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Catherine DeveneyHerald Scotland |
I recently watched a short, motivational speech from an inspiring – and funny – speaker called Mohammed Qahtani. He lit a cigarette and, when the...
The scandal at the Post Office, which saw hundreds of subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting because of a computer error, prompted...
The December moment arrived, as anticipated; the still, early morning air heavy with cold when the kitchen door pushed open, snow falling gently...
When she was 15, my daughter announced that sports presenter and Walkers crisp ambassador Gary Lineker would be one of her future husbands. Possibly...
In 2015, Bill Gates told a conference that if anything was likely to kill over 10 million people in the next two decades, it would probably be “not...
Perhaps the reason the story of the French Parkinson’s sufferer who learned to walk again with the aid of a spinal implant that sends impulses to...
For all her bluster and chutzpah, my mother was a tender-hearted wee thing who cried at the drop of a hat. On the rare occasions she heard a rendition...
Sometimes, images from war zones become such an unbearable sea of pain that individual faces are secondary to the sheer communal disaster of it all....
The word has been running round my head now for months and months, like a tune I can’t get rid of. Gaslighting. Outside my window, winter darkness...
When King Charles delivers his first King’s Speech to parliament next week, it will include details of the new criminal justice bill. Ministers have...
In The Long Shadow, the television dramatisation of the notorious north of England murders by Peter Sutcliffe in the 1970s, what emerges clearly is...
It is, for sure, easy to snigger at the recent BBC Scotland documentary series The Firm, featuring Scottish human rights lawyer, Aamer Anwar. Anwar,...
One winter night, aged about 15, I waited at the bus stop opposite my house, en route to ballet class. A man began talking. Where was I going? What...
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Teaching poetry to teenagers can be a tricky business. In school sessions, I used to choose poems that captured strong emotions young people might...
Everyone loves a story. Here is one about a relationship. In this story, one partner holds more power than the other. Their superior strength inclines...
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If you open a can of Scotch broth, you don’t expect chicken soup to slide glutinously into the pan. It is what is says on the tin. Unsurprising,...
After she died, this person I loved, her house changed instantly. I associated it with warmth, but when we gathered there, it felt cold. The sitting...
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The Anniversary: a royal drama. Scene one: It is one year since the matriarch’s death, and The Family have gathered for their annual holiday at the...