A Scottish professor’s comments about the cost and dubious benefit of some university research has caused a storm in academic circles. Writing for The Scotsman, Professor John Haldane, director of the Centre of Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affa...
Wed 03 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »
Former Scotsman journalist, Colin Freeman was released unharmed early this year along with Spanish photographer Jose Cendon by their Somalian captors. The two men were held captive in the volatile mountainous region north-west of Boosasso where journa...
Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »
Lothian and Borders Police were left slightly bemused last week to find a local newspaper carrying reports of an impending "drugs amnesty" despite no such plans existing.The article, published in the Edinburgh Evening News on Monday 26 Novemb...
Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Graham Mackay | Read more »