Weir’s Week: an unlucky albatross and the Old Man of Hoy
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Weir’s Week: an unlucky albatross and the Old Man of HoyBy Stewart Weir Saturday What a performance. What a result. No, not what...
View ArticleOpinion: The Samantha Brick row and online misogyny
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Opinion: The Samantha Brick row and online misogynyBy Amy Taylor The online dust has now settled after former television...
View ArticleOpinion: Osborne taking from the rich but taking more from the poor
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Opinion: Osborne taking from the rich but taking more from the poorBy Martin Sime In these straitened times no one really...
View ArticleSnooker great visits training centre
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Snooker great visits training centreWorld snooker champion John Higgins visited call centre trainees at The Wise GroupGuest...
View ArticleThe mystery disease striking Uganda’s children
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis The mystery disease striking Uganda’s childrenHenry Wasswa in Tumangu, Uganda Under a tall mango tree in the village of Tumangu...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Ypres matters more than Bannockburn for the independence vote
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Opinion: Why Ypres matters more than Bannockburn for the independence voteBy Mark MacLachlan As the Autumn 2014 Independence...
View ArticleScotland’s new rugby star shining very bright indeed
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scotland’s new rugby star shining very bright indeedIt really is official: Scottish rugby has a new star. The first, brilliant...
View ArticleUseful Scots word: Dour
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Useful Scots word: DourMany Scots nowadays are stay-at-homes at heart, not venturing forth much to other countries except for...
View ArticleCould another Compton soon join the cricketing elite?
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Could another Compton soon join the cricketing elite?Although it might not feel like it, with no sign of an end to the April...
View ArticleA royal widow, her daughter and my renaissance
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis A royal widow, her daughter and my renaissanceBy Iona Leishman When I was invited to become Stirling Castle’s first-ever artist...
View ArticleThe miracle tonic that is water
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis The miracle tonic that is waterWe all need to drink a bit more. Not the traditional Gaelic uisge beatha, but the wet stuff that...
View ArticleLooking back at the SNP’s 78 years of independent thinking
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Looking back at the SNP’s 78 years of independent thinkingAutumn 2014 will see what many in the SNP must regard as the zenith of...
View ArticleWhy Denmark means the SNP has to back NATO
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Why Denmark means the SNP has to back NATODenmark is cool. The SNP leadership knows that, which is why they swap tweets about...
View ArticleRevealed: previous winners of the McMercury Prize
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Revealed: previous winners of the McMercury PrizeIt wouldn’t be unreasonable to conclude that the music industry needs more...
View ArticleI’ve seen the future in Tiverton Tesco
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis I’ve seen the future in Tiverton TescoTo Tiverton in Devon on Sunday lunchtime in search of a sandwich – not an easy task, it...
View ArticleBack to white: winter isn’t over just yet
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Back to white: winter isn’t over just yetTo call it an “Indian winter” would be overstating things and probably not quite right...
View ArticleThe Caledonian Mercury visits GlenDronach Distillery
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis The Caledonian Mercury visits GlenDronach DistilleryGlenDronach isn’t necessarily a whisky everyone will be familiar with. You...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: Murrayfield versus Hampden – and a vital ghost goal
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Weir’s Week: Murrayfield versus Hampden – and a vital ghost goalSaturday While Fabrice Muamba continues to make progress...
View ArticleLet’s move the Bahrain Grand Prix to Syria
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Let’s move the Bahrain Grand Prix to SyriaIn the interest of human rights, we should all encourage the Bahrain Grand Prix to go...
View ArticleOn all-Edinburgh finals, could the SFA learn from Chess Scotland?
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis On all-Edinburgh finals, could the SFA learn from Chess Scotland?Following on from Stewart Weir’s discussion, elsewhere in these...
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