THE Sunday Herald has become the first national newspaper to come out in support of Scots independence.
The announcement was accompanied by a beautiful, full-page illustration, by Alasdair Gray, on its cover. All of page three, meanwhile, was given over to an editorial, as to why: The prize is a better country. It is as simple as that.”
Feverish twitter activity about the move included several people expressing delight at managing to grab a copy, before they ran out at their local newsagent.
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BEGINS Ian Jack, in The Guardian (here): “Newspapers face a grim future in most parts of the western world, but nowhere does it look grimmer than in Scotland. There their decline has been steep and sudden, and with potentially much more troubling consequences for a country that, whether it leaves the United Kingdom or not, has a government and institutions that grow in their power and autonomy and need the scrutiny of an intelligent Press.”
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STEPHEN McGinty, in The Scotsman, reflects warmly on journalist, Jeremy Paxman’s announcement, the other day, that he is retiring from the BBC’s Newsnight programme, weaving in an appreciation of Scot, Craig Ferguson, who is also stepping down, as host of The Late Late Show in the USA.
Ferguson, notes McGinty, achieved the heady heights the hard way, including…
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THE City of Edinburgh Council has reportedly appointed “print and distribution company, Out of Hand, as a contractor for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe”. So says The Drum media and marketing magazine, here.
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THE Scotsman is today carrying an obituary of a former correspondent.
Richard Kershaw went on to carve what is described as a ‘stellar career’ as a current affairs reporter on TV, including the BBC’s Panorama.
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MIGHT a cartoon in The Sunday Post newspaper irked First Minister, Alex Salmond, or at least his staff?
According to satirical magazine, Private Eye, maybe yes – as explained here.
The tale is picked up in The Herald’s Unspun diary, here.
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SAYS The Scotsman: “The latest comic book by the Scottish writer, Mark Millar, has been bought by the Hollywood producer behind the Transformers movies.”
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THE BBC should sack its Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson – writes Claire Black, in Scotland on Sunday. And Vicky Allan, in the Sunday Herald, calls for more feisty women on TV.
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