Thoughts about universities as the students go back Sanctuaries for obsolete systems and exploded prejudices Adam Smith The true university these days is a collection of books Thomas Carlyle It…
SKETCH Justice unheard Barbara Millar I was at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a morning recently and I heard just one case. This wasn’t because of any legal complexities, requiring hours…
I understand that hyperbole is a politician’s stock in trade, but the gush that has accompanied one of the many openings (followed by as many closings) of the Queensferry Crossing…
In Annie’s, a small café on Queen Street, there is an undercurrent of disquiet among the handful of breakfast clientele. This is meant to be a big year, says the…
State Assembly building, Sarawak Sheepstor is a sleepy hamlet on the western side of Dartmoor. The population is fewer than 50, yet the graveyard of St Leonard’s, its 15th-century granite…
The Secession building in Vienna is a magnificent example of Jugendstil architecture. It was built in 1897 for a group of rebel artists seceding from the long-established fine art institution…
Marienkirche in Lübeck No one had created anything like it there before. Massive towers, flying buttresses and huge vaulted naves were familiar in France and Flanders, where they were constructed…
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He phoned the night before we were to meet. ‘I’ve forgotten the time we arranged,’ he said, explaining his call. ‘I’ve got an appointment at the bank at 9am and…
By the end of April, the former Fife Council-run library in the East Neuk village of Colinsburgh will be under new management – the local community. It will also have…