality trait, it’s f***ing relentless,” said Lily Allen, moments before the finale of her show, a breezy skip through the righteous dismissal of F*** You. She was talking about the national political mood (Theresa May and Brexit had already been mentioned)...
Interview: Landmark birthday finds Paul Towndrow ready to experiment
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Serendipity, or just the results of hard work and venturesome vision? Scots saxophonist Paul Towndrow is looking back on his career before celebrating his 40th birthday tomorrow night with a performance of his Charlie Parker with Strings programme at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s City of Music Studio...
Glasgow secures Linda McCartney photography exhibition
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Intimate family portraits captured at the Argyll home of former Beatle Paul McCartney's home in Argyll during the sixties and seventies are to go on display in the UK for the first time.
Dealer wins £12,500 payout from auction house over painting
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An art dealer has made a 1,000 per cent profit on an aristocrat’s painting after winning a legal battle with the auction house that sold it to him.
John Gibson: Evening News legend laid to rest as famous Capital faces say final farewell
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FAMOUS faces from the worlds of sport, entertainment, politics and business in the Capital joined other friends and former colleagues to say a final farewell to legendary Evening News columnist John Gibson.
Puffins in Scotland: where and when to see the colourful sea birds
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Puffins are Scotland's most sought-after seabird due to their strikingly coloured beak, trademark waddling gait and unique behaviour - and spotting them in Scotland is easier than you might think.
Book review: I Am Dynamite! A Life Of Friedrich Nietzsche, by Sue Prideaux
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When I was an adolescent, I adored Nietzsche. He was the philosophical version of heroin: forbidden, dangerous, ecstatic, incomprehensible. I knew all the key phrases – “what does not kill me makes me stronger”...
Book reviews: Robin Philipson by Elizabeth Cumming | The Art and Craft of Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams by Phyllida Shaw
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Not so long ago, books on Scottish art were a rare event. Things have changed and so it is a pleasure to be able now to welcome two new books at once. Elizabeth Cumming has written Robin Philipson, a biography of one of the most notable figures in Scottish art of the post-war decades, while Phyllida Shaw has written a biography of Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams, less well-known, but, as she demonstrates, important.
Meet the stars of the Scottish ski mountaineering circuit
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Skimo, a challenging cross between skiing and mountaineering, is well-suited to Scottish conditions and could soon feature at the Olympics, writes Cat Hart
How Snowfactories are revolutionising the Scottish ski industry
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The Scottish weather is notoriously unreliable when it comes to creating good skiing conditions, so is the latest technology the answer? Cat Hart talks to two resorts who have tried it
How Glenmorangie is introducing oysters back into the Dornoch Firth
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With the news that the whisky giant Glenmorangie had recently assisted a groundbreaking environmental project which has seen Native European oysters reintroduced to their once native waters of the Highlands after a century’s absence...
New BBC channel to feature Scottish version of Question Time
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The new BBC Scotland channel will include its own Question Time-style debate show, MPs have been told.
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