4 hours ago Readers Gallery January 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by our readers

Readers Gallery January 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by contributors to The Scotsman Readers Gallery

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68 minutes ago The best places to buy beautiful Valentine’s Day flowers online for under £40

A bouquet of flowers is always guaranteed to make your other half smile on Valentine’s Day.

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3 hours ago The tech thriller is fiction's most exciting development in years. But could real

A new generation of authors are coming up the ranks, with a new literary genre for our stranger-than-fiction times. But can they win the race against innovation?

Science

5 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe shares update on 'beautiful' biopic

Strictly Come Dancing professional Johannes Radebe spoke about his upcoming blockbuster on Friday's Lorraine.

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96 minutes ago Get 'beautiful' £62 Calvin Klein perfume for £19 ahead of Valentine's Day

Amazon is offering a £43 discount on the best-selling designer perfume for a limited time

Economics

17 hours ago Sir Mick Jagger pays tribute to ‘beautiful singer’ Marianne Faithfull after her death

He was joined by bandmates Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood who also paid tribute

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5 hours ago The ‘flawless’ and ‘so easy to use’ brand new Ring doorbell now slashed by 40% on Amazon

Amazon have slashed the price of this brand new Ring doorbell making it a great deal

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8 hours ago Don't miss these amazing Amazon doorbell deals on our favourite home security brand

Consumer technology writer Gareth Butterfield picks out the best deals in a huge sale on Eufy video doorbells and cameras

Economics

17 hours ago Mom uses hair dryer to 'warm' infant son but burns him to death when she passes out: report

Authorities accused the mom of being under the influence of a controlled substance at the time

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6 hours ago Amazon slash price of 'best seller' Calvin Klein perfume by 70% just in time for Valentine's Day

You'll have to move fast if you want to pick up the Calvin Klein CKIN2U perfume for under £19.

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23 hours ago Amazon cuts price of bulk buy Kinder chocolate box by 8% and it's perfect to store for Easter

This Kinder chocolate deal on Amazon is perfect to save for Easter

Economics

21 hours ago Man who strangled his son's partner to death after she got out of the shower before going to buy custard slice for his mother is found guilty of murder

Sophie Evans, 30, was found naked face down at home on a kitchen floor with a towel tied to a cupboard on her throat.

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9 hours ago Thug who held knife against his elderly aunt's throat claimed he was only trying to find his violent dad

James McCafferty, 28, alleged his dad had stabbed him on a previous occasion and he lost the plot when no one would tell him where he was.

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24 hours ago 'Brilliant' £9 shoe grips on Amazon that are a 'lifesaver' in ice and snow

As more snow and ice is yet to fall, you might want to buy a pair of these Winter Wise ice grips for heading outdoors.

Economics

24 hours ago Russian spy pretended to be Interpol agent to woo beautician, court told

Bulgarian Vanya Gaberova, 30, told jurors on Thursday that she knew nothing of Biser Dzhambazov’s spy activities as they travelled together.

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14 hours ago The Crown Princess of swinging London whose tumultuous affair with Mick Jagger nearly destroyed her: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on the turbulent life of Marianne Faithfull

A unique chanteuse, a chronicler of her era and once proclaimed the most beautiful woman of her generation, Marianne Faithfull was the Crown Princess of Swinging London.

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25 hours ago Amazon slashes price of 'subtle' and 'refreshing' £100 Burberry floral perfume to £34

The 100ml bottle of Burberry Touch will usually set you back £100 from the Burberry website, but Amazon has just slashed the price to £34 with shoppers hailing it 'floral but subtle'

Economics

32 hours ago In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why

Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going onSomething was happening to the birds at Tiputini. The biodiversity research centre, buried deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has always been special. It is astonishingly remote: a tiny scattering of research cabins in 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) of virgin forest. For scientists, it comes about as close as you can to observing rainforest wildlife in a world untouched by human industry.Almost every year since his arrival in 2000, ecologist John G Blake had been there to count the birds. Rising before the sun, he would record the density and variety of the dawn chorus. Slowly walking the perimeter of the plots, he noted every species he saw. And for one day every year, he and other researchers would cast huge “mist” nets that caught flying birds in their weave, where they would be counted, untangled and freed. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Scissorhandz review – musical reanimates Burton classic with cuts from Radiohead and Aerosmith

Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London Jordan Kai Burnett impresses in a fun, heartfelt yet tonally uneven show, co-produced by Michelle VisageIn Tim Burton’s 1990 fairytale, you hear Edward Scissorhands before you see him, as Johnny Depp cowers in the shadows, metallic fingers clinking. But Jordan Kai Burnett, taking the lead role in this jukebox musical reinvention, is no wallflower. They storm the stage with the famous shears raised, imploring us to lift our hands and make some noise.Previously performed in Los Angeles, co-produced by Michelle Visage and ‘NSync’s Lance Bass, Scissorhandz lands in London like a fully fledged cult hit. Visage’s voiceover welcomes an audience of “beautiful weirdos” and treats us as a pre-existing fan club.At Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London, until 29 March Continue reading...

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25 hours ago The 'bargain' £40 smartwatch Amazon users say is 'basically the same' as an Apple watch

The Aeac Smartwatch boasts a 4.3 Amazon rating and offers a variety of functions that makes it similar to pricier brands.

Economics

16 hours ago You’re Cordially Invited review – Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell carry fun comedy

A pair of duelling weddings leads to war in this surprisingly funny, if a little overstuffed, Amazon comedyIn the doldrums of January, with Hollywood gracelessly dumping its shoddiest films, one would have understandable scepticism over Amazon’s glossy wedding confection You’re Cordially Invited. Recent attempts to replicate the big studio comedy for a streaming audience have almost all failed, from the intolerable Vacation Friends movies to Amazon’s heinous Space Cadet to joyless big-star Netflix vehicles like the recent Diaz/Foxx mess Back in Action. Even its stars have tried – Reese Witherspoon with charmless rom-com Your Place or Mine and Will Ferrell with grating Christmas musical Spirited – so expectations weren’t just low, they were deep underground.It also didn’t help that Amazon refused to provide screeners to press, a clear sign that something was up. But even with the many low bars this would all put in place, there’s a surprising amount of low-rent fun to be had here, a ...

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27 hours ago 'These £14 wireless earphones from Amazon sound so much better than my Beats headphones'

If you're in the market for a new pair of wireless earphones or are looking for a cheaper alternative that matches (if not beats) the quality of expensive, high-end options, Shopping Writer Meghan may have just the ticket.

Economics

20 hours ago Cadbury Heroes 200 piece selection box is now cheaper than Asda on Amazon

Amazon has cut the price of the 2kg box of Cadbury Heroes to £17.37 - making it the cheapest way to buy the chocolates compared to the major supermarkets

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27 hours ago ‘I ditched my Beats headphones for £14 wireless earbuds from Amazon and the sound was better'

Shopping Writer Meghan says she swapped from her £70 Beats Flex headphones for these £14 wireless earbuds from Amazon and 'couldn't believe how much better the sound was'

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24 hours ago Cleaner that leaves patio 'looking like new' and 'gets rid of marks' in time for spring now almost half price on Amazon

You can also use it on fences, sheds, uPvc windows, and even caravans and boats according to the manufacturer

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29 hours ago Amazon is now selling tiny but powerful Ultimate Ears bluetooth speaker for under £70

Our reviewer loved the Ultimate Ears bluetooth speaker from Amazon

Economics

25 hours ago I’m a mum who feels like the most boring fool on Earth. How do I find ‘interesting me’ again? | Leading questions

You’re allowed to want to feel like yourself again, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Sometimes things have to change outside us for things to change insideRead more Leading questionsI’m 36 and a mother to two beautiful hyperactive boys, six and two. I feel like the most boring fool on earth. I have no friends who I can talk to. Social interaction is limited to small talk day to day – at work, with neighbours etc. I am unable to hold any meaningful conversation unless it revolves around kids, their shenanigans and how tired parents always are.My husband goes out with colleagues every week but I am rarely invited anywhere and I don’t think I want to be. I get terrified whenever I am. I’m sure that I add no value to any moment. I feel dejected and sad almost all the time. I can’t even read a book fully any more; I feel I don’t have any headspace left after attending to the boys all day. My husband holds an upper management position therefore he makes more money than me and...

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32 hours ago Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story review – engaging study of a life less ordinary

One of Ireland’s most important novelists and a woman of fierce intelligence and bravery is celebrated in Sinéad O’Shea’s thoroughly enjoyable documentarySinéad O’Shea’s documentary portrait of the author Edna O’Brien is a reminder that most writers – most people, in fact – don’t have lives anywhere near as exciting or fulfilling as hers. The film, with diary entries read by Jessie Buckley, shows us that O’Brien was always a witty, generous and good-humoured interviewee over the years; this film includes an extended interview with the author herself just before her death last year at the age of 93, in which she speaks with a softly sibilant but beautiful voice, her natural prose-poetry never deserting her.This film really does have a staggering story to tell. As a young woman in rural Ireland, Edna O’Brien ran away with writer Ernest Gébler, a glamorous but authoritarian figure; their unmarried cohabitation so outraged everyone that he took her away to England where they got married...

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33 hours ago Wait until you see the price of this Kenwood Stand Mixer reduced by Amazon

A kitchen appliance that has graced the kitchens of the UK for generations is currently half price on Amazon

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