Parafencing Becomes OU’s First Accessible Club Sport 05 Feb 2020 21:53 CBS Detroit The Wheelchair Fencing Team Is New Within The Fencing Society At Oalkand University
Scottish snowsports round-up: Kirsty Muir’s Big Air silver | SkiMo Scotland at Glenshee | Will the Lawers of Gravity freeride contest run? 05 Feb 2020 19:08 Living by the Sword Just before Christmas, in an interview for the annual Scottish Ski & Board supplement in our sister title Scotland on Sunday, 15-year-old Aberdonian freestyle ski sensation Kirsty Muir spoke about her training routine.
Film reviews: Parasite | Birds of Prey | Dolittle 05 Feb 2020 18:06 Living by the Sword Bong Joon-ho’s story of the antics of a down-on-their-luck clan as they inveigle themselves into the lives of a wealthy family is an unsettling exploration of greed and class
Book review: The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates 05 Feb 2020 17:51 Living by the Sword This is the first novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates, although he has already enjoyed remarkable and sometimes troubling success as a journalist, a memoirist and as the writer for Marvel Comics’ Black Panther (his father was a Black Panther...
Book review: Pine, by Francine Toon 05 Feb 2020 17:47 Living by the Sword Tartan Gothic appears to be having a bit of a moment. Up in Carnoustie, the acclaimed novelist Sandra Ireland is busily weaving together uncanny tales steeped in Celtic folklore; in Perth this month, you can catch a touring production of Ali Milles’s spooky new play The Croft...
Scottish council websites sharing residents’ data via advertising cookies 05 Feb 2020 16:34 Living by the Sword High-interest credit cards and Black Friday deals are among the adverts targeted at people seeking benefits advice on local authority websites, an investigation has uncovered.
Music reviews: Geneva, King Tut’s, Glasgow | Milky Chance, O2 Academy, Glasgow 05 Feb 2020 16:02 Living by the Sword More than two decades on from their late 90s heyday, there’s still a healthy market for Geneva’s music – and frontman Andrew Montgomery’s distinctive voice – writes Fiona Shepherd
Madonna tells Harry and Meghan not to move to 'boring' Canada - and offers New York pad 05 Feb 2020 11:40 Living by the Sword Pop giant Madonna has told Prince Harry and Meghan Markle not to move to Canada because 'it is so boring there'.
David Robinson: Super Power Agency is revolutionising writing in Edinburgh Schools 05 Feb 2020 10:23 Living by the Sword I don’t know about you, but I can hardly remember the last time that I had a conversation with a child I didn’t already know about their thoughts, hopes, and imagination. That all changed last October...
Stuart McMillan: We must tackle inequality, poverty and other social challenges 05 Feb 2020 06:00 Living by the Sword There is a growing acknowledgement that people’s quality of life should be as important as the economic wellbeing and growth of a country. However, as we move into a new decade an independent economic...
Ryan Martin: We were born to be wild, so sitting about tamely is bad for our health 05 Feb 2020 06:00 Living by the Sword Humans weren’t designed to sit all day – our ancestors evolved to spend their days hunting, foraging and building fires to survive. We were born to move and our increasingly inactive lifestyles are having serious implications on our long-term health and wellbeing.
Edinburgh council leader’s warning about anti-English extremism should make us pause for thought – Brian Ferguson 05 Feb 2020 06:00 Living by the Sword Edinburgh council leader Adam McVey was entitled to speak out about attacks on individuals based on nationality, writes Brian Ferguson.
Piers Morgan slams Edinburgh PETA member for saying 'pet' is derogatory 04 Feb 2020 19:23 Living by the Sword Piers Morgan clashed with a member of animal rights advocacy group PETA after the organisation claimed the word 'pet' was derogatory.
Art reviews: Seized by the Left Hand at DCA | Hardeep Pandhal and France-Lise McGurn at Tramway 04 Feb 2020 19:14 Living by the Sword Seized by the Left Hand at DCA brings together artists who challenge convention, while Hardeep Pandhal’s work is a little overwhelmed at Tramway. Reviews by Susan Mansfield
Book review: A User’s Guide to Make-Believe, by Jane Alexander 04 Feb 2020 19:03 Living by the Sword Cassie McAllister has lost her job and been deprived of something that went with it and mattered even more to her: the ability to be transported for two hours at a time into the world of Make-Believe. The company Imagen is a high-flier in the world of advanced technology...