Living by the Sword
I nosed, as they say, the Tivoli into the Shell station. The prices were a few bob shy of six pounds a gallon. Happily, we had been averaging 45 miles per imperial gallon of petrol on the motorway. It looked good, I thought, clean sharp, bright.
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More than 120 years of retailing history in Edinburgh is set to be brought to a halt - after the new owners of the iconic House of Fraser store in the city’s west end revealed it is likely to be overhauled to become home to new offices.
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The remains of a headless woman who was exhumed in the search for the body of a clan chief are to be re-interred in the Highlands.
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Customers who purchased tickets for a Gin Festival scheduled to take place in Edinburgh this autumn will not be refunded following the collapse of the firm in charge of the event.
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In the history of Edinburgh open mic nights, it’s fair to say you don’t get much better than Nirvana at The Southern bar.
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Joe Meanen was out of options as he looked over the side of Piper Alpha into the North Sea. A second explosion had just ripped through the doomed platform, a giant fireball now on the move.
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Oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood said he felt a “huge sense of shame” following the Piper Alpha tragedy which marks its 30th anniversary today.
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The unprecedented human cost of the Piper Alpha disaster – and the struggle to comprehend its scale and cause – dominated the front pages for months following the tragedy in the North Sea.
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The National Galleries of Scotland’s major summer show explores the strong links between Rembrandt and Britain, where he was revered even when his work had fallen out of fashion in his home land, writes...
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A multi-million pound expansion of Edinburgh’s Waverley Mall shopping centre faces being delayed for years over claims it will cause “serious damage” to the capital’s World Heritage Site.
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Think of all the great cities you’ve ever visited in the world, if you’ve been lucky enough visit some of them. What did you remember? What inspired you? What’s in your favourite pictures? What makes these places famous?
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Actor Martin Compston was spotted in Edinburgh this week celebrating after receiving his honorary degree.
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Art historians believe that a postcard-sized painting, bought at auction in London, could be a previously unknown work by the artist JMW Turner.
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Arbroath Abbey, where the declaration of Scottish independence was draughted in 1320, has been attacked by vandals.
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A medieval gaming board has been found by archaeologists working to find a lost Pictish-era monastery in Aberdeenshire.
