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Nicholas Muirhead

How Scottish Leather Group is advancing into new overseas markets

CalMac's ageing ferries to steam to Mediterranean under sell-off plans

Scots entrepreneur’s incredible Dubai success story building a £63m empire

The Anti Yogi: Mayuri Bhandari

Fringe show blows lid off Western yoga culture

Gene Hackman posed in 1972 and then attending a magazine party in 2005. Hackman is not only a prominent American actor but also a novelist, writing books such as Pursuit and Justice for none. Hackman was born on January 30 1930, making him 93 years old. The actor has starred in films such as The French Connection, Mississippi Burning and Enemy of the State.

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa found dead with their dog in home

How Putin's plan for 180,000 more army troops has war on knife edge

Of The Land on Which We Meet

Viggo Mortensen & Vicky Krieps in The Dead Don't Hurt PIC: Signature Entertainment

Film reviews: The Dead Don’t Hurt | Riddle of Fire | Hard Miles

Main Street, Butte City, Montana, circa 1897. PIC: The Print Collector/Getty Images

Book review: The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry

Voters need to be alive to threats posed by cyber-attacks, AI and deep fakes Christine Jardine

Western nations shun Vladimir Putin's inauguration ceremony in Moscow

A priest examines damage to the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa following a Russian missile strike, July, 2023 PIC: Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP via Getty Images

Book review: Night Train to Odesa, by Jen Stout

Who will win the NBA Championship playoffs this year? HEre are the latest odds. Cr. Getty Images.

Who is the favourite to win the NBA Championship 2024?

Devaluation of Iran's rial currency has eroded the people's purchasing power, making it increasingly difficult to afford basic necessities (Picture: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Think UK inflation' has been bad? Iran's 46% rate could bring down mullahs

A man walks past a huge screen displaying the broadcast of Russia's President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address on the facade of a building in Moscow.

Why Vladimir Putin's skiing joke is not the only Soviet era part of his speech

Russian president Vladimir Putin, pictured here earlier this month, has given a state of the nation address in Moscow. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Vladimir Putin warns West he has weapons 'that can strike on your territory'

Broadcaster Tucker Carlson, who left Fox News last year, interviewed Vladimir Putin. Picture: Getty Images

Why Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin is essential viewing

The most competitive UK regions revealed

Library picture of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond (left) alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Picture SWNS

PM briefs Cabinet amid speculation of strike over Red Sea attacks

Installation view of The Trembling Museum at The Hunterian, Glasgow PIC: Fred Pedersen

Art reviews: The Trembling Museum | Café Royal Books

Right-wing populists' betrayal of West's values may have deadly consequences Joyce McMillan

Why 2024 is going to be a year of reckoning for Ukraine – and Europe Tim Willasey-Wilsey

How Tory and Labour adherence to neoliberal orthodoxy is killing democracy Kenny MacAskill

A protester, at a rally in Berlin in support of the popular 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising in Iran, calls for an end to torture and execution in the country (Picture: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)

How Iran rapes and tortures children as young as 12 to suppress protests

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and foreign secretary David Cameron talking ahead of their meeting in Kyiv. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

David Cameron flies to Kyiv for his first overseas visit as foreign secretary

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel. Picture: Leo Correa/AP

Hospital runs out of fuel as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas

The future has arrived early - it’s time for our politics to catch up Stewart McDonald

Friday 13: What are the origins of Friday 13th and why it is unlucky?

Hamas's attack on Israel was a war crime that cannot be explained away Scotsman comment

Russian customers wait in line on the opening day of Russia's first Burger King fast food restaurant in Moscow in 2010.

Why is Burger King still operating in Russia?

Jasdeep Singh Degun working on his new composition with the Scottish Ensemble PIC: Foxbrush

Jasdeep Singh Degun on his new collaboration with the Scottish Ensemble

Hersha Parady played teacher Alice Garvey in Little House On The Prairie which was her most famous role. She passed away this week aged 78.

Little House On The Prairie actress dies aged 78

Russian president Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Kremlin denies role in plane crash that 'killed' Wagner Group boss

Andy Murray has suffered an abdominal strain.

Murray battling to be fit for US Open after pulling out of Cincinnati

National Changgeuk Company of Korea perform Trojan Women

Edinburgh International Festival preview supplement: E-mag

Stacy Keen, Senior Associate and financial crimes and compliance expert at Pinsent Masons

New sanctions guidance highlights need for vigilance - Stacy Keen

How the German press reported on Prince Harry's 2005 fancy dress costume of a Nazi general's uniform.

Why is the UK one of the only Western countries with no ban on Nazi symbols?

(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

G7: Western leaders launch new measures to stop Russia, China

A statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is toppled at al-Fardous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, in April 2003 (Picture: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)

For many countries, the Iraq War is a lasting reminder of western hypocrisy

A mother spends time with her children in a park provided by an aid organisation in earthquake-hit Syria.

‘No toys, no games, no schooling’: Life in earthquake-hit Syria

Migrants picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel are escorted off from a UK Border Force boat upon arrival at the Marina in Dover, southeast England, last year.

Why new ‘deterrent’ to stop non-legal arrivals in UK is pointless

Customers smoke marijuana at the New Amsterdam Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where Marijuana has been legal since 2018.

Canadian province decriminalises hard drugs
A province in Canada has launched a trial to decriminalise hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin.

Handout photos of the Polish Defence Ministry shows Leopard 2A4 tanks at the military rest range in Zagan, Poland in 2013.

Analysis: Is ‘armoured punching force’ enough to be a game changer for Ukraine?

A phone displays a Tweet about the hanging by Iranian authorities of Mohsen Shekari. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Iran executes first prisoner involved in anti-government protests

Monument of Leonardo da Pisa (Fibonacci), by Giovanni Paganucci

Fibonacci Day: why November 23 is an important day in maths?

Cormac McCarthy PIC: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images

Book review: Stella Maris, by Cormac McCarthy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled a change in approach in his war in Ukraine with threats of a 'dirty bomb' now among his strategy.

The West urgently needs to go tougher on Putin's threat of a 'dirty bomb'

Cormac McCarthy PIC: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images

Book review: The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy

St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Recent Russian attacks around Kyiv and across Ukraine have targeted power plants, killing civilians and employees of the key infrastructure.

Russia to increase targeting of Ukraine infrastructure

A weather warning is in place for much of the country

Yellow weather warning issued for much of the country

TOPSHOT - People carrying luggage walk past vehicles with Russian license plates on the Russian side of the border towards the Nizhniy Lars customs checkpoint between Georgia and Russia on Sunday. - Russian authorities acknowledged a "significant" influx of cars trying to cross from Russia into Georgia.

The problematic question of Russia's 'refugees'

The statue of philosopher David Hume on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why David Hume is a man for our times – Julian Baggini

This general view shows a burning fire at a power station in Kharkiv, late September 11, 2022, following a missile strike amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen TITOV / AFP) (Photo by YEVHEN TITOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russians have “pretty much turned and fled Ukraine” claims former army chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin says Russia 'hasn't lost anything' as he brands sanctions a ‘danger’

These are the Top 10 ‘cowboy culture’ phrases often used in the UK

Andy Murray takes on compatriot Cameron Norrie on Wednesday.

Murray v Norrie: TV and scheduling details for Cincinnati clash

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries