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Barry DidcockHerald Scotland |
As well as bagging a clutch of awards at a star-studded music ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday night, Taylor Swift also dropped an item of...
Why is one of those small words which carries a heavy load, though of its kind – see also: if, and, but – it’s the one with the strongest back. ...
Can you have too much of a good thing – or even a mean thing? American actress and writer Tina Fey scored big in 2004 with the iconic Mean Girls....
Ever wonder when this century will throw off the dead hand of the previous one and finally assert itself culturally? Don’t hold your breath. As an...
In a pre-Christmas announcement issued jointly with the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland – one which should have been headed ‘Oh yes...
Scottish interest in the Oscars is usually fleeting, tangential, obscure or all three. Sure, Irish actor Paul Mescal made the shortlist at this...
Being the mathematical equivalent of those lads who come round the houses selling dish cloths with menaces, any mention of data and metrics tends to...
Shamefully, I can’t remember my first gig. It was (probably) either Siouxsie And The Banshees or Stiff Little Fingers. All I can say for sure is the...
To misquote Philip Larkin, vinyl died for me in 1993, between the beginning of the end for grunge and the recording of the first Oasis CD. I say CD...