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Rosemary Goring: Tacky? Not at all - we need something to blow away winter gloom

“It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there”, sings Bob Dylan, in a warning growl. He might be referring to the benighted state of the world,...

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Labour's 'city-folk' tax changes show they don't care about rural people Rachel Reeves' Budget has reinforced the notion of a government run by city-folk who do not understand, and do not care about, rural voters - especially those who are not well-off.

The government can count itself lucky that the farmers’ army that marched on London earlier this week did not tip trailer-loads of manure at its...

23.11.2024 10

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Chris Hoy is right: a change in culture would save men's lives

WHEN Sir Chris Hoy announced the devastating news that he has terminal prostate cancer and has only a few years to live, everyone was aghast. How...

09.11.2024 20

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Rosemary Goring: Driving is not a right: older drivers must prove their abilities Some time ago in our local town, an elderly woman wove her way between oncoming cars as if navigating an obstacle course. In a sense, that was precisely what she was doing, since she hadn’t noticed she was heading the wrong way down a one-way street. Her frown suggested she thought it was the rest of us who were out of order by not clearing a path for her. Another day, a neighbour of advanced years, whose car had been boxed in, called my husband out of a café to assist her. Since he cannot d

Some time ago in our local town, an elderly woman wove her way between oncoming cars as if navigating an obstacle course. In a sense, that was...

26.10.2024 9

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I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome. I know it's real - so why don't doctors?

Remember the 1980s, when the word yuppie came into vogue, disparaging young, upwardly mobile professionals? These were the expensively-dressed types...

13.10.2024 10

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The Harrods boss, his Scottish castle, and those shocking rape revelations

For tourists in London, Harrods is as big an attraction as Buckingham Palace and Madame Tussaud’s. Its stunning displays of sensational toys and...

27.09.2024 6

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Rosemary Goring: Fire attacks on farmers' livelihoods are deeply worrying

Autumn seems to have arrived early this year, but the harvest is slightly later. Usually by the time schools go back fields are filling with hay...

14.09.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: Could baby-killer nurse Lucy Letby be innocent after all? When the judge sentenced neonatal nurse Lucy Letby last August to spend the rest of her life in prison, he described her as a “cold, calculated, cruel and relentless” killer - similar words to those levelled at Myra Hindley when she stood in the dock.

When the judge sentenced neonatal nurse Lucy Letby last August to spend the rest of her life in prison, he described her as a “cold, calculated,...

30.08.2024 6

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Rosemary Goring: My eye-opening summer with Mary, Queen of Scots

Outside my window this summer there has been the sound of hillwalkers clumping up the street on their way to Lindisfarne, and holiday-makers gathering...

16.08.2024 3

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Rosemary Goring: Can Edinburgh survive this tsunami of visitors?

Every summer, Edinburgh residents can be heard bemoaning the number of visitors in the city centre. “It can’t get any busier!” has become an...

03.08.2024 4

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'Is there more to golf than touts and money-grubbing charlatans? I'm not sure'

To the sun-kissed (sometimes) Ayrshire coast and the bejewelled burgh of Troon where, I am told, a golf tournament is in progress. To Troon, which...

19.07.2024 7

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Rosemary Goring: East, west, home is best (sometimes) when it comes to holidays

It’s hard to think of someone who has itchier feet than Robert Louis Stevenson. One of the earliest travel writers – and still among the finest...

07.07.2024 8

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'Vow of silence on Brexit by Westminster parties is like Soviet-era airbrushing'

Breaking news: we’re hiring, says the notice in a pub window in our nearby town. Advertising for “summer superstars”, it has vacancies for a...

21.06.2024 5

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The climate activists and Pro-Palestinian campaigners who seek only to destroy

So it’s goodbye from the Wigtown Book Festival to its sponsor Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh-based investment company that has gained pariah status...

07.06.2024 5

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Rosemary Goring: There are too many school holidays and days off. Time to cut back

In a café recently I got into conversation with a young man who had recently moved here from Hong Kong. Among his reasons for relocating was the...

24.05.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: Swinney says he wants to nurture non-tribal politics. Aye, right...

Another week, another defection from the Conservative benches to Labour. Penny Mordaunt, who presides over the House of Commons as if auditioning for...

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Rosemary Goring: Ferry fiasco could herald unofficial new wave of clearances

Those who have been dockside when a ship is launched say it takes the breath away: the size, power and potential danger as these majestic vessels...

26.04.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: Beware the supermarket: we're being manipulated

Supermarket shopping: so much quicker and more efficient – not to mention cheaper – than dotting along the high street from butcher to greengrocer...

13.04.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: When praying looks just like bullying

“Try Praying”, says the sign outside a church, hoping no doubt to capture the attention of someone in need of help. Part of a publicity campaign...

25.03.2024 6

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Rosemary Goring: A heat pump will cost me £22,000 to install

There’s no denying that most of us are more interested in discussing the weather than the state of the economy. Storm clouds or a brisk breeze get...

15.03.2024 30

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Rosemary Goring: It comes to us all, Andy. It's time to call it a day

Few of us will ever know what it feels like to have the world desperate to know when we intend to retire. That’s the difficult situation Andy Murray...

01.03.2024 9

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Rosemary Goring: It comes to us all, Andy. It's time to call it a day

Few of us will ever know what it feels like to have the world desperate to know when we intend to retire. That’s the difficult situation Andy Murray...

01.03.2024 20

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Why Humza Yousaf should try holidaying in Scotland next time

Criticism of Humza Yousaf has reached a ridiculous pitch when even his choice of holiday destination is turned against him. When it was announced...

19.02.2024 20

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Rosemary Goring: Yes, the Highlands has problems - but don't forget the Borders

Driving through Northumberland, the A68 rises windingly and steeply as it approaches Carter Bar, a narrow pass in the Cheviot Hills where there once...

05.02.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: Our pilloried wood burners are how rural Scots get through winter

The scent of wood smoke on a frosty day is one of the joys of winter.  It is what makes Tuscan hill towns so charming, the spirits lifting at the...

29.01.2024 5

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Rosemary Goring: Buses are the Cinderellas of highways but every single route matters

The leader of Scottish Borders Council made a plea last week, asking neighbouring councils to help pay for the numbers 51, 101 and 102 buses. The 51...

22.01.2024 9

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Rosemary Goring: Politicians like Sturgeon must have personality - but not too much

Parliament, they like to say, is a bubble. Whether it’s Holyrood or Westminster, those on its benches inhabit a different reality from the rest of...

08.01.2024 10

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Rosemary Goring: Why politicians must have personality - but not too much

Parliament, they like to say, is a bubble. Whether it’s Holyrood or Westminster, those on its benches inhabit a different reality from the rest of...

08.01.2024 8

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Rosemary Goring: Self-driving cars are heading our way - whether we like it or not

It is a terrifying and not uncommon sight where I live: a car heading down the street, with nobody behind the wheel. Has the handbrake broken? Or the...

03.01.2024 9

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Rosemary Goring: It's the most stressful time of the year

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, sings Andy Williams, in the shmaltzy festive song that always makes me lunge for the radio. Before I...

21.12.2023 7

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Rosemary Goring: My escape-artist mouse is like an SAS daredevil

If this column were a movie, it would come with a clutch of trigger warnings: discrimination, scenes of violence, injury detail. I’m not by nature...

13.12.2023 20

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Rosemary Goring: Oh, no, Frasier. Why does Trump appeal to folk like Kelsey Grammer?

The omens are not good. Readers of the runes, who tell us what to expect, suggest there’s not much doubt that Donald Trump will win the upcoming...

07.12.2023 10

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Rosemary Goring: How on earth can perfectly normal people still vote Trump?

The omens are not good. Readers of the runes, who tell us what to expect, suggest there’s not much doubt that Donald Trump will win the upcoming...

06.12.2023 8

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