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...No matter: A World Restored by Henry Kissinger supplied an early sign of what Thomas Harding calls the publisher’s “remarkable perspicacity”....
...As Scots celebrate Burns Night on Thursday to honour Robert Burns — whose distaste for duties imposed by London on Scotland’s national drink was the subject of one of his poems — local whisky producers say...
...I was born at St Thomas’. My three children were born at St Thomas’....
...David Hume, the major philosopher and historian who serves as the linchpin of Whatmore’s book, was a Scot....
...The Scot, who with his wife Christine runs Scotland’s Music/Taigh na Teud, a specialist music bookshop on the Isle of Skye, was preparing to ship parcels for Burns Night when he found out that they may not...
...Moving up to the present day, Nigerian-Scottish designer Olubiyi Thomas has created a brand-new tartan for the V&A....
...Corporations, warned Thomas Hobbes grimly, were “worms in the entrails” of the body politic, and not simply destabilising, but also corrupting....
...Evangelical churches — long part of the Scots religious scene — are now reviving, especially for the young who pack hired halls, while the great edifices cannot find ministers, let alone congregations....
...For once, Scots might be on Westminster’s side....
...Meanwhile, the regulatory requirements for insurance companies have become an improbable flashpoint, writes Helen Thomas....
...Now, a lot of them will say with a glint in their eye, Thomas Strathclyde being a good example of this, of course, we fully approve of a fully elected House of Lords....
...The art of drying — or kilning — malted barley over a slow-burning, peat fire is one that the Scots have been honing for centuries....
...Sir Tom Devine is Scotland’s most distinguished historian since Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), but unlike the latter — at least by reputation — he likes a joke....
...As a half-Scot, I have sympathy with the desire to assert distinct identities. Yet I have been dismayed to see how poorly the Union has functioned during the pandemic....
...On Roger II’s death, his treasurer, Thomas Brown, returned to England as Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry II, where he tried to introduce these numerals but without success....
...Letter in response to this article: London is a loser in Scots’ view of independence / From Jackie Kemp, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK...
...Scots rejected independence by 55 per cent to 45 per cent in 2014, but opinion polls suggest the public is now evenly divided....
...Additional reporting by Anna Gross, Arthur Beesley and Dan Thomas...
...“He told us that grape seeds contain the most powerful antioxidants in the world,” says Thomas....
...Further reading Wanted: a shared vision of Britain to sell to go-it-alone Scots How could Britishness be made to feel relevant after the Brexit polarisation?...
...How the Scots would prosper without the pound, and outside the EU, with possible tariffs between us on the border, is anyone’s guess, but that would not be England’s problem....
...Brexit on the Irish, Scots and Welsh (though 52 per cent of the latter voted to leave)....
...During the second world war he fought as a partisan before meeting up with soldiers of the First Scots Guards, for whom he worked as an interpreter....
...Thomas F Maher Director, British Home Tutors, London SW6, UK Letters in response to this letter: Legitimate to vote Leave without putting Scots and Irish Remainers first / From Mark Hudson, Winterborne...
...It is being produced with Warner Bros and features Mary Queen of Scots’ star Margot Robbie as the blonde, blue-eyed doll. For some analysts, the branch into media makes sense....
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