Anna Smith – And here it is! End Game just arrived in the post! I never get tired of opening my new book for the first time. Delighted with the striking jacket. Thanks Quercus Books! Out on February 6, in hardback and e-books. On offer for just £3.99 on Amazon! … More BOOKS: ANNA SMITH’S NEW CRIME THRILLER
But this report by Audit Scotland warns the plans lack provisions to measure performance. It found many deals may have already missed opportunities to meet national targets due to a lack of measures to track progress. … More COUNCIL HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING IF £6 MILLION GAMBLE COMES OFF
THE world’s longest-running weekly women’s magazine’s 150th anniversary is ending on a high – after a year of celebrations. … More GREAT YEAR OF CELEBRATION FOR PEOPLE’S FRIEND
In a new book From the Depths of Our Hearts,written with conservative Cardinal Robert Sarah, the former pope forcefully defends mandatory celibacy for priests in what appears to be a strategically timed interjection aimed at putting pressure on Pope Francis not to change the church’s centuries-old rule on celibacy for priests. … More ROW OVER MARRIAGE PLANS FOR CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Do women exercise more power when they stay in their own female spheres, or when they try to compete on an equal level with men in worlds constructed by and for men? This highly readable and absorbing book is an extended reflection on what it means to be female and famous and religious in the United States of America over the past forty or so years. … More BOOKS: THE PREACHER’S WIFE
Grace Payne-Kumar with Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian. By Bill Heaney Scottish Portrait Awards are proud to announce that 21-year-old Grace Payne-Kumar’s selection for the SPA 2019 exhibition has won her the commission to paint the official portrait of Lady Dorrian. Lady Dorrian is the Lord Justice Clerk, the second most senior judge in Scotland, … More GRACE WILL PAINT HIGH COURT JUDGE, LADY DORRIAN
This discussion of Heaney’s politics and understanding of place is admirably nuanced, yet never unclear. He does full justice to Heaney’s complex understanding of “locations of writing”, places enlivened by association with literature, and his related understanding of his own home, which situates it in a broad spatial and temporal context. O … More SEAMUS HEANEY: THE MANY STAGES OF THINKING
n making the telling point that ‘The jagged edges of the violent past are still locked within ideological vices’, The Sound of the Shuttle is an insightful and honest report based upon many years of creative and critical practice. This is an essential book for our changing times. … More BOOKS: THE SOUND OF THE OLD SHUTTLE
Synchronicity’s energy and enthusiasm for Lennox has been amazing and their vision of the character and his story reflects mine perfectly. I am convinced Claire and the team offer the ideal partner in bringing Lennox—who is a subtly nuanced and complex character—to the screen. I am very excited to see it all coming together.” … More LENNOX – A RICH FRAMEWORK OF INTRIGUE
Prince Harry and Meghan (left) and Prince Harry with JJ Chalmers, BBC broadcaster and ex-soldier from Renton, West Dunbartonshire. By Lizzie Healey This week the Earl and Countess of Dumbarton have announced they are stepping back from their senior roles in the Royal Family. In a statement Prince Harry and Meghan said they intend to … More RESPECT THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DUMBARTON’S DECISION
