THEY look just like us and are among us already. They come from another world, spawned in the light years, unleashed to take over the bodies and souls of the people of o
LOTS of people who know me think I'm scared of the dentist. It's not true. I am, in fact, mortally terrified of the dentist. Proper heart thumping out of my ribcage, s
CLAD in knee-high leather boots, spandex shorts and a sports bra, Xiao Yan struck a pose two feet off the ground, her head glistening with sweat and her arms straining as she
YOU would think that Alex Salmond, a canny politician who has been keeping a keen and self-interested eye on the political turmoil at Westminster, would have learned a lesson
THE power of life to imitate art is frightening. As if reading a book about "adventures in the world of human waste" - work, not pleasure - were not enough excitement
TO ACCUSE a politician or party of "breaking a promise" is, as I see it, the equivalent of one MP calling another a liar ('SNP fails to keep promise on more p
LIFE has not always been easy for Kate Tunstall. Given up as a baby (but adopted by a loving Fife family), childhood ill health left her with a kidney problem. She was
THERE was understandable concern when Scotland's heart transplant unit was shut down for two months at the end of last year. Deaths among patients were unusually high, wit
THIS is the first time I've ever been in this place," I heard one man saying to another last Wednesday evening. He was standing in the foyer of the Citizens'
Richard Turnock. I haven't seen Richard Turnock for the better part of 22 years. The last time we were together was the week after we'd finished our Highers, that awkw
IT'S ALL about the economy, stupid. Every time the price of a barrel of oil rises by $1, Abu Dhabi is reputed to become almost $500m a day richer. So, with oil prices risi
