The Sunday Herald articles from March 2002

The Sunday Herald back issues from March 2002:

Flash cars, adoring fans, management problems. Were the Olympics the easy part for Alain Baxter?; Sporting hero, sex symbol and now Scotland's answer to David Beckham - but can our Olympic bronze medallist triumph in the fame game, asks Stewart Fisher

Mar 03, 2002; ... KING OF THE WORLD THE toughest interview Alain Baxter has faced throughout amesmerising old week comes from an unforgiving bunch of five-year-olds. In the gym hall of Aviemore Primary School, the questions arecoming thick and fast. Two interjections from the rapt audiencerender ...

funky monkey

Mar 03, 2002; ... ian brownbarrowland, glasgowHHHH THE last time Ian Brown played in Glasgow, all he had was a DATplayer, a couple of percussionists and his own unique brand of simiancharisma. Amazingly, he was received like a god swaggering amongstmortal men. This, despite the fact that when it ...

trail blazing

Mar 03, 2002; ... reviewed THE TRAIL OF DEADSOURCE TAGS AND CODES (POLYDOR)HHHH IKARACOLTCHAT AND BUSINESS (FANTASTIC PLASTIC)HHH SAHARA HOTNIGHTSJENNIE BOMB (RCA)HH jad fair and teenagefanclubwords of wisdom and hope (geographic)HHHH AlanisMorissetteunder rug swept (MAVERICK)H Young Texan ...

american eye just out in the us

Mar 03, 2002 ... QUEEN OF THE DAMNED The pitch: Let's sequel-ize Interview With TheVampire! The plot After a few decades napping, the vampire Lestat decidesto reinvent himself as a rock star. But his full metal racket awakensthe ancient Queen Akasha from her crypt beneath the Arctic ice.Akasha ...

shorts who's in the news

Mar 03, 2002 ... We may be in and out of jail like a drug-fuelled yo-yo, but"troubled" Robert Downey Jr, below, is still a gifted actor. So it'sgood to hear that he'll reprise Michael Gambon's, starring role in amovie adaptation of Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective. Fittingly,most of the action takes ...

talkies

Mar 03, 2002 ... "Love really is a kind of magic, and magic doesn't always makesense. It's all about balance. You can't be so cynical that you don'tlet your heart make decisions, and you don't want to be so open-hearted that you get hurt. When you fall in love, it's so weird. It'sillogical. It's like ...

neigh bother Sex, passion, betrayal and a femme fatale - it's all in there. But a social conscience, revolutionary politics and a white stallion? Meet the real Carmen

Mar 03, 2002; ... Minx. Trollop. Man-eater. Sorceress. Vamp. Whore. All words at onetime or another used to describe the Sevillian gypsy made famous byBizet's 1875 opera Carmen. However, according to Salvador Tvora - the tiny, pony-tailedAndalusian toreador-turned-theatre-director who brings his ...

summer; His pacing is slow and deliberate and his detractors delight in attacking him as boring but, Tim Abrahams discovers, Chekhov's plays are still filling theatres across Scotland

Mar 03, 2002; ... "Who cares about Chekhov anyway? A bunch of old women moaningabout ducks flying home to Moscow." Richard E Grant's throwawayremark from Withnail And I may not be the film's most memorable line,but it neatly sums up the case against a writer who attracts as manydetractors as he does ...

welcome to the hammer house of orwell

Mar 03, 2002; ... reviewed 1984 dundee repertory theatre Run finished HHH shopping & F***ing/pit bullgilded balloon studio, edinburgh inrep until march 16 HHH/HH BIG Brother and Room 101 have become cheery bywords for lightentertainment, but George Orwell's 1984 - from which their ...

Marriage of convenience; Does your husband make sure you have plenty of clean bras in your underwear drawer? Thought not. In a society where married men and single women fare best, we ask: marriage - what is it good for?

Mar 03, 2002; ... MEN get one thing from marriage that women never do: wives. So asspring approaches, the sap rises and wedding magazines go intooverdrive for the inevitable lace race to the altar, it does beg thequestion: in a period of burgeoning female careers, prolonged youthand greater equality, ...

Spine tinglers; Lantern-jawed doctors, flighty, feisty virgins. Bosom- heaving kisses. That's what love used to be about, apparently. But this collection of lusty, busty covers will have you ripping your bodices with laughter

Mar 03, 2002; ... IT IS possible to prattle and pontificate about the culturalrelevance of the cheap romance novel, and how its development, like,totally reflects the changes to women's status in society. But whywould you want to do that when you can just have a laugh at thecovers? A new book, ...

Maiden voyager; While trying to discover the real story of James Cook, writer and broadcaster Vanessa Collingridge was stunned to find one her forebears had beaten her to it

Mar 03, 2002; ... The story of the three of us - James, George and me - startscalmly enough at four o'clock in a library on a cold, springafternoon. It was the kind of day that is both pleasant yetunremarkable - the kind of day one imagines a leaf-cutting ant wouldhave in the jungle: sharp-smelling, busy ...

Into the blue

Mar 03, 2002; ... Cool chic for ice ...

Blue in the face

Mar 03, 2002; ... You won't be feeling down when you ...

Love at first bite; The unusually-named Heart Buchanan is a classy Glasgow deli that's easy to fall for, finds Joanna Blythman

Mar 03, 2002; ... HEART BUCHANAN, 380 Byres Road, Glasgow (0141 334 7526) Dinner:(pounds) 5-(pounds) 15 Food rating: 81/2/10 Illustration: adrianmcMurchie www.amcmurchie.com WHY would you ever want to eat a Safeway ready meal when you canget a takeaway from Heart Buchanan? In part, it's an upmarket ...

quick stop healthy option

Mar 03, 2002 ... Fisherman's Catch soup Prep and cook time: 35 minutes Serves four350g skinless white fish fillets 225g potatoes, peeled and diced 2medium leeks or onions, sliced 175g carrots, coarsely grated 100gfrozen peas 2 tablespoons cornflour 600ml semi-skimmed milk 1. Simmerthe fish in 600ml water ...

cocktail

Mar 03, 2002; ... Brandy Milk Punch 2 shots Remy Martin - shots milk 1/2 shot gomme AKA the Alexander-lite, this drink can be made with eyes closedand hands behind backs ....

wine

Mar 03, 2002; ... This quite rare variety hails from Bordeaux and had all butvanished as its susceptiblity to rot and low yields made itunfavourable among the vignerons of France. Meanwhile in Chile, winemakers were unearthing a bizarre grapevariety. Searching for ripe Merlot fruit, they came ...

20 questions with chef Pascal Eck

Mar 03, 2002 ... When did you become a chef? I started cooking 21 years ago, aged 15. I served a three-yearapprenticeship at the CFA College in Saumur, Loire Valley, France. What attracted you to cooking? During my childhood I was surrounded by good food. My father usedto hunt, fish ...

Fitness coach; Power of balance

Mar 03, 2002; ... Do you rely too heavily on the stronger side of your body? Most ofus tend to favour one or the other - but don't get mad, get even ICANNOT for the life of me remember the entire alphabet or spell,sometimes, even the simplest of words. I suffer from dyslexia. Butalthough it has affected ...

Life coach

Mar 03, 2002; ... Here to help you close the gap between where you are right now andwhere you want to be New Year resolutions have fallen by the waysidealready. How can I set goals and then take the steps to achieve them? Many people have the same challenges when it comes to goalsetting, and we can ...

Body & soul

Mar 03, 2002; ... If you can't get down to the Iso shop in Edinburgh (57-59, SouthClerk St, 0131 622 5101), this site allows you to order theirvitamins, minerals and herbs online. Visit the bookshop or fill out aquestionnaire to see what supplements you need to keep yourself inoptimum condition. The ...

Short and sweet; Scent, colour, height, width. There's a lot to think about when choosing seeds, but variety is the key to enjoying the fleeting results

Mar 03, 2002; ... FOR the last few weeks, supermarkets have been brightened up bycheerful displays of brightly-coloured packets of flower seeds. It isvery tempting to grab handfuls and put them in the shopping trolley,thinking vaguely that all you have to do is add water and "heypresto", a brightly ...

high five

Mar 03, 2002; ... Food is literally the most essential element in any culture and inmany cases, a prescribed element of certain traditions and rituals.And when those foods and rituals are bizarre or lethal, then it canbe worth going around the world just for one meal. 1Fugu Fish, Japan Many people ...

wish I was here... Lunan Bay

Mar 03, 2002; ... Off the main road, we weaved down a single-track, took a left;reversed on to an embankment and edged passed a gate. And with a "I-do know-where-I'm-going" look from the navigator, we found it. It was vast and open. Bright and windswept. Waves crashed on agolden sandy beach and a ...

Something for the weekend

Mar 03, 2002; ... The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh NOW lots of people - particularly journalists - have slept intheir office at one time or another, and I'm not talking about duringwork hours, but few could say they've done it in this much style.Well, I never actually worked at the Scotsman, but in my ...

Heat and dust; Thailand may be the land of smiles, but for new arrivals in Bangkok the heat, noise and smell makes you want to seek out Nirvana, and fast

Mar 03, 2002; ... I ONLY discover, when the plane is landing, that there are notoilets in Thailand. I wonder why I hadn't come across this importantconsideration earlier in my preparations for this trip and make amental note to use the airport loo and bid a fond farewell to theconvenience as I know it for ...

Home movies

Mar 03, 2002; ... MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN Channel 4, tonight, 10pm Strange tothink this was once banned all over the place. The Holy Grail isfunnier, but this is the Python team's most smoothly-flowing movie.In Jerusalem circa AD 33, Graham Chapman is Brian, whose life, fromhis birth in a manger ...

Race against time; 24 BBC 2, tonight, 10pm

Mar 03, 2002; ... Rock around the clock with this new-style drama. Each episodecharts a hour in the day of US counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer.But can he stop the bad guys before it's too late? REAL life - a drab, pointless animation eked out minute by glacialminute - is boring. That's why we ...

Manhattan transfer; Raining on my parade

Mar 03, 2002; ... I AM not sure how long it takes me to realise that the woman onthe subway is shouting at me. "You think I'm funny?" she isscreaming, and though all of us can hear her - how could we not - wechoose to pretend otherwise. A robust woman to my left continuessucking her lollipop; another, to ...

"Being in a band is like trying to cheat death. We are all trying to be Peter Pan"; Garbage singer Shirley Manson strikes a chord with anyone who likes their rock stars smart and outspoken. So why is she thinking of jacking it all in?

Mar 03, 2002; ... SHIRLEY Manson is wearing tight blue jeans and a vintage-lookinglace top, which is to say that she is not wearing a racoon penis bonearound her neck. These amulets are much prized in the Appalachianmountains of West Virginia for their power to enhance sexualperformance; Shirley owns two, ...

[ MY SONS turned five last week... ]

Mar 03, 2002; ... MY SONS turned five last week. I had anticipated some majordevelopment leap: that the boys would recognise the symptoms oftiredness and retire to bed, gracefully, reappearing 11 hours laterto present Mamma and Papa with a breakfast tray bearing triangles oftoast. Only nothing ...

THE END OF THE BEGINNING; With his European adventure over, Alex McLeish must motivate himself and his side for today's clash with Dundee United, says Michael Grant

Mar 03, 2002; ... RANGERS play Dundee United at Tannadice this afternoon in a gamedeemed sufficiently important by BBC Scotland for it to be broadcastlive to the nation. It is unlikely that Alex McLeish has ever sharedthe Beeb's opinion of the match's significance. The Rangers manager spoke at ...

Footnotes

Mar 03, 2002 ... CHAPMAN magazine, founded in 1970, is hirpling toward its 100thissue. The 99th, just out, is as diverse as ever, with poems,stories, reviews, essays and illustrations from contributors such asRon Butlin, Margaret Elphinstone, Gordon Legge and SB Kelly. HaydenMurphy reviews the 2001 ...

King of the jungle

Mar 03, 2002; ... Bushcraft: An Inspirational Guide to Surviving the Wilderness byRay Mears (Hodder & Stoughton, (pounds) 18.99) AS a junior Natty Bumpo, with the North Downs as his territory,Ray Mears taught himself how to move quickly, quietly and efficientlythrough all sorts of terrain, because ...

A share of disappointment forfailed buyer; Alan Campbell hears Eddie Thompson's side of the story of his second unsuccessful bid to become United's largest shareholder due to Jim McLean's 'inflated' price

Mar 03, 2002; ... EDDIE Thompson, the businessman whose offer to buy the majorityshareholding in Dundee United was rejected last week, believes theTannadice club will be (pounds) 4m in debt by June. He is prepared toincrease his offer, believed to be in the region of (pounds) 550,000,but not to the level ...

Bidding fair to be hosts with most; Michael Grant says the time has come to take our bid seriously and use the opportunity of Hampden hosting the Champions League final to impress the Euro powerbrokers

Mar 03, 2002; ... BECAUSE so many have seemed intent on spitting out Scotland's Euro2008 proposal from the outset, it was refreshing last week to haveinstead something to chew over. There was an element of fantasy inmulling over how the groups would be carved up, a semi-final here, afinal there. At last, ...

To purgatory with the curva nutters

Mar 03, 2002; ... A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion,National Character and Goals by Tim Parks (Secker & Warburg, (pounds)16.99) IN many respects, all football hooligans are alike but none,surely, is as complex as the Italian hooligan. Tim Parks, whoalternates ...

The golden years; Martin O'Neill has brought the glory days back to Celtic Park but, as he turns 50, instead of celebrating, he is bemoaning problems Alex McLeish would envy, says Natasha Woods

Mar 03, 2002; ... BIRTHDAYS are often a time to take stock. On Martin O'Neill's 50thhe found himself pondering the problems of managing the Scottishchampions. He is already uneasy about the prospect of facing twoChampions League qualifying ties. Then there is the fact Celtic mustcompete against Europe's ...

Raise the stars and gripes

Mar 03, 2002 ... IAN Bell implies that President Bush and his hypocriticalplatitudes regarding evil, arms control, and terrorism somehowreflect the attitudes of the American people ("Just what is Bushusing for a brain?", Seven Days, February 24). I can assure you that not all Americans are so ...

Let's start an honest debate on drugs

Mar 03, 2002 ... OUR in-depth investigation into Scotland's drug problem (in thenews section) has demonstrated clearly that the so-called War OnDrugs is finally over. Lost. After decades of empty politicalrhetoric and futile sloganeering such as the Just Say No campaigns ofthe 1980s and 1990s, we are ...

and be realistic about tackling Aids in Africa

Mar 03, 2002 ... Uganda has made tremendous progress in tackling Aids. Thegovernment, church and charities have worked together to promote thesafe-sex message resulting in a reduction in the HIV rate from 18% to6%. But while the government can afford to distribute millions ofcondoms it cannot ...

Reserving the right for an all-Ajax final; Michael Grant reports on the Dutch Cup loophole that could see the league leaders face their B team in the final

Mar 03, 2002; ... Ajax Amsterdam HOLLAND's thrilling young midfielder, Rafael van der Vaart, wasinvited to be the celebrity who would make the draw for the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup. Under the glare of live television camerasthe teenager strolled into the centre circle of the Amsterdam ...

ONLY AN EXCUSE; He has a million and one reasons for Leeds' lack of success, yet it never seems to be his fault. When is David O'Leary going to take responsibility for the club's failings, asks Natasha Woods

Mar 03, 2002; ... AT ELLAND Road they know the value of European football. OnThursday, before PSV Eindhoven added to Leeds United's fastdisintegrating season, the club shop did a roaring trade. Thevisiting Dutch supporters were made to feel welcome by beingencouraged to pay in Euros. Once the ...

A Lack Of Direction Threatens The SNP; Iain Macwhirter says swinney must find the snp a new sense of purpose and fast

Mar 03, 2002; ... SCOTLAND free in 2003? I don't think so. John Swinney may not haveintended to evoke the ghost of 1990s SNP triumphalism last week, butthere was still a hollow ring to his cry for freedom. It is as if theindependence moment has passed. Scotland is having enough troublemaking a devolved ...

Legend to toast century at the Copa

Mar 03, 2002; ... THIS Wednesday evening, when the global phenomenon that is RealMadrid Club de Futbol marks its 100th birthday, the players will lookto celebrate it in the only way they know how. Winning anothertournament. To mark the occasion, the Spanish football authorities havebequeathed the ...

Monty changes heart over US boycott

Mar 03, 2002; ... COLIN Montgomerie is expected to announce tomorrow that he will,after all, play in America in 2002 and beyond. The retraction of hisearlier vow not to play across the Atlantic will allow him tocontinue to contest all four Majors each year. A spokeswoman for Montgomerie's ...

Ayr seek final say over Giant bogey team; Stewart Fisher finds the Eagles weary but determined as they line up in Belfast hoping to win the Challenge Cup

Mar 03, 2002; ... AS the players and fans of the Ayr Scottish Eagles make the ferrytrip over to Belfast's Odyssey arena for this evening's Challenge Cupfinal, they may find a stop in Rathlin island instructive. It was in an alcove on that tiny isle off the Antrim coast thatKing Robert the Bruce is ...

Bowman back on board

Mar 03, 2002 ... AS the Volvo Ocean Race fleet limbers up in Rio de Janeiro for the4,450 mile fifth leg to Miami, the crew on board ASSA Abloy welcomedback bowman Jason Carrington. Carrington rejoins the fleet after recovering from a mysteryillness which struck down him on leg three of the race ...

Cup full of hat-trick men

Mar 03, 2002 ... Oban Camanachd beat Caberneigh 8-0 at home in the first round ofthe Glenmorgan Camanachd Cup on a day when six of the eight fixturessurvived and a spectacular 31 goals were scored. The gulf between Premier League Oban and the National League sidewas too great and Oban were never ...

Grove thrive outdoors

Mar 03, 2002 ... A mellow afternoon greeted the return of Scotland's top sides tothe great outdoors yesterday. The top match of the Spektra Systemswomen's league was at Bellahouston, where Vardy Giffnock gaveBonagrass Grove a good game. Grove captain, Cheryl Valentine, had the chance to put her ...

Live

Mar 03, 2002 ... Colin Jackson struck gold at the age of 35 last night, storming tovictory in the European Indoor Championships 60 metres hurdles finalin Vienna. World record holder Jackson false started to put himself underpressure but held his nerve to make a flying start and race away toclaim ...

Round-up

Mar 03, 2002 ... BASKETBALL: The Edinburgh Rocks overcame the London Leopards 106-92 last night and will be hoping to continue their impressive run andoverhaul Leicester Riders for the fourth and final BBL Championshipplay-off berth this afternoon when they host Birmingham Bullets. CURLING: Rhona ...

Speed Freak; He has been hailed as the future of British sprinting - but, for now, Mark Lewis-Francis just wants to keep on the straight and narrow, reports Natasha Woods

Mar 03, 2002; ... TOMORROW morning the fastest teenager in the world will presenthimself at his local police station. It is that or face arrest. It isa bizarre thought, but Mark Lewis-Francis could yet surrender himselfwith a gold medal around his neck. That is because he can erase the memory of an ...

England's batsmen suffer in the rain

Mar 03, 2002 ... England crashed to 82 for six on a rain-affected first day oftheir three day warm-up match against Otago in Queenstown. Otago,bottom of the New Zealand state championship, tore through the toporder after putting England in on a green wicket and in swingingconditions. To complete the ...

Edmond times it well

Mar 03, 2002 ... Just like Olympic curling title winner Rhona Martin, Edinburgh'sIan Edmond, the man who knocked David Wilkie from the record books,swears by his psychologist. Yesterday, the tired British 200mbreaststroke No 1 glided to what seemed an easy vistory at theScottish Open Long Course ...

Playing to our strengths is simply showing up our weaknesses; John Beattie believes Scotland's basic lack of strength is at the root of our problems and is something showing up at all levels of our game which must be addressed as a matter of urgency

Mar 03, 2002; ... We aren't strong enough. Scotland's professional rugby playersshould be ashamed of their weekend, as men paid a lot of money werestuffed by all three Irish teams, and something is wrong with thesystem when we crumble the way we did. There is a back room staff thousands strong, a ...

Woodward vows to bounce back

Mar 03, 2002 ... ENGLAND vowed to "bounce back" last night after suffering a shockdefeat to France and blowing the Grand Slam. Suffering again on theirtravels, England lost 20-15 at the Stade de France, conceding twotries in the first 20 minutes and never recovering from the earlyFrench onslaught ....

Meeting over Blatter's fate after bribery claims

Mar 03, 2002; ... THE position of Fifa president Sepp Blatter may become untenableat a meeting in Zurich on Wednesday when his executive committee willdemand an audit into the manner in which the world football governingbody is being run. Scotland's David Will, a Fifa vice-president, is among 13 ...

Bobby's Easter rising

Mar 03, 2002; ... Hibernian 3 St Johnstone 0 Subs: Brebner for Arpinon 49, Hurtadofor Brewster 69, Townsley for de la Cruz 79. Not used: Caig, Fenwick. Booked: Murray 29, de la Cruz 47. Referee: J. Rowbotham Subs: Jones for Youssouf 50, Dasovic forMaher 57, Falconer for Forsyth 79 ....

Fergie, Keane, now Becks

Mar 03, 2002 ... Roy Keane quashed rumours that he was due to sign for Celtic atthe end of the season after agreeing a new four-year deal withManchester United yesterday. Just two days after manager Sir Alex Ferguson signed his own three-year deal, Keane (pictured) has committed to the club until ...

Fraserburgh high fives

Mar 03, 2002 ... Fraserburgh survived a first half scare to go five points clear atthe top of the Highland League last night. Opponents Brora took the lead through David Gray in 17 minutes and10 minutes later looked to be cruising after Lewis Ross struck theirsecond. Experienced Mike ...

Hendry in plea to Vogts

Mar 03, 2002 ... COLIN Hendry last night sent a message to new Scottishinternational chief Bertie Vogts: "Hopefully I'll have a chance underyou." Hendry returned to first team action for Preston North End,helping Davie Moyes' side to a crucial 1-0 win against promotionrivals Birmingham City ...

Raul puts Real back on top

Mar 03, 2002 ... Real Madrid regained their position at the top of La Liga, for 24hours at least, thanks to an 82nd minute header by Spanishinternational Raul Gonzalez. The 1-0 win over Celta Vigo puts Real Madrid top with 49 points,two ahead of second-placed Valencia who meet Real Zaragoza today ....

Youngster seals dream debut with late winner

Mar 03, 2002; ... MOTHERWELL 1 HEARTS 2 THE normally-taciturn Craig Levein hadalways seemed like a man with something up his sleeve as he praisedhis side's youth policy to the high heavens in yesterday's morningnewspapers. No wonder. At Fir Park yesterday, the Hearts boss wasthankful that cutbacks in his ...