If only Charlie Sheen had played the old Glasgow Empire
Detroit. Home to the “Black Bottom” area where Aretha Franklin’s father opened his first church and where Ella, Ellington and Basie played. Home of the greatest record label of all time. Home to the...
View ArticleTobruk, Benghazi, Tripoli – names that recall a conflict 70 years ago
By Stuart Crawford The current civil war in Libya will undoubtedly have stirred old memories for many who lived through the second world war. Media reports from Tobruk, Benghazi and Tripoli are...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 13 April
Scottish Labour yesterday challenged the SNP to publish a full list of the 84 out of 94 “headline” manifesto commitments the party claims to have delivered in the last four years - something the SNP...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 13 April
Patrick Harvie took part in last night's Climate Day election debate, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. In advance of the debate the Scottish Greens outlined a package of the five most...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 13 April
New labour market statistics published today show that unemployment in Scotland fell by 7,000 over the quarter to February - the fifth consecutive monthly fall. And employment rose by 7,000 - the ninth...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 13 April
The First Minister has admitted than his plans to fund Universities in Scotland depends on relying on students from the rest of the UK paying more, and the taxpayers picking up the tab whatever the...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 13 April
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott joined local candidates Jim Tolson and Willie Rennie to help insulate a new build home today in Fife. Under Liberal Democrat plans, £250 million of new...
View ArticleUseful Gaelic word: greas / cabhaig
greas / cabhaig – hurry Despite the clichés, there are Gaelic words meaning "hurry up", especially when rushing to catch a ferry. In modern Gaelic, there are two words used for "hurry". Cabhaig is...
View ArticleCanada diary: Scotland Week – speeches, sushi and a stuffed buffalo
By Graeme Murdoch Saturday 2 April, +9C To the Fox and Fiddle bar in Toronto to watch the cricket cup final from Mumbai. The bar is owned by Aravin Appa, a Sri Lankan, and the three levels are full...
View ArticleDiary: unearthing a little history about the Kilmarnock willow
Ask me this time last week what I knew of Kilmarnock, and I would have trotted out that it gave rise to an edition of the poetry of Robert Burns, that it plays host to a fine football team which won...
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SNP launch election manifesto with a new council tax pledge
Alex Salmond launched the SNP manifesto today with a promise to keep the council tax freeze in place for another five years. The council tax pledge, which will cost £210 million a year within three...
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Centralisation weakens democracy, argues local authorities president
By John Knox Three cheers for COSLA. No it's not a new brand of low-cost pasta or a caffeinated drink. It's the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the umbrella organisation for Scotland's 32...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: long pots, pyjamas and eight places lower than Libya
By Stewart Weir Saturday A busy day, with two sporting institutions taking centre stage, namely the Grand National from Aintree and the Melrose Sevens – the latter won by the host club, admirably led...
View ArticleNick Clegg and the strange death of Liberal Democrat campaign visits
There is Nick Clegg, sitting in the deputy prime minister’s office at Westminster. He calls through to an aide: “Has it arrived yet?” “No,” replies the assistant. “It must have got lost in the post.”...
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Daily Roundup: Scottish Lib Dem, April 15
Speaking in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Liberal Democrat Campaign Chair George Lyon slammed the SNP for failing to provide islanders across Scotland with relief from high ferry fares. It was confirmed...
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Daily Roundup: Scottish Conservatives, April 15
Scottish Conservatives are pledging a £10m Cancer Drugs Fund so drugs available south of the border are also available in Scotland. Speaking from Ayr, where she was joined by local candidate John...
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Daily Roundup:Scottish Green, April 15
The Scottish Greens set out plans for the next Scottish Parliament to protect Royal Mail in Scotland from the privatisation planned by UK Ministers. Greens will seek to open negotiations with UK...
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Daily Roundup:SNP, April 15
Following Thursday's Question Time in which First Minister Alex Salmond accused the Westminster parties of holding an adgenda of privatisation toward the NHS, he re-affirmed the SNP's commitment to...
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Daily Roundup: Scottish Labour, April 15
Ed Miliband and Iain Gray campaigned together in Scotland yesterday. The pair visited apprentices in Aberdeen working in helicopter supply in the oil industry, met with North East business leaders and...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: long pots, pyjamas and eight places lower than Libya
By Stewart Weir Saturday A busy day, with two sporting institutions taking centre stage, namely the Grand National from Aintree and the Melrose Sevens – the latter won by the host club, admirably led...
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