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- British galleries scramble to save Titian likened to Mona Lisa
- LONDON AFP — Two British galleries are scrambling to find 50 million pounds in four months to keep a painting by Titian, the loss of which would be like the Louvre selling the Mona Lisa, an art chief said Thursday. "Diana And Actaeon" by the Italian Renaissance master is...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- 50,000 turn out to hail Scotland's Olympic bravehearts
- EDINBURGH AFP — A massive crowd of 50,000 well-wishers filed into the Scottish capital on Wednesday to roll out the red carpet for the country's Olympic heroes. Triple gold winner Chris Hoy was joined by Ross Edgar, Katherine Grainger and David Florence for the special open-top bus parade down...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Up close and personal Emin show draws mixed reviews in Britain
- EDINBURGH AFP — The first retrospective of work by Tracey Emin, the enfant terrible British artist who has made a career out of intimate personal details including her own unmade bed, has opened to mixed reviews. As well as "My Bed", a mess of vodka bottles, cigarette butts and...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Sean Connery polishes Scottish credentials with new book
- EDINBURGH, Scotland AFP — Former James Bond star Sean Connery attributed the success in his life to being Scottish as he launched his new book here on Monday. Connery, a passionate supporter of Scottish independence, launched his long-awaited memoirs, entitled "Being a Scot," at a literary festival in Edinburgh...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Penguin power: Norwegian regiment honours pint-sized chief
- EDINBURGH AFP — A penguin called Nils waddled into the history books Friday when he was knighted by a visiting royal Norwegian regiment in Scotland. The king penguin -- full name Nils Olav -- became the first black-and-white pint-sized Norwegian Sir with wings after inspecting the Norwegian King's Guard,...
- Research articles 2008-08-15
- Stage is set for laughs; Comedian Russell Howard has announced a Newcastle date. Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR has the details
- Byline: GORDON BARR HE GRACES our TV screens in BBC 2's Mock The Week and now Russell Howard is set to grace a Tyneside stage. The entertainer is embarking on a 60-date tour of the country, taking in Newcastle's Theatre Royal in November. The if.comedy and Barry...
- Research articles 2008-08-14
- Scottish smokers to be paid to quit
- LONDON AFP — Smokers in deprived parts of the city of Dundee are to be paid to kick the habit in an initiative between public health organisations, municipal authorities and the Scottish government. The pilot scheme to be tried in Dundee, north of Edinburgh, will see smokers offered 12.50...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- PARTNERS IN RHYME MATTHEW RHYS BRINGS DYLAN THOMAS BACK TO LIFE BY
- EVEN today, half a century after his death, Dylan Thomas casts a shadow over Wales and the Welsh. For actor Matthew Rhys, growing up in Cardiff in the 1970s and 1980s, immersion in the poet's work came early: he was dunked in Thomas's words as though they were a baptismal...
- Research articles 2008-06-15
- The Scottish professor who moulded the young Obama INTERVIEW BY
- HE has named Martin Luther King and Edward Kennedy among his political heroes, but presidential candidate Barack Obama was also influenced by the Scottish mentor who helped him achieve his law degree. Ian Macneil, a 79-year-old academic with dual British and US citizenship, was one of Obama's professors...
- Research articles 2008-06-08
- Police stripper's truncheon not offensive weapon: Scottish court
- LONDON AFP — Scottish prosecutors have failed in their attempt to have a police stripogram's truncheon declared an offensive weapon, the BBC said Friday. The broadcaster said on its web site that judges at the appeal court in Edinburgh backed an original decision by a lower court judge to...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- British refinery closure sparks fears of petrol queues
- LONDON AFP — British motorists could face petrol shortages in the next few days after one of the country's biggest oil refineries shut down Friday ahead of a strike over pensions. The Grangemouth plant, west of Edinburgh in Scotland, was shut down by owners Ineos ahead of the action...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- RBS bosses defend massive cash call
- EDINBURGH AFP — Bosses at Britain's second biggest bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland, on Wednesday defended their decision to launch the country's biggest cash call as they met shareholders to explain themselves. RBS chairman Tom McKillop told the group's annual general meeting here that banks as a whole...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- Britain's Prince Philip leaves hospital: Palace
- LONDON AFP — Queen Elizabeth II's elderly husband Prince Philip left hospital on Sunday after spending three nights in care to treat a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said. Television pictures showed the 86-year-old Duke of Edinburgh being driven away from the private King Edward VII Hospital at about 1:30...
- Research articles 2008-04-06
- Ethiopian Bekele wins men's world cross title
- EDINBURGH AFP — Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele won the men's world cross country title here on Sunday for a record sixth time. Bekele finished the 12.1km course in 34min 38sec, 0.03sec ahead of Patrick Komon of Kenya, with defending champion Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea in third at a further 0.02....
- Research articles 2008-03-30
- Illness forces Korikwang out of world championships
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's former world junior champion Pauline Korikwang was left out of the final team of 27 announced Monday for this month's world cross country championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, his coach said. Korikwang, the 2006 world 6km junior champion in Fukuoka, who finished fifth during the national...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- So just how good is our revered new architecture?
- Byline: By ANDREW BALDWIN Feature Writer THE visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Huddersfield last May will be remembered for widespread public celebration in glorious weather. The royal pair couple were actually in town to open two new buildings; phase three of the Media...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Scottish lawmakers urged to posthumously pardon 'witches'
- EDINBURGH AFP — Lawmakers in Scotland are being asked to push for a posthumous pardon of everyone found guilty under ancient witchcraft laws, including a spiritualist who was convicted during World War II. One petition, signed online by 206 people, calls for members of the Scottish Parliament MSPs to...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- Scotland calls public inquiry over Trump golf plans
- EDINBURGH AFP — A full public inquiry will be held into an application by US property tycoon Donald Trump to build a luxury golf resort in northeast Scotland, the government in Edinburgh announced Thursday. The Scottish government's finance and sustainable growth secretary, John Swinney, said he ordered the probe...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- Rangers and Hibernian in Scottish Cup stalemate
- EDINBURGH AFP — Rangers and Hibernian will have to fight it out again after their Scottish Cup fifth round tie - in which Gers goalkeeper Allan McGregor was sent-off - finished goalless on Sunday. Although the Glasgow team had the better of the first half Hibs looked more likely...
- Research articles 2008-02-03
- Scotland bench Paterson for Six Nations clash with France
- EDINBURGH AFP — Centre Nick de Luca will make his Scotland debut in Sunday's Six Nations clash with France but coach Frank Hadden has relegated former captain Chris Paterson to the bench. Edinburgh player De Luca, 23, will start at centre alongside Andrew Henderson against the defending champions while...
- Research articles 2008-01-30
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