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The question Americans must ask themselves ahead of Tuesday's election

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens at the outset of his classic 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. As...

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The Scottish ship that helped save the world from the Nazis

Resting regally on the coast of Southern California in Long Beach is an extraordinary Scottish work of art and masterpiece of engineering. It is by...

26.09.2024 10

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It is not easy for us all to embrace the autumn leaves

CONNIE Christopher radiates a wisdom rooted in her decades of owning and managing a Virginia equestrian facility with her family. To speak with her...

03.09.2024 4

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How the Scottish diaspora is helping families devastated by Storm Babet Brechin was devastated by Storm Babet and the Scottish community around the world has stepped up to help

She had valiantly shouldered with her husband an unimaginable burden. It was from words threaded together with hope and doubt, that she stitched...

29.07.2024 5

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Ian Houston: Love is the only thing we leave behind that is of true value

The pulse of New York City throbs with the vigour of a race horse in full gallop. I saddled up long ago to ride that glorious dynamism, and the...

26.04.2024 9

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Ian M. Houston: Immigrants should be embraced not demonised

Having been tucked away in the closet of winter, nature’s instruments of hope recently re-emerged in the Washington, DC area. A symphony of cherry...

26.03.2024 5

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Ian Houston: I met an American hero - it was the honour of my life

On a recent Sunday morning I moved through the streets of one of America’s most striking cities, San Francisco. The city takes its name from...

04.03.2024 7

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Letter from America: We must always dream of a better world

In 1963, 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, patience was rightfully running thin for African Americans. For its credibility as a nation...

30.01.2024 20

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Ian Houston: A winter message: when the path seems dark, keep the candle shining

I often consider you, reader, and your time of stopping for a moment to review my thoughts. How I wish we were face to face, sharing ideas and a...

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