INTERNET security is, of course, a growing problem, and almost daily computer users are sent warnings to avoid viruses in attachments that could harm their computers.
POLITICS, and Edinburgh Tory councillor Alastair Paisley tells us there is much debate about Scots living in England not being allowed to vote in the independence referendum.
OUR story of Facebook mis-spellings reminds a reader of having to keep his face straight when his daughter posted on Facebook "I love the smell of Paul's colon".
A READER tells us of an elderly relative who was boasting to his wife about the advantages of getting on in years when they were in the queue at DIY store B&Q by brandishing his discount card for pensioners on Wednesdays.
ALEX Salmond is no stranger to the art of hyperbole but he has been emphatically outdone – you could say trumped – by an outrageous epistle that landed on the First Minister's desk yesterday afternoon.
WHEN Stephen Hester, the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, turned down his bonus of £963,000 last week, it was widely seen as an inevitable capitulation to growing public and political criticism.
I READ Brian Boyd's eloquent defence of a Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) with great interest (Letters, February 7...
To write to The Herald's editor Jonathan Russell, either email letters@theherald.co.uk or address your correspondence to The Editor, The Herald, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3PR.
There's a familiar sound to Daniel Radcliffe's new movie because, like the Harry Potter films, The Woman in Black, an adaptation of the ghost story, features a train – in this case, a train pulling into a railway station.
According to the psychologist Walter Mischel, willpower is one of our most important strengths and has key to our life outcomes – at least that's what his book, Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength is saying.
In a world which sometimes seems intractable and uncompromising to young eyes it's heartening to learn that something as simple as a sheet of Basildon Bond, an envelope and a stamp can still detonate a bomb among the grown-ups.
DURING my extended and pleasant stay at Swanky Towers, abode of good friends Cedric and Millicent, the male half of yon duo complained frequently that his hands were getting stuck to the bannister, door knobs and light switches.
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INTERNET security is, of course, a growing problem, and almost daily computer users are sent warnings to avoid viruses in attachments that could harm their computers.
POLITICS, and Edinburgh Tory councillor Alastair Paisley tells us there is much debate about Scots living in England not being allowed to vote in the independence referendum.
OUR story of Facebook mis-spellings reminds a reader of having to keep his face straight when his daughter posted on Facebook "I love the smell of Paul's colon".
IT was a mainly mature audience on Sunday night at the UCS work-in anniversary concert at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket.
A READER tells us of an elderly relative who was boasting to his wife about the advantages of getting on in years when they were in the queue at DIY store B&Q by brandishing his discount card for pensioners on Wednesdays.
REASONS why spelling is important.
Dame Judy Dench has laudably spoken out against poor levels of care in old folks' homes.
"SIR Fred Goodwin has lost his knighthood," said the chap on the train home to Whitecraigs last night.
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What a result for football manager Harry Rednapp against the Revenue.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
The Scottish Government is making available a smartphone app which demonstrates the deleterious effect too much alcohol can have on the coupon.
A £17 million home for the elderly and confused has been constructed near Bern in Switzerland in the style of a mock 1950s village.
Kirsty Wark is of a mind to pursue a new career as a chef.
Ivanhoe has suffered cutbacks.
Strathclyde Police Chief Constable Stephen House has called for a crackdown on bars and clubs which sell alcohol to customers who are obviously drunk.
AS a dutiful daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cornwall should be spending time looking after the Queen.
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ALEX Salmond is no stranger to the art of hyperbole but he has been emphatically outdone – you could say trumped – by an outrageous epistle that landed on the First Minister's desk yesterday afternoon.
PITY the babyboomers.
PRESENTING a budget takes a degree of showmanship and yesterday, John Swinney was quite the magician.
THERE is a graph in the latest edition of British Journal of Psychiatry that paints a picture of Scotland that is both tragic and deeply concerning.
IT is important not to use statistics like a drunk man uses a lamp post: for support rather than illumination.
The young suffer disproportionately during periods of low or no growth.
IT did not take long for political capital to be made from a question of three capitals.
WHEN Stephen Hester, the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, turned down his bonus of £963,000 last week, it was widely seen as an inevitable capitulation to growing public and political criticism.
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