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The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the world

“Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Hardly momentous words, but their implications were enormous.

The Conversation

Scotonomics: The UK media has no idea how the markets work

Here is this week's Scotonomics, we hope you will enjoy. This week the newsletter comes from William Thomson (follow me on X/Twitter!)

The National (Scotland)

Lord Kelvin: how the 19th century scientist combined research and innovation to change the world

“What got you into astrophysics?” It’s a question I’m often asked at outreach events, and I answer by pointing to my early passion for exploring the biggest questions about our universe. Well, along with seeing Star Wars at an impressionable age.

The Conversation

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Politicians 'using wellbeing as fashionable new label for old policies', report says

THE language of a “wellbeing economy” is being used as a “fashionable label” by politicians in Scotland who are promoting the same policies…

The National (Scotland)

Top US professor issues currency advice to SNP for independent Scotland

A LEADING law professor has said that an independent Scotland would need its own currency and central bank ...

The National (Scotland)

WHENEVER we ask people what they want to see more of in The National, we’re told we don’t cover economic issues enough.

The National (Scotland)

Scotonomics day one: Innovation, currency, macroeconomics, and comedy

AN in-person and online audience was welcomed to Scotland’s first economics festival on Friday evening.

The National (Scotland)

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Scotland's first Festival of Economics kicks off in Dundee

SCOTLAND’S first Festival of Economics begins today in Dundee.

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow driver hits fertility clinic with £396 repair bill after overgrown hedge 'damages' campervan

William Thomson was heading towards the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital when he says his silver campervan was hit by an overgrown hedge hanging out into the road.

Glasgow Live

Three-day Scottish economics festival will challenge Westminster jargon

GLOBAL economists and comedians will be heading to Dundee next year to discuss Scotland's place in a globalised economy at the first economic…

The National (Scotland)

‘How could this happen in a democracy?’: Lessons to learn from Catalan referendum

EIGHT years since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and five years since the Catalan 2017 referendum, how similar is the Catalan…

The National (Scotland)

Inaugural Best's Great Western 2019 Hamill Shiraz unveiled

New red added to the eclectic portfolio of Best's Grampians Region operation.

Newcastle Herald

Remembering the horrific Edinburgh to Glasgow train crash that killed 13 passengers

It was meant to be just another humdrum commute between Scotland's two largest cities, but, tragically, 13 of the passengers would never make it home.

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