Will and Testament (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
On this day in 1859, Darwin's most famous book, On the Origin of Species, was published by John Murray . To mark the occasion, you might wish to listen to The Great Tennesee Monkey Trial, Peter Goodchild's adaptation of the official record of the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee , which was this week's Saturday Play on BBC Radio 4 . Edward Asner plays the fundamentalist leader William...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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.
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).
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
BBC Scotland reporter Iain Macdonald takes a look at the history and mixed fortunes of Harris Tweed.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
QUICKSILVER English-born forward John Harris is a shock inclusion in Scotland's 17-strong party for the hockey World Cup qualifiers in New Zealand next month capping a met
Whitehall 1212 (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Over the course of yesterday we were able to contact about 30 out of the 59 Scottish MPs to find out what Sir Thomas Legg had asked of them and to gauge their response. The list is reproduced below but bear in mind this is only about half of the Scottish cohort and that one or two were not willing to discuss details until they had responded to Sir Thomas. Danny Alexander, LD, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch...
The Land of Lost Content (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Erik Chisholm, Scottish Modernist 1904-1965 ‘Chasing a Restless Muse’ by John Purser The Boydell Press, hardback, 283 pages ISBN 978-1-84383-460-1 £50:00 www I cannot quite remember when I first read about the composer and musician Erik Chisholm. I think it was in a spiral-bound catalogue published by the Scottish Music Information Centre: This booklet had a wealth of interesting...
Business Travel News - TravelPlus (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
One of Glasgow’s most famous and historical buildings is being transformed into the breathtakingly luxurious five star hotel, Blythswood Square. Formerly headquarters to the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, this landmark property has been redeveloped by Scotland’s stylish luxury boutique hotel group, The Town House Collection, to capture the glamour of a bygone era whilst showcasing the...
Light and Dark (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
I'm off to Harris, a Hebridean island off the west coast of Scotland for a week to see my 12 year old daughter. Hopefully I'll have lots of pics of the island and some places in between to post for you when I get back. Don't miss me too much.....
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