... tradition of Tibetan art. An inconspicuous figure in warm cap, anorak and wellies, he shuns even the softest of limelight. He speaks in a heavy accented, gruff whisper, and says little. Sherab suffers from the two most disabling problems for an artist. His ...

... e Graham, the Scots hidalgo, writer, traveller and politician. The other was a stranger to him, but Cunninghame heard him speak Spanish with a Scottish accent. Cunninghame Graham praised the view. The other said: “Yes, man, but it doesn’t beat the view ...

... their chief executive, John Mac Kay — whose Argyll seat has been captured in turn by both the Nationalists and the Liberals — speaks of “totally unprincipled voters moving cleverly and steathily between minorities in order to unseat us.” He makes it sound ...

... persists. Finland ordered 1500 of them which were specially made in Dornoch of Finnish plywood birch that was sent, so to speak, boomeranging back again. Other overseas buyers include the United States, Greece and Italy and business is, er, booming. Oddly ...

... boards which came up with plans to trim the lists could have extra money. The first £2 million has alrcady been allocated. Speaking last night, he described the latest figures as “significant”, and said he was “pleased that the figures in Scotland are at ...

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... early recorded aspects of suicide and its development through civilisation to the 80s.” Not just in Dundee, of course . . . SPEAKING of war-torn Berlin, lan Hamilton Findlay's struggle against the French not only continues, but it has spread to the Dutch ...

... a Scottish merchant and a half-French, half-Creek mother. Under Mr McGillivray, the 20,000-strong federation of Muskbgean-speaking Creek Indian clans was a thorn in the flesh of the Americans. During the war of Independence, they sided with the English ...

... his contract will keep him on the other side of the Channel for another two years unless Nancy’s price is paid. McNeill is speaking in glowing terms about the squad who this afternoon celebrate the Celtic centenary by playing host to south of the border ...

... has defied Neil Kinnock to fight Roy Hattersley for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party is still, at heart, the plain-speaking, macho National Union of Seamen tough nut he was during the seamen’s strike in the Sixties. He has earned the nicknames ‘Rambo’ ...

... laugh — not even uncomfortably. Mind you, neither do mother-in-law or male genitalia jokes. Which bodes well for the next speaking engagement I've agreed to. ‘Something light and witty’, said the booking agent. ‘Perhaps about your broadcasting experiences”’ ...