Happiest places in Scotland revealed (and the most miserable) 27 Sep 2018 15:39 Living by the Sword The Western Isles has been identified as the happiest place to live in Scotland, while Inverclyde has been deemed the least happy.
Twist in search for body of Jacobite clan chief Simon ‘The Fox’ Fraser 27 Sep 2018 14:32 Living by the Sword The 270-year-old mystery over the final resting place of a clan chief who was executed for his role in the 1745 Jacobite Uprising has taken a new twist - in London.
Scotland’s surfers look set to lose hard-won independence 27 Sep 2018 12:32 Living by the Sword In October 2014, in the aftermath of the Scottish Independence Referendum, it was a pleasure to be able to report in this column that Scotland’s surfers, at least, would soon be celebrating their independence...
HOME OF THE WEEK 27 Sep 2018 10:09 Living by the Sword Edgerton House is a magnificent, late-Victorian detached property, situated just to the south of Edinburgh in Bonnyrigg, by Lasswade.
The abandoned Scottish island where Picts went to heal 26 Sep 2018 17:15 Living by the Sword Apart from the odd boat tour and visiting wildlife ranger sent to check on its impressive population of seabirds and seals, the Isle of May has long been abandoned by humans.
British people 'least likely' to speak foreign language 26 Sep 2018 14:04 Living by the Sword British people have long been renowned as notoriously bad at speaking foreign languages when compared to our neighbours on the European mainland.
‘Edinburgh pub is our favourite’ say family that has visited every Wetherspoons in UK 26 Sep 2018 10:58 Living by the Sword A family have visited all 1,000 Wetherspoon pubs in the UK after their autistic son held them to a “throwaway” comment they made a decade ago.
Joyce McMillan: Pylon is part of the rich tradition of Scottish protest theatre 26 Sep 2018 10:23 Living by the Sword All good theatre has a message of sorts; as an act of communication, a show always says something, even if it’s only that life is short, and we might as well tap dance and be merry. Sometimes, though,...
Book review: Love is Blind, by William Boyd 26 Sep 2018 10:07 Living by the Sword William Boyd’s new novel is characteristically enjoyable. Set in Scotland, France of the Belle Epoque, Tsarist Russia, Switzerland, and finally, if oddly, the Andaman Islands, the narrative moves at an agreeable pace ...
Book review: Running Upon The Wires, by Kate Tempest 26 Sep 2018 10:05 Living by the Sword Only an aching heart,” wrote William Butler Yeats in his mighty 1923 poem, “Meditations in Time of Civil War”, “conceives a changeless work of art.” Of course, there’s more than a slim chance that Yeats...
Netflix horror set in Highlands leads race for Scottish BAFTA honours 26 Sep 2018 09:31 Living by the Sword A Netflix horror thriller set in the Highlands and filmed in a country park in West Lothian is leading the running for BAFTA Scotland honours this year.
Samhuinn Halloween festival to be staged on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill 26 Sep 2018 08:56 Living by the Sword A huge Halloween celebration is to be staged on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill for the first time - by the organisers of the Beltane Fire Festival.
Betty Light: The struggle for autistic children to get an education should not happen 26 Sep 2018 05:00 Living by the Sword Research has been conducted by Children in Scotland, the National Autistic Society Scotland and Scottish Autism into the experiences of autistic children missing school.
Gallery revamp finally ready to roll – three years late and a third over budget 26 Sep 2018 05:00 Living by the Sword It will finally provide a fitting home for Scotland’s greatest art treasures and end decades of “institutional embarrassment” over how they are shown.
Travel: Holiday like an A-lister 25 Sep 2018 20:56 Living by the Sword While Marbella has become a well-known destination for those looking for a celebrity-style holiday, and Puerto Banus is a millionaire’s playground, Estepona can often be an overlooked destination on this charming part of Spain’s popular Costa del Sol.