The Scotsman back issues from December 1998:
Fiddle '98: Grand Concert Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Dec 01, 1998; ... MIDWAY through his stunning headline set, partnered on guitar byTony McManus, AIasdair Fraser referred to the next set of tunes asdating from the "golden age" of the Scottish fiddle, back in the18thcentury. "As you'll have been noticing," he added. "We've justentered another ...
Caught in a clap trap
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE Turner Prize comes round again: big money, big news, bad art.That's the formula. Who will remember next year, last year's winner,Gillian Wearing, with her perfectly fatuous video of a group ofconstables posing as for an ordinary still photograph, but compelledto stand motionless for ...
Pulp, SECC, Glasgow
Dec 01, 1998; ... WOULD the real Jarvis Cocker please stand up? Either Pulp havetwo bean-pole front men gyrating jerkily to set opener The Fear orthere is a mass audience hallucination going on. With a stage setwhich looks like a padded cell, are the Sheffield glampop giantstrying to tell us something? Or ...
Putting the boy back into flamboyance
Dec 01, 1998; ... IT has not been easy, over the years, to introduce men to theworld of fashion. How many times have they been told to "stoptucking that golfing jumper in to those jeans" and "drop the tiewiththe cartoon character"? But these are not isolated fashion mistakes. Remember white socks ...
A hitch-hiker's guide to the icebox
Dec 01, 1998; ... WE have all been there: the long night's journey into day, thebooze-fuelled bravado, the bets. For most of us, these daftchallenges are forgotten by the morning, along with the rest of thecomplete and utter rubbish we thought so entertaining, so edifying,just a few hours before. But the ...
A conductor at home with his new routes
Dec 01, 1998; ... IT'S only three years since Colin Davis became principalconductorof the London Symphony Orchestra. But critics have already beenpointing to changes in the orchestra's sound and personality: "lessglitter"; "rounder and more mellow tone"; "a deeper seriousness".Returning to London after ...
Come to the christening, it'll be the hottest party in town
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE pantry is stacked to the ceiling with cases of Dom Perignon,the caterers are booked, the christening invitations written - allthat remains is the blank for the baby's name to be filled in. Assoon as he or she is born, the final flourishes can be added to thegilt-edged invites - and ...
A miracle that's hard to swallow
Dec 01, 1998; ... CRAIG starts each day at 7:30am precisely with a ham and cheesetoastie and a glass of full fat milk to wash down ten pills. He usedto be a self-confessed "cornflakes, fruit and semi-skimmed" man, butthe pills, which are so far successfully keeping AIDS at bay, needtobe taken with fatty ...
A sparkling day out to view the glittering prizes
Dec 01, 1998; ... TEA and scones at the Pomp. And Scotland's It-girls are out inforce, rattling their baubles, bangles and beads amid the bonechina,while Edinburgh's ladies who lunch are nibbling smoked-salmonsandwiches and fiddling with the family silver sparkling at theirthroats. Everyone in the ...
Sinn Fein's proposals for police condemned
Dec 01, 1998; ... SINN Fein unveiled its proposals yesterday for a new NorthernIreland police service and said former IRA terrorists should serveassenior police officers. In a submission to the Independent Police Commission, chaired byChris Patten, Sinn Fein said former paramilitaries could ...
Glasgow faces new M74 fight
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE campaign to block a proposed five-mile extension of the M74inGlasgow was stepped up yesterday, with the launch of an officialprotest group. JAM 74 (Joint Action Against M74) claims the extension would turnthe city's south side into a "drive-through". Thirteen ...
Lennox Castle closure agreed
Dec 01, 1998 ... THE Scottish Office has approved the closure of a hospital forpeople with learning difficulties. Greater Glasgow Health Board can close Lennox Castle in EastRenfrewshire, which cares for more than 300 people. All but 70 will be moved to ...
Honda to sue 'grey market' bike sellers
Dec 01, 1998; ... HONDA said yesterday that it is suing British motorcycle dealerswho are importing the company's bikes from outside the EuropeanUnionand selling them cheaply. The case could have repercussions for the rest of the motorindustry in the UK, which is battling to stop unofficial ...
Strathclyde police create 'super division'
Dec 01, 1998 ... STRATHCLYDE police have started a shake-up that they say willimprove the service. The restructuring was launched with the creation of a "superdivision" of 730 officers to cover all North Lanarkshire. It effectively means the merger of two Lanarkshire divisions, thefirst in a ...
Council declares war on birds
Dec 01, 1998; ... ABERDEEN City Council - the first local authority in Scotland toimpose a classroom ban on pets - is being urged to declare war onthecity's bird population. Councillors are being asked to outlaw the feeding of birds in thecity centre in an attempt to control the pigeon and ...
Family seek damages for police raid on car
Dec 01, 1998; ... A WOMAN who claims plain-clothed police used baseball bats toattack a car in which her young son was a passenger yesterday beganlegal action for compensation. According to documents lodged at Hamilton Sheriff Court, sixofficers battered the car and broke windows, leaving the ...
Britons get left behind in survey of right-on attitudes
Dec 01, 1998; ... FORGET the caring, sharing vision of New Britain. We are an old-fashioned and uncommitted bunch. Not only do we care less about work than we once did, but westillbelieve that a woman's job is in the home, according to a new surveypublished today. Far from living in a Cool ...
Labour sends out mixed signals on new strategy for dealing with SNP
Dec 01, 1998; ... SCOTTISH Office ministers intend to underline the positiveaspectsof devolution and move away from the "Nat-bashing" image the LabourParty has earned in recent weeks. Sources close to ministers say they will not hesitate tochallengeSNP policies by rigorously analysing the ...
No regrets as Kelly puts Walker Cup before the Tour
Dec 01, 1998; ... LORNE Kelly, the Scot who helped Great Britain and Ireland wintheEisenhower Trophy in Chile last week, is still hungry for success asan amateur and determined to be part of the Walker Cup team whichfaces the US at Nairn next year. Kelly, 24, from Cowal, explained that he was due ...
Henrik the First born to be king
Dec 01, 1998; ... UNTIL a few weeks ago, most people would, if asked to mention aforeign player in Scotland undoubtedly touched by genius, havemurmured "Brian Laudrup". The time has now come for Brian to moveover on his pedestal to make room for a fellow Scandinavian. Henrik Larsson, the Swedish ...
Raith stable in the short term
Dec 01, 1998; ... RAITH Rovers' short-term future was secured last night when theclub's accountants put together an austerity package at an emergencymeeting. The Dundee-based firm Dand Carnegie and Co drew up the so-called"action plan" following talks with the Fife club's directors. A ...
Botham anoints Hick the saviour
Dec 01, 1998 ... IAN Botham yesterday hit out at England's selectors for theirfailure to include Graeme Hick as a first-choice batsmen in theAshessquad. The Worcestershire right-hander only arrived in Australialast week, called up as cover for the injured Michael Atherton. "I think England got it ...
Worst batting in memory, says Stewart
Dec 01, 1998; ... ALEC Stewart spoke yesterday of "one of the poorest performances"he could remember from an England team and laid the blame for defeatsquarely on the shoulders of his batsmen. Although Stewart paid tribute to the Australian bowlers, he madeno bones about criticising his own ...
Cronje warns of backlash from tourists
Dec 01, 1998; ... SOUTH Africa's captain Hansie Cronje kept the champagne on iceafter the historic first Test win over the West Indies, warning thatthe tourists would "bounce back hard". The West Indies went down by four wickets at the Wanderers inJohannesburg but Cronje, as always, guarded against ...
English cricket reduced to ashes
Dec 01, 1998; ... ENGLAND lost the second Test by seven wickets in Perth yesterdayand, unless they at least win two and draw one of the threeremainingmatches in the series, the Ashes will be destined to remainAustralia's. Since Mike Gatting's side won the Ashes in 1986-87, England havebeen ...
Viduka is given the green light for Celtic debut
Dec 01, 1998; ... MARKO Viduka was yesterday given the all clear to make his long-awaited debut for Celtic on Sunday against Hearts at Tynecastleafterfinally being granted a work permit. Celtic announced ten days ago they had signed the Australianstriker from Croatia Zagreb for GBP 3 million ....
Heavyweights loosen up with some verbal sparring
Dec 01, 1998; ... BRITAIN'S Lennox Lewis and American Evander Holyfield set thestage for their long-awaited heavyweight world title unificationboutin New York yesterday with each vowing to triumph on 13 March. "When you wait for a long time and you cry, you finally get whatyou want," Holyfield ...
Foster ends quest for singles title
Dec 01, 1998; ... BOWLS world champion Paul Foster added the missing piece to thejigsaw when he captured the Scottish Indoor Singles Championship atGlasgow's Kelvin Hall yesterday, beating World Junior championDarrenBurnett from Arbroath in straight sets in the final. Foster, from the Magnum ...
Eagle eyes on German failings
Dec 01, 1998 ... AYR Scottish Eagles are hoping to avoid another bitter Europeanice hockey experience as they take aim at history for a second time,writes Ian Parkes. They only need a point from today's finaldivisional game in Mannheim for a place in the second round. Defeat in regulation for the ...
Double jackpot follows job losses
Dec 01, 1998; ... TWO oil refinery workers who commiserated with each other whenthey lost their jobs have each won a lottery jackpot. Two weeks after Mick King and Bernie Finn finished working at theGrimsby Conoco refinery, Mr Finn, a father of 13 , won GBP 3.1million. This weekend Mr King and ...
Pinochet ordered to leave hospital
Dec 01, 1998; ... GENERAL Augusto Pinochet will be evicted from the hospital wherehe is recovering from a back operation unless he complies with anorder to leave. The Grovelands Priory Hospital in Southgate, north London, saysPinochet is well enough to be discharged and no longer needs ...
Blair urged to promise support for hunting ban
Dec 01, 1998; ... TONY Blair has been challenged to give a guarantee that he willsupport a ban on fox hunting soon after the House of Lords isreformed. An influential cross-party group of MPs has backed a plea fromanti-blood sports groups urging the Prime Minister to support themeasure after a ...
Fire brigade reviews flood role
Dec 01, 1998; ... GRAMPIAN'S financially troubled fire brigade is proposing to stopthe use of crews for mopping up operations in areas of the north-eastprone to heavy flooding. The proposal, due to go before a meeting of the joint fire boardlater this month, was revealed in a letter to Moray ...
Direct labour employees warned
Dec 01, 1998; ... A LABOUR council told workers in its direct labour organisationyesterday that work would start to go to the private sector nextweekunless a pay dispute is settled. The 500 City of Dundee Council employees, who cover housingmaintenance and construction, staged a wildcat strike ...
Anxious patients out of pocket as cosmetic surgery clinics collapse
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE sign read: "LST Clinic Scotland, Reception, Please Enter."Behind the door, bearing logos for American Express, Visa,MasterCardand EuroCard, the telephone rang incessantly but was never answered. An advertising board offering "Medical hair treatment, hairtransplant surgery, ...
New system to monitor standards in care homes
Dec 01, 1998; ... PLANS for a new system to monitor standards of care in Scotland'sresidential care and nursing homes are to be announced next spring. Yesterday, Frank Dobson, the Health Secretary, unveiled a whitepaper proposing independent regulators in each English and Welshregion, with powers to ...
Dewar opens science centre in St Andrews
Dec 01, 1998; ... DONALD Dewar, the Scottish Secretary, yesterday opened a researchcentre at St Andrews University that aims to accelerate thedevelopment of drugs for some of the world's most feared diseases. The biomolecular science laboratories, which bring togetherchemists, physicists, biologists ...
Beef on the bone ban likely to end in March
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE Government will end the ban on beef on the bone in March ashopes that it would be lifted before Christmas were dashed lastnight. The U-turn comes after government scientists released a reportsaying there was a small risk of people contracting the human formofmad cow disease ...
TRENDSPOTTER ... SMART CLOTHES
Dec 01, 1998; ... TIGHTS were never up there with the fashion greats. The inferiorcousin of stockings, they do, however, do a much better job ofkeeping you warm. And with the temperature reaching brass-monkeylows, old faithful Marks & Spencer is revolutionising the world ofhosiery with the Bodysensor ...
Duty call for stars to flash cash
Dec 01, 1998; ... WE'RE not denying that it's commendable and ever-so endearing,butwhy can't our stars behave as they're meant to? Kate Winslet mayindeed love bangers and mash and Joanna Lumley may enjoy nothingbetter than a trawl round the charity shops but they should, please,keep it to themselves ....
STYLENOTES ... WHITE HEAT
Dec 01, 1998; ... IT'S impossible to flick through the pages of a glossy stylemagazine these days without gazing in wonder at yet anotherscrubbed,"wonderful" white room. Apparently, there are more shades of whitethan bristles in the average paintbrush, and we don't mean thosewishy-washy "hint of a tint" ...
CATEGORY ... TOPIC
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE Daleks are set to return to Britain in 2000 - but not ontelevision. Peter Mandelson - is introducing small dome-shapedrobots to the Millennium Dome, where they will patrol crowds or givedirections. Some people have said that if they wanted robots theyhad 400-odd MPs to choose from ....
XMAS CRACKERS ... BOG FIEND
Dec 01, 1998 ... WE know that Bulletin readers will be the first to appreciate thesuitably infantile humour behind the first of our alternativefestivegifts (pictured left). Just stick Bog Monster under your loo seat,put the lid down ...
Caine on the old Kent road
Dec 01, 1998; ... THIS Yuletide a new animated series will be appearing on the boxwith moving pictures. What be this programme, I hear thou saying?Why, it be The Canterbury Tales, based on the medieval customs'officer's ribald and saucy story about some typical pilgrims. Such ajourney today would be ...
W&D pumps up the pressure on Marston
Dec 01, 1998 ... BRITAIN'S largest regional beermaker, Wolverhampton & DudleyBreweries, yesterday made a fresh attack on its takeover targetMarston, Thompson & Evershed. Wolverhampton launched a hostile bid for Marston last Thursday,and followed up with a further attack in its official ...
Cost-cutting Volvo to axe 5,300 jobs
Dec 01, 1998 ... VOLVO, the Swedish vehicle giant, is to cut its staff by 5,300andaxe more than 700 consultants in the face of weaker markets. The firm said around 2,600 of those facing redundancy were inSweden and 2,700 overseas. About 3,100 are white-collar staff. Mostof the sackings, which ...
Vickers' purchase creates marine giant
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE world's largest marine propulsion manufacturer has beencreated with the purchase by Vickers for GBP 314 million of Ulstein,the Norwegian marine engineering group. Vickers will fund the deal using its GBP 200 million cash pile -mainly built-up from the sale of Rolls-Royce Motor ...
Last-minute rush to tidy home of Scottish history
Dec 01, 1998; ... STAFF at the Museum of Scotland beat the clock yesterday in timefor the Queen's opening St Andrew's Day visit. Several curators spent Sunday night finishing their displayswhilea gala dinner and reception took place. Some went home only yesterday to change so they could meet ...
Timetable to run down Dounreay speeded up
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE Dounreay nuclear plant will be decommissioned in half thetimescale originally envisaged, at a cost to the taxpayer of GBP 4.5billion. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the plant's operator,saidit had agreed to reduce its original 100-year plan to between 40 and60 ...
Smaller role for costume drama in BBC schedules
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE BBC is to scale down its production of costume dramas such asVanity Fair and Wuthering Heights, in the belief that viewers aremore likely to be drawn to contemporary work. Peter Salmon, the controller of BBC 1, said the GBP 125 millionwinter season, announced yesterday, ...
Quebec heads for separatist victory in poll
Dec 01, 1998; ... CANADA was last night braced for another round of constitutionalwrangling as the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) headed for adecisive victory in the elections to the Quebec National Assembly. PQ's leader, Lucien Bouchard, has promised that he will work tosecure the "winning ...
Museum's Monet was looted by Nazis
Dec 01, 1998 ... FOLLOWING a Jewish group's complaint over the "morally murky"history of a Claude Monet painting, the director of the BostonMuseumof Fine Arts has acknowledged that the painting may have been stolenby Nazis during the Second World War. The World Jewish Congress had criticised the ...
France and Germany seek to set EU agenda
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE leaders of Germany and France were hoping to breathe new lifeinto their two countries' relationship when they met last night atthe start of a two-day summit in the historic city of Potsdam, nearBerlin. Gerhard Schroeder's first summit with his French counterpartscould prove ...
Fears rise for film crew trapped by blizzards on Arctic island
Dec 01, 1998; ... RUSSIAN rescue workers are to brave Arctic blizzards again todayin a bid to save a three-man camera crew stranded on a remote islandoff Siberia. Fears for the Australian, Russian and Japanese documentaryfilmmakers grew last night as it emerged that their food rationswould only ...
Peace deal falters over release of prisoners
Dec 01, 1998; ... ON THE wall of Umm Ismail's living room is the crocheted image ofa Palestinian woman raising her fists and triumphantly breaking thechains that bind her arms. Her husband, Jama'a Moussa, crafted it in his jail cell, where heis serving a sentence of life plus ten years for taking ...
Malaysian politician's sex trial in chaos as attorney sentenced to jail
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE trial of Malaysia's sacked deputy prime minister, AnwarIbrahim, on sex and corruption charges yesterday descended intochaosas one of his attorneys was sentenced to three months in jail forcontempt of court. Zainur Zakaria, a prominent lawyer in Anwar's defence team,refused ...
Tom Hanks admits regrets over helping pay Clinton's lawyers
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE Hollywood actor Tom Hanks says he regrets giving $10,000 toPresident Bill Clinton's legal defence fund because of what he haslearned about the affair. Hanks also said that he would not rule out running for officesomeday. The frank admissions were made in the new issue ...
Weir free for move to Ibrox
Dec 01, 1998; ... RANGERS have emerged as the clear favourites to sign David Weir,the Hearts and Scotland defender. The only doubt appears to be overwhether the League Cup winners pay a fee for the player now, or waituntil the end of the season and sign him for nothing. Weir has failed to reach ...
Ibrox faces probe over Parma slurs
Dec 01, 1998; ... RANGERS are to be investigated by UEFA after the club's matchprogramme made disparaging remarks about Italy's war record beforethe UEFA Cup tie with Parma. "We have asked the SFA to send us a copy of this programme," aUEFA spokeswoman said yesterday. "We will wait to see what ...
Smith wins power struggle
Dec 01, 1998; ... PETER Johnson has decided to quit as the Everton chairman in thewake of his row with the manager, Walter Smith, over thecontroversial sale of Duncan Ferguson to Newcastle United. Johnson confirmed in a statement issued by the club yesterdaythathe was giving up the post, and that ...
Cup still in a league of its own
Dec 01, 1998; ... NO sponsor. No radio deal. No European place on offer. TheLeague Cup which Rangers claimed for the 21st time on Sunday can beregarded as an anachronism within the modern game, or a welcomethrowback to the good old days when pride and prestige were the onlyprizes on offer and domestic ...
Brown plots next step for St Johnstone
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE St Johnstone chairman, Geoff Brown, yesterday reflected onthegreatest day of his 12-year tenure, and made it known his ambitionfor the club had not been sated by a League Cup final appearance. Indeed, the man whose club is around GBP 350,000 better off afterSunday, is already ...
Borders take under-18 title
Dec 01, 1998 ... A TRY apiece from Alan Armstrong and Gary Jackson of Jed Thistlein a 22-10 home win over Edinburgh helped Borders to the under-18championship. Hawick PSA's Keith Moffat ...
Bond with clubs proves profitable
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE close relationship between Linlithgow RFC and LinlithgowAcademy is beginning to bear fruit as witnessed by some of theirresults this season. Linlithgow are going well in Division 2 of the National Leagueandbeat Stirling County in the third round of the Tennent's Velvet ...
Mallett targets record that will last for ever
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE South Africa coach, Nick Mallett, believes victory overEngland on Saturday will set a Test record of 18 consecutive winsthat will stand for ever. The Springboks equalled New Zealand's high of 17, set over fouryears from 1967, when Mallett's men won in Ireland on Saturday ...