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GRIM NEWS ON VIRUS FRONT AS FM SAYS RESTRICTIONS COULD LAST FOR SIX MONTHS
By Bill Heaney New “lockdown” restrictions imposed in Scotland today by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could be in place for six months or more. Although
SPANISH CIVIL WAR: The Boys of the Blue Brigade
The Boys of the Blue Brigade West Dunbartonshire remembers the Spanish Civil War veterans every year at in Renton. By Michael Lillis in the Dublin
SHUGGIE BAIN: Book review by Barry Pierce
Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain brings us to 1980s Glasgow and contains all the joie de vivre that you’d expect from a novel set in 1980s Glasgow.
Booker Prize 2020: New York-based Scot’s Shuggie Bain on shortlist
US and African authors dominate this year’s Booker Prize shortlist, which features only one – a New York-based Scot – from Britain or Ireland. Four
A BEAUTIFUL STORY: Hilary Fannin: I found myself in a fairy tale setting of a small house in the woods
By Hilary Fannin in The Irish Times Clifden, Connemara. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy Seo é mo laethanta saoire an tsámhraidh. Dear Sr Mary Dimples, This year