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Interview: Paul French, author of Midnight in China
Pamela Werner was 19 when her heart and her body were left under a ‘haunted watchtower’ in Peking in 1937. Paul French tells David Robinson how he can finally name the killer
The Scottish salmon run
Top quality Scottish salmon is a delicacy appreciated the world over, but how does it get from sea to foreign plate? Nick Drainey follows the progress of fish set for some of the most discerning diners of all – in Paris
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Whisky Stramash set to surprise and delight
ONE of the most hotly-anticipated whisky events of the year is taking place in Edinburgh this weekend.
Everest: surviving the death zone
Four mountaineers died this week on Everest but still another 200 will bid to reach the summit this weekend. Dani Garavelli asks two Scots about their experiences on the mountain and why many climbers continue to ignore warnings with tragic consequences.
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Image of Scotland: St Kilda
The island of Boreray can be seen in the distance as the Swan, a 112-year-old restored herring drifter, leaves St Kilda bound for Shetland last week in this picture taken by reader Brian Coull
As Diamond Jubilee nears, excitement is growing
THE Union Flags are about to be unfurled, the bunting hung and the long tables set. Excitement is building steadily ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee knees-up as citizens across the Capital prepare to celebrate her six decades of service to the nation.
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Coping with teenage depression
HE lounges about in bed all day or sits glued to the Xbox, emerging from another Call of Duty kill session only to grunt the word “pizza” before retreating back to zombie mode.
Susan Morrison: No world domination or killing prey for my boy’s birthday
WE passed a milestone this week. My son reached his 13th birthday.
In pictures: Edinburgh College of Art Performance Costume Picture gallery
Alongside the Edinburgh College of Art Fashion and Textiles students, graduates from the Performance Costume course are showing their work at the ECA 2012 Fashion Show this week.
Image of Scotland: Port Seton harbour
Tony Jones took this photograph of Ferry Lass the South Queensferry skiff competing in the first Scottish Coastal Rowing regatta, held in Port Seton harbour.
Readers’ pictures of the week Picture gallery
A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers and published in The Scotsman this week.
Scottish word of the day: Gallus
GALLUS is, thankfully, a rather less obscure word than many that feature in this series.
MoFest: The ones to watch in Montrose this weekend
This year’s Montrose Music Festival opens on Friday and will see the coastal town over-run with musical types for the entire weekend.
Preview: Oliver! the Musical
Cameron Mackintosh’s musical production of Oliver! – a perennial favourite in London’s West End – is coming to Scotland on a tour that requires meticulous planning, chaperones, frequent cast rotations – and enough food to feed an army of children. By Kelly Apter
Film review: Moonrise Kingdom (12A)
Here’s another film only Wes Anderson could make, with great, against-type performances by Bruce Willis and Edward Norton
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FIlm reviews: What to Expect When You’re Expecting | Free Men | North Sea Texas | The Source | Men in Black 3
The Scotsman’s film critics cast their eye over the latest cinematic releases
Interview: Tahar Rahim, actor in A Prophet and Free Men
French-Algerian Tahar Rahim has the acting world at his feet, but, finds Alistair Harkness, he’s in no rush to work in America
Visual art review: Masterpieces from Mount Stuart: The Bute Collection
In bringing Dutch and Flemish art to Scotland, the 3rd Marquis of Bute was reflecting the exchange of art and ideas between Protestant nations that ushered in a new age of empiricism based on experience of the world around us
Interview: Furnace Mountain, Americana band
Furnace Mountain, who tour Scotland next week, have built a loyal following with their Americana and warm, open personalities. By Simon Stephenson
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Interview: Englebert Humperdink, singer
FORGET the Olympics, the Queen’s Jubilee and Euro 2012, there’s one event this year that’s set to eclipse all of those in its sheer level of camp revelry, let alone drama and politics – the Eurovision Song Contest.
Theatre reviews: One Day in Spring | The Fashion Floor | 27
David Greig’s collaboration with Arab writers is creating exhilarating results at Oran Mor, while Abi Morgan’s 27 is back – shorter, leaner and magnificently performed
A Glass Apart: Composer Philip Glass on his past
He’s been celebrating his 75th birthday for four months now, but Philip Glass says it’s still “exhilarating” revisiting his past
Folk, jazz etc.: ‘It’s about the way people go away smiling and uplifted’
REVERED Dixieland elders such as W C Handy or Jelly Roll Morton tend not to crop up in the same breath as those Skye folk-fusionists the Peatbog Faeries.
Preview: Scottish Opera’s 50th anniversary celebrations
Scottish Opera is talking up its 50th anniversary programme as a dynamic return to its roots, but there are compromises too
Critics’ choice: The arts events you need to see
The Scotsman’s arts team offer their tips for thes best event in each field of the arts
Images of Scotland: Balgray, Lockerbie
George Porteous took this cute photograph of a red squirrel and friend in his garden in Balgray, Lockerbie
Top five celebrity stories of the week
Celebrity shenanigans this week include altercations at the airport and some rather silly phonecalls
Cannes film festival: What Pete Doherty and Ronan Keating have in common
You wouldn’t normally expect to see Ronan Keating and Pete Doherty mentioned in the same sentence. But then it isn’t every day that the Boyzone star and former Libertine come to Cannes to talk up their film acting debuts.
Exercise gives army wives taste of how other halves live
KIT-bags packed, all the essentials required by a modern soldier are tucked inside. There are food rations – some kind of chicken pasta “thing” – binoculars for the recce exercise, clean socks, lip gloss and, of course, hair extensions brush.
Images of Scotland: Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline
Iain Wilkinson’s photograph of spring blossoms at Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline indicates that winter might finally be behind us.
Scottish Word of the Day: Piece
MANY visitors to Scotland may overhear the locals referring to what sounds like ‘peace.’ What they’re actually talking about is their lunch, or a snack.
Why I can’t stay away from Eurovision
THERE’S usually an awkward pause, followed by the word “really?” (whilst trying to stifle a giggle) when I explain to folk that I’m about to set off to spend the next fortnight amidst diva-esque singers, nymph-like dancers, camp choreographers, overtly fey stylists and a plethora of “hugely important” delegates at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Coming clean: Michael Clark’s no-singing, all-dancing rock and roll tribute
MICHAEL Clark, the one-time enfant terrible of modern dance, has come a long way in the past decade. Now the Scot is heading home with his latest production – a homage to three rock greats – and a piece for the Cultural Olympiad in which members of the public get the chance to work with one of the finest choreographers Scotland has ever produced
Images of Scotland: Bass Rock, Firth of Forth
This photograph of the Bass Rock lighthouse in the Firth of Forth with gannets flying overhead was taken by Walter Baxter from Galashiels
Teaser trailer released for new James Bond film Picture gallery
JAMES Bond is back in the first teaser of the secret agent’s latest adventure.
Welcome to the ‘aparthotel’: Luxury accommodation proves a class apart
A CLUSTER of luxury apartments located in Georgian townhouses has trumped traditional hotels to claim one of the hospitality industry’s most prestigious awards.
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Fashion: Summer prints
The high street has caught tropical fever. It’s all about hyper prints on slinky shift dresses, tailored shorts and pyjama pants. Blazers are soft and romantic in fit while heels are high with a hint of toe cleavage.
Interview: Morag Macpherson, textile designer
FOR a designer inspired by the world around her – travels to Japan, Cambodia, Morocco, the US – it should be no surprise to discover that Morag Macpherson’s most important commission to date is from Manhattan's newest, chicest destination hotel.
Gadget review: Verbatim Executive Portable Hard Drive
Personal data storage is essential. These days technology affords us the luxury to be snap happy. We rattle off hundreds of pictures in a blink of an eye and can even shoot HD video with our smartphones, video being the most space-hungry medium and the most likely one to swallow up all that free space on your hard drive.
Gardens: The garden at Gallery, in Angus that doesn’t hedge its bets
IT’S a cold spring day at Gallery, in Angus, and the wind is blowing in from the north-east, bringing with it showers of icy rain. John Simson hurries out with an umbrella, apologising for the weather, concerned the garden won’t be at its best, while head gardener Ron Stevenson peers anxiously at the grey sky.
Interiors: Never a dull moment at Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s farmhouse video
THE transformation of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s grade II former farmhouse was never going to be a dull affair, and even he admits there is a lot going on
Interiors: Katie Johnston and Gordon Forrest were smitten at first sight with their Georgian house in East Lothian video
TO borrow a well-known phrase, St Mary’s is the kind of house that ‘has you at hello’. Driving along the main street in the picturesque conservation village of Stenton, East Lothian, it’s clear at first sight that this house is going to be absolutely charming.
City guide: Annapolis, Maryland, USA
THE CAPITAL of the US state of Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, the city of Annapolis owes its birth to the water and it continues to be its lifeblood.
Travel: Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris
IN THIS, its centenary year, the Plaza Athenee, with its art deco steel and glass canopy, baskets of tumbling red flowers and scarlet awnings, is as attractive as in its first flush of youth, when Josephine Baker and Rudolph Valentino gayly danced across its polished marble floors.
Walk of the week: Ettrick Water, Selkirk
SELKIRK bannocks are great – Queen Victoria is said to have enjoyed a taste when she visited the Borders town. Despite royal approval, it is the appreciation of our four-year-old daughter that counts.
Travel: Goa, India
Goa’s reputation as a destination for alternative culture is well deserved, but head off the beaten track to discover its true mix of flavours
Interview: Oliver Shute, chef and food entrepreneur
Oliver Shute is putting Bambi and Thumper back on our dining tables, finds Janet Christie
Andrew Hoyle: ‘Our son was soon plundering the pond with the ferocious intensity of a Faroese trawlerman’
MAY have hit paydirt in my ceaseless quest for maximum entertainment of our three children, coupled with minimum financial outlay by me: it’s called tadpoles.
Nil by mouth: Opening up to oral hygiene
ORAL health – or the lack of it – is an indicator of general well-being, so it’s time to sort out your hygiene regime
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Lifelines: Anne Chilton on cross-communication
Q: I HAVE fallen out with my best friend. She took something I said the wrong way and now avoids me, and I don’t know how to get things back to how they were. We have known each other for 30 years and have always been there for each other.
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
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- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
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