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Sandy Winterbottom
Read the latest articles written by Sandy Winterbottom for The Scotsman. Providing a fresh perspective for online news.
Doctor Who cast: who are the guest stars and voice cast for Episode 2? Full list
Anita Dobson, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Christopher Chung, Evelyn Miller, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Dray ...
Why Trump may be about to reveal his true colours on Ukraine and Putin
Donald Trump is losing patience with attempts to secure peace after trying for just three months. What he does next could ...
Why Scottish cider converts like me head to Anstruther
After a youthful introduction to cider went wrong, Stephen Jardine rediscovered the pleasure of this traditional British ...
Fossil fuel industry I once worked for now threatens to burn my house down
As dangerous wildfires rage, writer Sandy Winterbottom wonders when oil and gas companies are going to take climate change ...
£600,000 a year? How state-funded feminism has let Scottish women down
State-funded feminist group Engender appears more concern with trans rights than those of women like nurse Sandie Peggie, ...
You could unknowingly have this dangerous liver disease. Here's what to do
MASLD, previously called ‘fatty liver disease’, is a ticking timebomb, affecting 30 to 40 per cent of adults – most of whom ...
How Scotland's quangos have usurped democratic power under SNP
Devolution has turned into a front for quangos that are far too remote from the communities they make crucial decisions about ...
Opinion
Arran well worthy of international recognition as the wondrous place it is
The honour puts Arran alongside Napo Sumaco in Ecuador, where the Andean mountains meet the Amazon plains, a place known for its dramatic karst landscape and thousands of rare spe ...