By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has died aged 81. In a statement on Twitter, her fashion house said she
Month: December 2022
Rita Rusk: Scotland’s first lady of hairdressing dies aged 75
cotland Business Edinburgh, Fife & East Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba Local News Tributes have
BOOKS: A Guest at the Feast by Colm Tóibín
ESSAYS Light and Shade David O’Connor A Guest at the Feast, by Colm Tóibín, Penguin/Viking, 2022, 299 pp, £20, 978-0241004630 Among the memory fragments in
BOOKS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Hello Bill, We enjoyed reading your lovely book, “How Are Things In Connemara”, especially the chapters covering Clifden and Cleggan.. I’m writing to let you
CHILDREN: Nursery take-up among poorest kids is cratering
Artwork by Jane Heaney By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has attacked the Scottish Government’s roll-out of expanded early learning and
ALCOHOL: Chancellor reserving decision on duty rates for Spring Budget 2023
By Bill Heaney Alcohol duty freeze extended six months from 1 February to 1 August 2023 Part of government’s responsible management of UK economy, plan