“I hear that’s a good read.” Leafing through Alastair Campbell’s debut novel in a Glasgow cafe, it’s only when he taps me on the shoulder that I realise the man at the adjacent table is the author himself. But then, Tony ...
Sat 06 Dec 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »
To tread among the “worst” of us can bring out the worst in us. Or so learnt James Yusuf Yee when he saw a cell door at Guantanamo Bay detention centre suddenly creak open some 20 yards away during one of his daily rounds at a prison block...
Tue 25 Nov 2008 by Nazry Bahrawi | Read more »
If a decade as the only hope for UK hip-hop has got to Roots Manuva, he's certainly not letting on. “I'm just like a kid in a sweet shop,” he grins, reclining backstage at the Liquid Room with an adoring redhead and a mountain of Guinness. ...
Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »
The ordinary man on the street might be forgiven for thinking that he is somewhat of a rarity in modern society. He doesn't hold extreme views on religion or politics; the foreign worlds of Al-Qaeda, Creationism and militant atheism are presented...
Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Chris Williams | Read more »
"Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son," asks Bob Dylan in 'A hard rain's gonna fall'. Well, Mark Edwards, photographer, has been away snapping the effects of climate change and of. His conclusion: "we are a crazy crew." Edward...
Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »
Scottish director Saul Metzstein has been involved in cinema longer than most people would think. Starting off as a runner and assistant on the likes of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting he soon became a film director in his own right, winning a clutch o...
Wed 30 Jan 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »
John Collins was once one of Scotland’s most illustrious footballers. As well as lifting the Scottish Cup with Celtic and playing in the Premiership with Everton and Fulham, Collins spent a few successful seasons with Monaco in the 90s and scored...
The small village of North Queensferry is not used to being thrust into the spotlight. Once the first port of call for those travelling across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh to Fife, the village was best known for the spectacular views it offers of ...
Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Chris McCall | Read more »
“I don’t miss the six-and-a-half day weeks, sixteen hours a day; I don’t miss the backbiting; and I don’t miss the inability to go and see Sheffield Wednesday when there are home games,” laughs David Blunkett. Today, howev...
Tue 20 Nov 2007 by Alison Lutton | Read more »
"Presentation, presentation, presentation:" if Nick Clegg is ever to adopt a mantra, then this should probably be it. A recent TV appearance saw him admitting to old bat-ears Andrew Marr that any major differences between himself and his only...
Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Alison Lutton | Read more »
