Kennedy's Corner (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland appointed a special commission this year. Today I received an email asking me to make the information I'm posting in this blog widely known. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND EAGLAIS NA H-ALBA Special Commission on Same-sex Relationships and the Ministry The Remit The General Assembly of 2009 has given the Special Commission this remit: “A...
Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
In a series of four newly commissioned essays to mark the opening of the SNP's Annual Conference in Inverness, the party's 75 th anniversary and the publication of the first ever study of the contemporary party, ‘The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power' this week, OurKingdom brings together four commentators on the changing nature of the politics of Scotland and the UK. In an introductory essay,...
L.A. & O.C. Foodventures (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Enjoying the Allagash Black Stout at Silver Lake Wine's annual beer tasting with Heirloom LA Weeks weeks weeks, there's the extended DineLA restaurant week , LA (and OC) Beer Week and Newport Beach restaurant week . All of them sound promising, but having learned the lessons of my dine-out diet last month, and already spending enough as is on restaurant outings (including three DineLA meals at Campanile,...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
TWO of Scotland's best-known golfers are to design golf courses side-by-side – in the Netherlands.
Mark Nessmith (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
A release just hit my desk announcing nominees for this year’s Golf Tourism Scotland’s Gold Standard Awards. The nominees for Golf Course of the Year are: Ailsa Course at Turnberry Balcomie Links (Crail) Castle Stuart Golf Links (Inverness) Duke’s Course (St Andrews) Kingsbarns Golf Links Muirfield North Berwick West Links Prestwick Torrance Course (St Andrews) So what say ye, guys?...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
CONSERVATIVE leaders always end up feeling frustrated by Scotland, perplexed that their warm words, tailor-made initiatives and endless visits do not produce the same politica
swpp and bppa (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
Tom Farmer has become a member of the SWPP the largest independent organisations for pro photographers. Their specialist fields of photographic expertise are: Wedding, Events, Press & PR, Celebrities, Wedding Photojournalism, Civil Religious weddings, Storybook wedding Find more photographers from Scotland on the SWPP web site Tom can be contacted at: 07768 307310 Web site www.tomfarmerphotography.co.uk...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 26/07/2009
BERKSHIRE, England, July 26 (UPI) -- American Loren Roberts shot a 3-under-par 67 and then beat Mark McNulty and Fred Funk in a playoff Sunday, winning the Senior British Open in England. Roberts won with a par on the third extra hole, eliminating McNulty. Funk dropped out after the first hole of the playoff. The three players had tied at 12-under 268 in regulation. McNulty had a 64 and Funk a 67...
Conservative History Journal (Free subscription) | 18/05/2009
Alistair Cooke, the man who has forgotten more about Conservative and Tory history than most of us ever hope to learn and a frequent contributor to the Conservative History Journal, reviews David Torrance's "We in Scotland: Thatcherism in a Cold Climate". The story is somewhat different from the way it is usually presented in the media but that is not surprising. Oh, by the way, David Torrance...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 16/05/2009
by David Torrance Birlinn, 320pp, £20 Review by IAN LANG
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
This blog is no fan of Margaret Thatcher. But David Torrance makes many excellent points: The historian Hugh Trevor-Roper once wrote that he believed ‘the whole history of Scotland to have been coloured by myth, and that myth is never driven out by reality, or by reason, but lingers on until another myth has been discovered, or elaborated, to replace it.’ In the 1980s I would contest that...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
ToryDiary: What Would Maggie Do? David Torrance on Platform: Debunking the myths about Margaret Thatcher and Scotland Star Chamber: "The NHS cannot be immune" from cuts Local government: Harry Phibbs on Boris' first year The future of Trident The Royal...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 31/03/2009
DAVID Torrance is right to correct the myth that Margaret Thatcher imposed the "poll" tax on Scotland (Opinion, 30 March).
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
SAM TORRANCE was due to join First Minister Alex Salmond at Dalmahoy today to urge golfers from around the world to visit Scotland in the Year of Homecoming.
Even Par Round (Free subscription) | 24/01/2009
I just saw Sam Torrance singing on a Visit Scotland commercial which aired on the Food Network. It might be on Youtube if you're interested. He only sings a few words and then the next famous Scot sings a few words.
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