Susan Swarbrick: How I became a running bore – trainers, toilet breaks and TMI
WHEN does a casual hobby become an overzealous obsession? For me, it happened on an otherwise unremarkable Friday evening when I decided to go for a post-work run. I left the house as a relatively well-adjusted human and returned 40 minutes later having morphed into something else entirely.
As Burrell Collection makes shortlist for top award, here's our 10 must-see objects
Glasgow's Burrell Collection is in the running for the 'world's largest museum prize'. Along with the The Scapa Flow Museum on Hoy in Orkney, which reveals the history of the island as the UK’s naval nerve centre during both world wars, the Burrell made the shortlist for the Art Fund Museum of the Year.
Scotland on film: 10 of the best spots to soak up some screen history
SCOTLAND has seen a flurry of movies and TV shows being filmed here in recent years. That, in turn, has led to a rise in tourism dubbed “set-jetting” – the nickname given to devoted fans who flock to visit the locations where their favourites were made.
