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A 97-year-old Glasgow author believes writing helped her cope with loneliness

Nancy Barr, 97, wrote a book about her and her mother's life in Glasgow after she was gifted a laptop in 2011. Readers can experience decades of the city's history through a first-person perspective.

Glasgow Live · Mar 26, 2023

Prince Andrew ‘planning tell-all autobiography’ like Harry’s memoir Spare

The Duke is said to want to “set the record straight” over his relationship with paedophile Jeffret Epstein

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023

The big picture: memories of a rural Russia untouched by time

In revisiting the village where she spent her childhood summers, photographer Nadia Sablin was able to capture the essence of a place untroubled by modernity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Could Prince Harry’s Recent Drug Use Revelations Affect His U.S. Visa Status?

Lawyers weigh in.

Marie Claire · Mar 25, 2023

Teacher in awe as students gift him 152-page book of 'craziest' things he's ever said

People have been left gobsmacked after a group of students worked together to create what might just be the funniest present ever - as they gifted their teacher a book of his unusual sayings

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2023

Resistance fighter, novelist - and Sartre’s favourite agony aunt: rediscovering Alba Céspedes

Championed by Elena Ferrante, Céspedes’s neo-realist classic The Forbidden Notebook is being reissued 70 years after it was first published. It still speaks to women’s lives today

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2023

Trump campaign threatens anyone working for DeSantis, saying they will not get jobs if he wins White House

‘If you work for Ron DeSantis’ presidential race, you will not work for the Trump campaign or in the Trump White House’

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023

The story of a historic '77/78 campaign that was the end of an era for Rangers

THE names are plucked from the mind and rhyme off the tongue of David Herd. These are the players of his era, the men who became history makers and…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 25, 2023

The plot Dickens: Why TV needs to get over its Great Expectations obsession

Charles Dickens’ timeless 1861 novel has been adapted for TV and film numerous times – with the BBC’s new miniseries coming just 12 years after it last tackled the story. Commissioners should start showing a little more imagination, argues Louis Chilton

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023

Cop who nailed gangster Paul Ferris lifts the lid on moment he snared criminal

Cop who nailed gangster Paul Ferris lifts the lid on moment he snared criminal

Daily Record · Mar 25, 2023