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Holiday Parks UK (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If you are looking for the ideal choice of accommodation for exploring South West Scotland then the Lodge Holidays in Dumfries could well be the ideal choice. There are plenty of options open to you as to where you stay within Dumfries and Galloway and each of the park locations has plenty to offer you in terms of accommodation, location and facilities. This part of Scotland is stunning and with the...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
IESTYN Harris celebrated his first taste of success as Wales head coach after watching his side overcome Scotland 28-16 yesterday to lift the rugby- league.com European Cup.
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Interval Drinks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Architecting , an ambitious exploration of emotional and social repair, is stimulating and exciting and messy and frustrating in equal measure. Devised by the TEAM (Theatre of the Emerging American Moment) in association with the National Theatre of Scotland the piece began life as a BAC Scratch commission in 2006 before a much expanded version drew plaudits last year at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre...
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My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the 1970s, after leaving The Beatles, Paul McCartney created Wings and enjoyed a string of international hits. Wings was Paul, wife Linda and Denny Laine, who used to play with The Moody Blues. (There were others who came in and out during the decade) Wings released over 20 singles and several albums. Paul went solo in 1980 and stayed solo to this day. Many Novembers ago, Paul McCartney recorded...
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BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
New Crusaders coach Brian Noble wishes Wales good luck for Sunday's European Cup final against Scotland at the Brewery Field (1600 GMT).
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I am a professional perfumer for Miller Harris. Like many in my field, I can honestly say the foundations of my craft were laid down in childhood. One of my pivotal influences was my grandparents, whose house in Scotland I used to stay in from time to time. They really instilled in me an appreciation for life's interesting smells. They were into organic food, and grew everything themselves. They had...
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The Impolitic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Wondering what the planetary alignments are these days with all the craziness out there. I expect you've already heard about the shooting spree in Orlando today. Not even going to write about that one except to note how curiously incurious the media and the other usual suspects are about this shooter's religion. But on to some fun links. Haven't watched this yet but everyone is buzzing about Jon Stewarts...
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SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
We really are entering dangerous terrain when a party to celebrate the Homecoming festivites on Scotland's patron saint's day is deemed an "insult" and "a party political stunt". The oddness of Iain Gray's petulant claims is compounded when you learn that Homecoming was Labour's idea in the first place! I admit the tartan and shortbread rhetoric of Homecoming should have been drastically...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Wales coach Iestyn Harris praised his side after they booked a showdown with Scotland in the European Cup final.
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Dispatches from the cat (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
I've been downloading a podcast called "Miller's Tales" - this is a posh-sounding woman, based in Scotland I think, who puts together a roundup of what she calls "Americana" or even folk music. But what she won't call it is "country", even though on the podcasts i lisened to the music is 90/95% country. Country gets a bad rap in Britain. say you like country and people...
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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Well, there were shocks and strange decisions yesterday at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Dunfermline. According to the media, we were holding it behind closed doors to keep the splits private, erm wrong, it was behind closed doors because only Party Members can vote on amending our Constitution, why would we let anyone else in on that? The decision for this conference to be a Members...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
THE ownership of the trade mark for the island chain of St Kilda is at the centre of a tug-of-war between the National Trust for Scotland and Western Isles Council.
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Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The wave of arrests in Iran that followed the presidential election of 12 June 2009 means that many more Iranians are now experiencing the brutal treatment already endured by thousands of their fellow citizens. For the repressive response to the civic uprising that followed the shocking declaration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory has many precedents in the thirty-year history of the Islamic...
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The "Music Always Gives Me A Lift" Blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Lad, Mr International Decorator Supremo and I lined up a little forlornly outside the new Birmingham Academy with another couple of dozen people to see the perennially wonderful Idlewild. Alongside us were 2000 of Birmingham finest 15 year olds in all their finery waiting to get into see Calvin Harris (apparently voluntarily though heaven knows why). Once inside we took our places with childlike...
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Robs Windows Help (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
If you ever wondered where the wonderful pictures where taken for the UK Windows 7 Theme pack ? Oak Tree by Ullswater Lake in the Lake District http://www.ullswater.co.uk/ Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick, http://visitcumbria.com/kes/casstone.htm Ruins of Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland http://www.ukheritage.net/castles/dunluce.htm Conwy Castle in Wales http://www.conwy-castle.co.uk/ Seaton...
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