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Rosemary GoringHerald Scotland |
In recent years, as the decline of the country formerly known as Great Britain has gone largely unchecked, there is one thing in which we remain...
Overlooking Lake Maggiore in the north of Italy lies the commune of Nebbiuno. It is typical of small Italian towns, with old churches, an...
“It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there”, sings Bob Dylan, in a warning growl. He might be referring to the benighted state of the world,...
The government can count itself lucky that the farmers’ army that marched on London earlier this week did not tip trailer-loads of manure at its...
WHEN Sir Chris Hoy announced the devastating news that he has terminal prostate cancer and has only a few years to live, everyone was aghast. How...
Some time ago in our local town, an elderly woman wove her way between oncoming cars as if navigating an obstacle course. In a sense, that was...
Remember the 1980s, when the word yuppie came into vogue, disparaging young, upwardly mobile professionals? These were the expensively-dressed...
For tourists in London, Harrods is as big an attraction as Buckingham Palace and Madame Tussaud’s. Its stunning displays of sensational toys and...
Autumn seems to have arrived early this year, but the harvest is slightly later. Usually by the time schools go back fields are filling with hay...
When the judge sentenced neonatal nurse Lucy Letby last August to spend the rest of her life in prison, he described her as a “cold, calculated,...
Outside my window this summer there has been the sound of hillwalkers clumping up the street on their way to Lindisfarne, and holiday-makers...
Every summer, Edinburgh residents can be heard bemoaning the number of visitors in the city centre. “It can’t get any busier!” has become an...
To the sun-kissed (sometimes) Ayrshire coast and the bejewelled burgh of Troon where, I am told, a golf tournament is in progress. To Troon, which...