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Thursday, 22 March 2012

We've always gone out on a limb for victims of war

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BATTLE raged all around, the fearsome roar of cannon fire mingling with the crack of musket shot, the sweet whiff of gunpowder and the frigh...

Bishop: I was never good at keeping rules.

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THERE is a remarkable painting on Richard Holloway's sitting room wall. Big and colourful, it was painted by a young woman who came for ...
Monday, 16 January 2012

PEOPLE: Killer in the family offers real-life case for Taggart star to probe

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THERE has been, in the best tradition of gritty cop show Taggart, a murder. Bloody and brutal, brother slaying brother, the killer on t...
Friday, 13 January 2012

The day a bomber crash landed in craiglockhart

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IT was just before noon, on a fairly normal Monday in an otherwise ordinary yet smart part of town, where the street of neat bungalows ...

NOSTALGIA: The bizarre Georgian love temple.

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  AS the doors to Dr James Graham's mysterious Temple of Health creaked open, the sight which greeted the crowds of curious Georgian g...

NOSTALGIA: Clued up Littlejohn inspired Sherlock

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A BUZZ of excitement rippled through the High Court in Edinburgh. The scene was one of the most dramatic trials to grip Victorian Edinbur...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

PEOPLE: From rock legends to television faces... writers and soap stars...

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It can be nerve wracking finding yourself on the other side of the couch or phone from someone internationally - or even just nationally - w...