All Our Stories – Heritage Lottery Fund invests to uncover Scotland’s...
The Caledonian MercuryThe Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that 50 projects across Scotland have been chosen to receive grants to let local communities delve into their past. Over £427,000...
View ArticleTAKING TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES: Four Steps To a Happier Life
The Caledonian MercuryIf you have ever been affected by stress, or had the black mist of depression descend, you will understand how difficult it is to be efficient and achieve the most basic of tasks....
View ArticleLETTER FROM SCOTLAND 23rd November 2012
The Caledonian MercuryIt rained and it rained and it rained. On Monday over a hundred houses in the village of Comrie in Perthshire were flooded. So too were homes in Aberfoyle, Callander and Dunblane....
View ArticleCelebrate St Andrew’s Weekend with free tickets to top heritage attractions
The Caledonian MercuryPublic Information Feature In an effort to persuade more people to pre-register online for this year’s St. Andrew’s celebrations, Historic Scotland is giving away free tickets to...
View ArticlePersonal Best
The Caledonian MercuryIt’s an interesting concept. To find out how ordinary people achieve extraordinary success, the Glasgow-based business guru, Barry Duddy, went out and interviewed 200 people who’d...
View ArticleVideo: Scottish Coastal Rowing’s 40th Skiff
The Caledonian MercuryOn Saturday morning, a special event took place in South Queensferry – the launch of the 40th St Ayles Skiff. Coastal rowing has grown from scratch in just over three years and...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: 24th November 2012
The Caledonian MercurySaturday What a day of sport. Test cricket, three rugby Tests, numerous football matches, superb darts, F1 qualifying. There was even time for some world championship boxing,...
View ArticleVideo: The First International Fencing Match between Scotland and Poland
The Caledonian MercuryThis weekend for the first time, Scotland took on Poland in an international fencing tournament. The contest was held in Edinburgh, before a gala dinner to raise funds for the...
View ArticleComment: Scotland’s tourism industry in robust health despite setbacks
The Caledonian Mercuryby Stephen Duncan Director of Commercial and Tourism Historic Scotland Tourism is one of Scotland’s major industries, reflecting our nation’s great history, renowned culture and...
View ArticleMalt and Barley Review: The John Rebus whisky drinking game
The Caledonian Mercuryby Tom Morton Having finished and thoroughly enjoyed Ian Rankin’s latest novel, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, I was surfing a wave of self-regarding pleasure at the mention of...
View ArticleDavid’s Tower: a “lost” part of Edinburgh Castle
The Caledonian MercuryEdinburgh Castle has a long and turbulent history; but much of what you see today is relatively modern. Not much, for instance, remains of what we know it was like in medieval...
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The Caledonian MercuryThe UK’s first “green” bank will be officially declared open for business today. The Green Investment Bank (GIB) is funded with £3bn of Government money to be used helping develop...
View ArticleLETTER FROM SCOTLAND St Andrew’s Day 2012
The Caledonian MercuryIn Garrison Keillor’s fine phrase, “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegone.” The days have been cold and still. At night the sky has been clear, with a large Moon smiling gently...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: 30th November 2012
The Caledonian MercurySaturday And the tens of thousands rolling up to Old Trafford had the opportunity to clap eyes on the bronze statue of Sir Alex Ferguson, unveiled the previous day in the company...
View ArticleBUSINESS TRUMPS WILDLIFE ONCE AGAIN
The Caledonian MercuryThe latest report on the decline of our seabirds, highlights yet again our reluctance to do anything that interferes with the commercial exploitation of the sea or do anything...
View ArticleEdinburgh College wins Award
The Caledonian MercuryStaff from Edinburgh College celebrate their win Congratulations to Edinburgh College, founded in October, which has won its first national award since it was created with a...
View ArticleETAPE CALEDONIA SELLS OUT IN 72 HOURS
The Caledonian MercuryPublic Information Feature The Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Caledonia sold out of general entry places in just 72 hours, a record time for the UK’s leading cycling event. A few...
View ArticleVideo: Professor Mary Robinson on Human Rights
The Caledonian MercuryCourtesy of Edinburgh University Professor Mary Robinson has held a number of high offices. She was the President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, then taking on the role of United...
View ArticleBLACK HOLE DISCOVERED IN THE SCOTTISH LEGAL SYSTEM
The Caledonian MercuryThe current dispute over legal aid has highlighted what – for me at least – is a gaping hole in the Scottish legal system. In all the wrangling over who should collect an accused...
View ArticleMalt and Barley Review 3rd December 2012
The Caledonian Mercuryby Tom Morton Your Jura starter for 10 Afflicted as I have been this week by asthma – two days off work and counting – I have been relying on various forms of pharmaceutical to...
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