Living by the Sword
An airfield and gunnery school at Loch Doon in Ayrshire became one of the most “striking wastes of public money” on record with the complex quietly demolished, given the ground was too boggy for planes to land.
Living by the Sword
The Edinburgh World Heritage Management Plan has the potential to transform much of how the historic heart of the city looks and feels – if it all comes off, writes Brian Ferguson.
Living by the Sword
Declan Donnelly’s solo Saturday Night Takeaway was watched by 7.7 million viewers with a 39 per cent share of the audience, ITV has said.
Living by the Sword
US lawyer James Wilson was still a child when he sat near an open field in the heart of the Alabama Black Belt and watched an effigy burn on a fiery cross. “The Ku Klux Klan used to meet by the river down from our house in Montgomery,” he says in a gravelly southern drawl.
Living by the Sword
From illicit romantic rendezvous and near-births, to the time Beatrix Potter’s pet rabbit sank its teeth into a shocked passenger, it is a compendium of unlikely travellers’ tales from one of Britain’s greatest journeys.
Living by the Sword
From illicit romantic rendezvous and near-births, to the time Beatrix Potter’s pet rabbit sank its teeth into a shocked passenger, it is a compendium of unlikely travellers’ tales from one of Britain’s greatest journeys.
Living by the Sword
Dame Evelyn Glennie has added her voice to parents campaigning against a local authority’s plans to end music lessons for children studying string instruments and percussion.
Living by the Sword
A historic private members’ club, long regarded as a home from home for the Edinburgh establishment, has broken with centuries of tradition by appointing its first female chairman.
Living by the Sword
There’s a phrase that crops up often at the moment, around the echoing halls of social media; “check your privilege”, it says, to anyone living a fairly comfortable western life, who might be tempted to feel hard done by.
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The world of Wed Wabbit (David Fickling, £6.99) by Lissa Evans is an explosion of colour and chaos. Following a terrible accident in which her little sister is badly hurt, Fidge is flung into the pages of her sister’s favourite picture book: The Land of the Wimbley Woos.
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Cakes and Shakes in Musselburgh will create a milkshake based on your favourite chocolate bar or if you prefer something fruitier, they will pop in Skittles or Millions for an extra buzz. All cheesecakes are homemade and the ingredients are locally sourced.
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From simple and charming picture books to more complicated tales, Emma Dunn and Sarah Mallon uncover delightful books for younger readers to enjoy over the Easter break
Living by the Sword
Jenny Saville has come to occupy something of a mythical place in the history of contemporary art in Scotland: her degree show work from Glasgow School of Art was bought by Charles Saatchi, then came London, New York, and representation by Gagosian.
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Michael Arditti is a novelist who has grown more ambitious, and at the same time become more accomplished. He is a rarity among contemporary novelists, being one who takes religious faith and its contradictions seriously.
Living by the Sword
If you hadn’t noticed, we’re in the thick of Isa season. My inbox is awash with press releases on the latest stocks and shares Isa investment opportunities, the markets that are looking hot in 2018 and the rest of the fervour from investment companies trying to get a hand on your savings.
