George Wyllie Straw and Paper

This May be Farcical

A UK Government ‘In the thick of it’

Dead woman talking

WELL, THAT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER. Since a week is a long

If it’s not Eu, it’s May

At the same time as I was checking in our flights online

Following Terrorism’s Breadcrumb Trail

TERRORISM has affected everyone in the United Kingdom

Lost at the edge of the world

The Shetland Islands: Scotland’s last, northernmost outpost

Wee Ginger Dug

‘Coalition of chaos’… Oh, The irony!!

Memes and Genes

MENTION the word ‘meme’ and it’s likely that the majority

British jobsfor British workers

I am sitting here with a wee notebook ready to write

Up hills and doon Vales

THERE ARE A few hills that have a special meaning to

HOMAGE TO BEIRUT

WHILIST travelling in the Levant in the 17th century

Alien menace of the Riverbank

IF YOU ARE planning a riverbank stroll during these

There’s ababirusaundermy bed

EARLY this year, on the other side of the planet from

What’s on July

Brick City is a celebration of some of the world’s

BOB MAC Racing Legend

2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the first 100 MPH

The Young Folk

iScot catches up with rising fiddle star Ryan Young for a crash course in Scottish folk music

Rebels…Redlegs

“this iland is the Dunghill whereon England doth cast forth its rubidg”

Bye bye Bobby Watson

It was Marcus that broke the swing. He was standing

“Mind the clachan of Aberfoyle!”

“Mind the clachan of Aberfoyle!” is the rousing clarion

I Spy

IN THIS high-tec digital age, we’re all reporters and

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

Heed my wisdom or be overtaken by events

Heid byler

‘Heid Byler’ is a clueless crossword. The grid is filled

THE XWORD

3. First pressing of Mediterranean fruit (abb.) (1

Letters

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