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Susan SwarbrickHerald Scotland |
It has been 20 years since the last patients departed Bangour Village Hospital. Once a pioneering facility for psychiatric care, for the past two...
I have a birthday this weekend. It isn’t one that, in the grand scheme of things, is particularly noteworthy. Not like reaching the giddy heights of...
And here we are. That odd stage in the calendar where discombobulation abounds. The second week in November always feels like a curious hinterland,...
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The other day I was meandering around the supermarket when I witnessed a heated standoff unfolding between a mother and her teenage daughter beside a...
One of my all-time favourite quotes reads: “Your new life is going to cost you your old one.” It forms part of a longer passage by the US...
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Here I am, yet again, thinking about air fryers and pondering how they have managed to permeate the collective consciousness to become so highly...
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I am a big believer that making mistakes in life is all part of the journey. Often the greatest successes come on the back of - what feels like at the...
Every day for the past week I have looked out my window at the garden and watched the dance of spring unfold. There is always something new to see....
Exactly four years ago this weekend, I wrote about how I had never been to Dundee. It was styled as a light and funny piece reflecting on how in our...
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I ALWAYS love this time of year. There is something about mid-February where the light gets a little bit brighter and possibility blossoms. It is...
I DON’T know about you, but I tend to find Valentine’s Day a tricky subject. It’s one of those topics that seems light and frothy, yet the...
NOTHING good ever happens after midnight. Or so the wisdom goes. My younger self – who once went bar-hopping in New Orleans into the wee small hours...
When it comes to the weather of late, we seem to be living in a twisty meteorological thriller. One that has thrown all its budget into big,...
I PASSED my driving test last week. A sentence that for many years - decades in fact - I couldn’t have imagined whispering quietly in my head, never...
I HAVE a friend who is robustly stylish and always seems to have her finger on the pulse of all the latest fads. Be it kitchen gadgets, clothes,...
HAPPY New Year. Apologies for the belated salutation. You find me in a new column slot for 2024. New year, new me (or something like that). With...
CHRISTMAS traditions. For some, these are two words that sparkle and glitter like tinsel or a fresh fall of snow. While for others, it is akin to...
HOW do you like your festive viewing? Are you all about the classics? Do you prefer a comedy or something a bit more thrill-packed and gritty? It is...
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