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ALMOST 8,000 poems – that’s what stalwart readers of The Herald were offered over the period 1996 to 2021. To my knowledge, this makes ours the…

A “SUPERLATIVE” pterosaur fossil, found on the Isle of Skye, has sparked headlines around the world after it rewrote the history books of the…

A mysterious supernatural spirit – who might be a wonky robot – sets out to teach the reader a lesson

" ... push the boat out, whatever the sea; Who says we cannot guide ourselves; through the boiling reefs, black as they are...”

TO spot Lesley Duncan’s house it helps to look out for the dusty yellow Subaru sports car – a limited edition – sitting in the drive. A…

HERE’S a Seasonal Toast to the Republic of Barbados – for a new year, a new independent republic – who wouldn’t want to look at the example…

IT’S lucky that Kathleen Jamie had her booster vaccine before this interview. The Covid shot made her feel a bit dodgy, so she had a “duvet…

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It’s rare these days for a politician to announce an appointment that provokes no hostility. But then it is hard to imagine anyone – anyone who reads, at least – being anything other than bucked up at the announcement by Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister, that Scotland’s fourth national poet or Makar, will be Kathleen Jamie. Jamie’s three-year appointment means that she

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