The Sunday Herald back issues from March 2004:
A fairer way to play; Ken Symon meets the course designer who aims to open up the world of golf to wider participation by tackling elitism
Mar 07, 2004; ... If Neil Hobday's vision comes to pass not only will he build aninteresting business but it will help transform the standing of golfin Scotland. Hobday Golf aims to develop or redevelop quality golf courses withtop-level facilities but with an accessibility far removed from ...
Glasgow shrugs off out-of-town mall threat
Mar 07, 2004; ... GLASGOW is expected to retain its position as the UK's leadingshopping destination outside London despite a plethora of projects todevelop out-of-town retail parks around the city. Last week, Glasgow was named as the UK's second "retaildestination" in a survey by credit analysts ...
Daily Record heads for court as Lennon cries foul; An era of aggressive coverage will come to an end when the final whistle blows on the case involving the Celtic midfielder and Scotland's biggest tabloid, reports Ken Symon
Mar 07, 2004; ... When the legal case between Celtic midfielder Neil Lennon and theDaily Record concludes, it will mark the close of a chapter in thehistory of Scotland's biggest selling tabloid newspaper. The Lennon case is regarded in the newspaper industry as a symptomof the malaise of the Record ...
Not quite the good Reid McLeish promised
Mar 07, 2004 ... The Daily Record's mega serialisation of Henry McLeish's memoirsScotland First does not exactly seem to have been the sensation thatMcLeish and the Record had hoped. And it appears that the book has not yet to cause much of areading on the Labour Party seismograph ....
Acquisition trail puts Iomart on the path to rich rewards; Investors may be looking to one Glasgow-based web services company with keen interest, but that doesn't mean a return to the glory years of 2000, says Julia Fields
Mar 07, 2004; ... At first glance, the most staggering aspect of Iomart is itsrising share price. The AIM-listed company's shares have leapt from4.25p to 67.25p in the last 12 months. The small Glasgow-based webservices company now has a market capitalisation of (pounds) 3million. The figure is not out of ...
Why small package may not be a good thing for Scotsman; A return to its roots or a bid to boost circulation? Ian Fraser reports on the latest title to join the tabloid troops
Mar 07, 2004; ... YESTERDAY's move by the Scotsman to relaunch its Saturday editionas a tabloid has drawn a mixed response from media experts andnewspaper editors on both sides of the Border. The move to a "compact" format comes at a time of fallingcirculation at the Edinburgh-based Scotsman, which ...
ARISTIDE's FINAL HOURS; SPECIAL REPORT As Aristide left, the US marines moved in and revealed the true power behind the Haitian 'revolt'
Mar 07, 2004; ... It was a strangely unimpressive victory procession into thecapital. In all, there were perhaps only half a dozen vehicles, andmost of those belonged to TV networks and their cameramen. Flanked by two pick-up trucks carrying a handful of his soldiersarmed with ageing weapons, the ...
Four corners
Mar 07, 2004; ... Foreign Editor David Pratt introduces the week's world news Afteralmost twenty years of globetrotting and covering foreign conflicts,I can honestly say that the poverty and brutality I witnessed inHaiti the last few weeks was at times as bad as anything I've everencountered. The ...
Gaza's real enemy: itself; Muggings, shootings and rapes are becoming increasingly common in the occupied territories. Robert Tait in Gaza reports growing fears among Palestinians that civil war will replace military brutality if Israel makes good on its pledge to withdraw
Mar 07, 2004; ... YESTERDAY, a Palestinian suicide bomber and a gunman attacked acrossing point between the Gaza Strip and Israel. One of theassailants entered the Israeli side of the crossing terminal in ajeep, altered to look like an Israeli military vehicle, then fired onsoldiers who returned fire and ...
On why America must solve the problems with Iraq's constitution before prophecies of civil war come true; Tensions mount even as US prepares to leave Iraq
Mar 07, 2004; ... Twenty-five pens will be put back on a table covered by official-looking papers in Baghdad's Convention Centre tomorrow in the hopethat Iraq's interim constitution will finally be given the greenlight by its governing council. On Friday the document remainedunsigned, and unloved, as the ...
HENRY'S LONE BOOK LAUNCH
Mar 07, 2004; ... THERE was an embarrassingly low turn out for the launch of HenryMcLeish's book, It Wisnae Me. Just two MSPs put in an appearance atthe Hallion Club in Edinburgh - Robin Harper and Trish Marwick -neither of whom were Labour sympathisers when I last looked. Call menaive, but wasn't ...
That Riviera touch nautical but nice; Think Coco Chanel and F Scott Fitzgerald in these classic combinations of crisp shirts, wide- legged trousers, retro stripes and polka dots for elegant frolics in the sun
Mar 07, 2004; ... A hardy perennial for summer, plenty of designers went overboardthis season for the classic combination of crisp shirts, widetrousers and sporty stripes. Chic right down to its Coco Chanel-inspired leather sandals, the classic look evokes bygone eras ofwealth and privilege when hours ...
Women fight for right to a full state pension; The Equal Opportunities Commission isleading a campaign to end the iniquity of female poverty in old age.
Mar 07, 2004; ... WOMEN'S rights groups and charities for the elderly are joiningforces to call on the government to take urgent action to end themisery which many women face in retirement. The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has handed the governmenta six-point plan aimed at preventing ...
The roaring Twenties putty in your hands; The elegance, grace and style of an era gone by is back to play, with beads and chiffon and drop-waists to die for. Or go for that expensive, classy, beige look - but get bronzed up first
Mar 07, 2004; ... The elegance of the Twenties was evoked on many a catwalk forspring/summer 2004 and it was, in most cases, insanely pretty andsimply beautiful. New York, with it's profusion of Deco buildings,really got into the flapper mood with Proenza Schouler, Diane vonFurstenberg and Marc Jacobs ...
A floral tribute and faded blooms; Bright and flowery, bold and beautiful these prints are bursting with colour, but if it's all a bit much, indulge in a demure, ladylike look with swathes of gentle pastels
Mar 07, 2004; ... As ELTON John knows, you can never have too many flowers in yourlife, and flora and fauna prints feature heavily this summer, withplenty of variety to choose from. If bold, chintzy roses are yourthing, you're going to have a ball as they appear on everything fromshifts, to bags and ...
For pink ladies and prom queens; Acid brights, big prints and bold colour clashes are all the rage this season. So if you really want to be noticed, mix it up and get all nostalgic for a riot of retro- girlie bowling-alley looks
Mar 07, 2004; ... When Ralph Lauren's spring/summer 2004 runway show closed New Yorkfashion week last autumn with an array of rainbow-hued silk columndresses, it just looked weird. Too bright for autumnal eyes tohandle. But with successive fashion capitals serving up even boldercolour combinations, it ...
Hung, drawn and courted; Selling handbags to revellers at midnight and raiding TopShop are all part of the fun for the design team behind Glasgow's Never The Same Twice label
Mar 07, 2004; ... Like all great ideas the clothing company Never The Same Twicecame about over more than a few glasses of wine. Graduates of threeof Scotland's finest art schools (in wildly diverse disciplines) andfriends Fran Pollock, Morvern Shearlaw, Joanne Yeadon and Anna-Louise Meynell hatched a ...
Everything's going green; Every season one colour is cooler than all the rest. This season it's green that's stirring up envy
Mar 07, 2004; ... Clockwise from top: Clear Perspex vases, (pounds) 4 each, Habitat;green dragonfly pattern leather slingback sandals, (pounds) 75,Irregular Choice at Urban Outfitters; tall moss green crackled glazevase, (pounds) 20, Habitat; green diamante and beaded flowerbracelet, (pounds) 79.95, ...
First word
Mar 07, 2004; ... I WASN'T always the picture of sartorial elegance you know. Nosiree, bob. I have wellies in my past. Jodhpurs. Bodywarmers. StretchWranglers. Tweed jackets (my horsey period). Baggy pink dungarees((pounds) 1.99 at What Every's, Argyle Street, 1978, which I gotchewing gum stuck to after ...
PROBLEM SOLVED
Mar 07, 2004 ... Q: I'm hoping to move and buy a bigger apartment, and hadcarefully worked out what I could afford to spend, even allowing forinterest rate rises. But now my financial adviser is saying I shouldtake out mortgage payment protection insurance, which he says willcost around (pounds) 5 per ...
Paris; You can talk up New York, London and even Milan, but when it comes to shopping, Paris is it. So here's a few unmissable places to put on your list. Ker-ching! Vive la France!
Mar 07, 2004; ... IF YOU like Louis Vuitton, you'll love Paris; here, LV is like theCo-op, there's one on every corner. And if you don't, never worry,because this is shopping Mecca for both the big names and smallerindividual shops and bespoke services. But to put the shopping asidefor a moment, this is a ...
Property of the week
Mar 07, 2004 ... NEWTON HALL, INVERARAY, ARGYLL WHAT IS IT? A real pearl in the famed Loch Fyne area, Newton Hallin Inveraray is a former church dating from around 1895, built in redsandstone with many of the architectural features typical of theperiod: gothic windows with stone mullions, ...
Mad about the boy; Jonathan Saunders is the most feted darling of the catwalk, a Glasgwegian whose fizz-bomb frocks in acid-bright geometric patterns are making fans of Kylie and Madonna and producing healthy sales worldwide from New York to Tokyo
Mar 07, 2004; ... FASHION'S latest couture phenomenon is very excited, burbling intohis mobile phone. But not excited, particularly, about being Kylie'snew favourite designer ("I've met her, but she's not my mate"), orMadonna's regard for his technicolour togs ("a rumour," he snorts,"supposedly") or about ...
Big Boss of gaming won't be beaten; He failed to win a high score, but it's not game over for the man behind VIS entertainment, says Julia Fields
Mar 07, 2004; ... In 1999, Chris van der Kuyl stood up in front of the Labour Partyconference and vowed to build his games development firm into a(pounds) 500 million empire within three years. At the time, such a lofty pronouncement delivered by a hot-shot 20-something dressed in jeans and a ...
Horror Show; Alex McLeish and Craig Moore may claim that a win today can save Rangers' season but the truth is that it has been a disaster. Michael Grant reports
Mar 07, 2004; ... ANYONE who does not suffer rushes of blood to the head in thebuild-up to Old Firm games, or work themselves into such a fermentthat they become incapable of rational thought, might feel thattoday's meeting at Parkhead is being played for unusually low stakes.Describing it as "crunch", ...
New rules on debt could put Scots clubs out of Europe; Michael Grant foresees difficulties for Rangers in Europe if Uefa succeed in their bid for more stringent financial standards
Mar 07, 2004; ... RANGERS face being caught up in the escalating tension betweenUefa and Europe's leading clubs over proposals to prevent debt-ladensides competing in the Champions League. The Ibrox club's (pounds) 68 million debt accounts for more than athird of the SPL's total liabilities and ...
The life and death of bleak venus
Mar 07, 2004; ... Venus as a boy. Luke Sutherland(Bloomsbury, (pounds) 10) LUKE Sutherland's Orkney could not be further removed from GeorgeMackay Brown's. Though the latter's short stories and novels wereinvariably darker than their surface charm suggested, Orkney stillcast its spell. There ...
Barcelona tie takes the pressure off Celtic; Alan Campbell says Martin O'Neill's relaxed attitude to the Old Firm derby might give Craig Beattie the chance to shine
Mar 07, 2004; ... WHATEVER happens this afternoon, the pressure is off Celtic.Although only rarely in the recent history of the Old Firm has oneside been more expected to win, Celtic's pairing with Barcelona inthe Uefa Cup has provided Martin O'Neill and his side with a get-outclause. Rangers ...
Minds over matter
Mar 07, 2004; ... The fly in the cathedral: How a small group of cambridgescientists won the race to split the atom BY Brian Cathcart(viking, (pounds) 14.99) It's not often areviewer has a good word for a publisher's blurb but in this case I'mhappy to make an exception. Here's how the blurb-artist ...
7 things you need to know about...Dr Seuss
Mar 07, 2004 ... 1 Happy Seussentennial! Last Tuesday marked the 100th birthday ofTheodor Geisel - or Dr Seuss, as he was more commonly known to fansof children's literature, twisted rhyming schemes, and otherworldycharacters like The Grinch and The Cat In The Hat. 2 Geisel's Dr Seuss pseudonym ...
Lessons In Lard Start Early In Scotland; Continental schoolchildren dine on fresh fish and fruit ours favour the French fry
Mar 07, 2004; ... The government has sensibly chosen to ignore lobbying by healthand consumer groups to ban junk food advertising. Much as the variousnut-and-lentil action groups might desire it, we cannot pretend thatMcDonald's, Burger King, and Thai Infected Chicken do not exist. Even without the ...
O'Neill welcomes challenge of Barca
Mar 07, 2004; ... ON Thursday, a full 90 minutes after his side had been drawnagainst Barcelona in the fourth round of the Uefa Cup, MartinO'Neill's face was still flushed with excitement. Fatigue was etchedon his features, too, but the Celtic manager was running onadrenalin. O'Neill was entitled ...
7 Soundbites
Mar 07, 2004 ... "President Clinton was often known as the first black president. Iwould not be upset if I could earn the right to be the second." John Kerry, the Democrat Presidential nominee, courts a keydemographic "We do our fair share of boozing in the pub. All the bestscientific discussions ...
Buckie motoring after another win
Mar 07, 2004 ... A STUNNING second-half comeback from Buckie Thistle kept alivetheir slim Highland League title hopes against local rivals ForresMechanics. The Jags' great unbeaten run looked under threat withForres leading at half time through a typically-lethal Charlie Brownfinish. But Buckie ...
Jefferies denies part in Hearts' debt
Mar 07, 2004; ... FORMER Hearts manager Jim Jefferies denied last night that he wasresponsible for contributing to the (pounds) 17 million debt whichwill almost certainly mean his former club selling Tynecastle andmoving to Murrayfield next season. Jefferies, whose current club, Kilmarnock, ...
SFA to seek all-year internal transfers
Mar 07, 2004 ... THE SFA are set to ask for a relaxation of the transfer windowsystem to allow signings within Scotland all year round. They areconducting a review of the restrictions and may appeal to Fifa thissummer for dispensations to apply within Scotland from next season. The SFA favour a ...
[ Up until just a few weeks ago... ]
Mar 07, 2004; ... Up until just a few weeks ago it appeared that the waves ofscandal crashing around American corporations would recede beforethey rose over the heads of the people at the top. All those impressions are gone this weekend as US design icon andTV celebrity Martha Stewart faces jail ...
Bet noire?
Mar 07, 2004; ... Plans to deregulate gambling have sparked a flurry of planningapplications for massive casino complexes across Scotland, hopes of ajobs bonanza and worrying predictions of a gambling pandemic the Sunday Herald investigates THERE are 688 bingo halls in the United Kingdom, 122 ...
Travis on Travis It's a story that everyone knows: Travis, the band who rehearsed above Glasgow's Horseshoe Bar, the band who moved to London and shared a flat, like a Scottish version of The Monkees, the band who always get caught in the rain. But what's the real story behind Scotland's biggest band? Ahead of their homecoming gigs this week, Leon McDermott gets the lowdown on what Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose really think ... about each other
Mar 07, 2004 ... FRAN ON DOUGIE I left school at 17, not wanting to do the studyingthing, but I ended up doing this foundation art course, in order toget into art school, and one day, I was in a life class. There wasthis guy sat next to me and I turned, like you do, checking what theperson next to you is ...
PROPERTY NEWS AND UPDATE
Mar 07, 2004 ... Crammond Select Homes, specialists in home remodelling and farmsteadings conversions, have secured a (pounds) 1 million fundingpackage from Clydesdale Bank to expand their business. Establishedten years ago by Stirling-based entrepreneur Bobby Halliday, theirlatest project, Ryland - ...
Why should we bear the brunt of endowment crackdown?; FSA regulation in the wake of the misselling scandal poses a threat to the long- term health of the entiresavings industry, writes Teresa Hunter
Mar 07, 2004; ... While the decision not to lift interest rates pushed stock marketsto new recovery highs last week, the news on endowments and pensionscontinued to worsen. Abbey declared there would be no bonus for Scottish Mutual,Scottish Provident and Abbey National Life customers for the ...
Battling MacFarlane proves simplicity is the best; Craig Levein can be assured of an honest day's graft if he restores his spirited midfielder to the starting 11 today, writes Michael Grant
Mar 07, 2004; ... ONE was elegance and defensive cool personified; the other is anhonest grafter in the engine room, a water-carrier. In only onerespect can Craig Levein possibly look at Neil MacFarlane and seeanything of the player he was himself, and when he does so the Heartsmanager must be looking at ...
Dan the Man; Danny Invincibile is determined to prove himself against Hearts in what has become a bit of a grudge match, discovers Alan Campbell
Mar 07, 2004; ... MATCHES between Kilmarnock and Hearts have had an edge since JimJefferies arrived at Rugby Park. The manager, who had a spell atBradford City between leaving Tynecastle and moving to Ayrshire,relishes nothing more than putting one over on his old club. While Craig Levein has ...
The Scot who got away
Mar 07, 2004; ... HAD things worked out differently, Iain Hume could currently beplying his trade at Hearts, with a handful of caps for Scotland.Instead, the 20-year-old will lead the line for Tranmere Roversagainst Millwall this afternoon in one of the least illustrious, butmore intriguing, FA Cup ...
Basketball: Rocks roll on at home
Mar 07, 2004 ... It is home, sweet home, for the Scottish Rocks this afternoon andinto Braehead will return a squad much invigorated by their run ofform since they last enjoyed familiar comforts nearly a month ago.Despite a crushing defeat in Newcastle on Friday night, where SteveSwanson's side ...
Shinty: Seven-up for Newtonmore
Mar 07, 2004 ... Kingussie, Kyles Athletic and Newtonmore are not in favour ofsummer shinty but each of them took a win on the first Saturday ofits introduction. Fears of cancellations due to bad weather came tonothing though two lower division matches featuring teams from WesterRoss were postponed ....
Hockey: Christie on fire for Kelburne
Mar 07, 2004 ... The gap at the top of the men's national league was narrowed atInverclyde yesterday, where Pro-Life Kelburne were the hosts toDundee Wanderers and produced a thrilling performance. At one end of the pitch stood Kevin Farnan, the Wanderers'goalkeeper, age 37, making a string of ...
New chief faces first hurdle over club row; Geoff Wightman talks tough over vote on membership fees, reports Stewart Fisher
Mar 07, 2004; ... GEOFF WIGHTMAN'S first act as incoming chief executive of ScottishAthletics will be to defuse an ongoing club-versus-country row. Thenation's 175 affiliated clubs and associations meet at an EGM inGrangemouth in a fortnight to vote on a proposed (pounds) 2 rise inall membership fees, in ...
Desperate measures for desperate chairmen; Stewart Fisher tries to make some sense of the baffling state of Scottish football
Mar 07, 2004; ... THE SPL becomes more ludicrous and desperate with each passingweek. Once proud clubs, desperate for some quick cash, are seeminglytaking part in a secondary competition this season in which pointsare scored on a scale determined by their originality in coming upwith ever more crackpot ...
The Devils Advocate: Scotland is Finnished
Mar 07, 2004 ... It's time to stop being an embarrassing bit-player on the worldstage, stumbling over the scenery and fluffing the simplest of lines.It's time to be a major force again. And we can be. Exactly likeFinland. The Finns know what they're good at and they concentrate on ...
LETTERS TO THE SPORTS EDITOR
Mar 07, 2004 ... So the Devil's Advocate says the Tartan Army are now bad forScottish football. We no longer care about the results of"meaningless friendlies" and "fetish humiliation?" We're"synchronised" in "clapping" the latest stuffing? We "providederision" through our drink, dress and music? What a ...
Bootroom 101: Pele
Mar 07, 2004 ... Pele, The King, the greatest jiggery-pokery wizard to ever graceour beautiful game. He's also a loveable little chap, always smiling. So it was a bit of a shock to see Gerson, his fellow countrymanand World Cup 1970 team-mate, appear on TV ripping up the striker'sFifa-endorsed top ...
The Referometer Who is the SPL's most whistle-happy man in black? One point for a yellow card, two for a red.
Mar 07, 2004 ... 6. John underhill Yellow: 41 Red: 0 POINTS: 41 5. Mike McCurry Yellow: 39 Red: 1 POINTS: 41 4. john Rowbotham Yellow: 34 Red: 4 POINTS: ...
Sun, si and stands beckon for Celtic revellers who caught Spanish eyes in Seville
Mar 07, 2004; ... I would like to thank Uefa for arranging fixtures between my twofavourite football clubs. But I had been hoping to keep the Celtic-Barcelona fixture until the Uefa Cup final in Gothenburg on May 19. The plan was for Henrik Larsson to cap his Celtic career byscoring a hat-trick in ...
Hills are tamed by a wild heart; No map, but a sense of adventure is rewarded with some stunning scenery
Mar 07, 2004; ... It was only as I prepared to leave the car park in Innerwick thatI realised I'd forgotten the map. But the sun was shining, the hillswere clear and I knew the route from a previous visit so I decided togo for it anyway, sans map - the unpardonable sin. I could almost seethe headlines - ...
Money week "Most of those approaching retirement feel that their hopes and dreams are being taken away. In dabbling round the edges of the pensions crisis, the government is risking a backlash. "Society is changing and the pensions system needs to change with it. It's bizarre that to earn the full basic (pounds) 77.45 a week state pension you need an unbroken work record from the age of 20 to retirement age. That's 44 years for men. And for anyone with fewer than 10 years' national insurance contributions, there's no entitlement at all."
Mar 07, 2004 ... Statistic of the week Nine out of 10 UK adults, more than 43million people, will waste (pounds) 5.7 billion this year inunnecessary tax - an average (pounds) 132 per taxpayer, according toa new report for independent financial advisers by IFA Promotion.Despite 31 million people saying ...
Now the terrorism threat is on our doorstep; The possibility that al- Qaeda was behind the Madrid atrocity has highlighted how vulnerable we all areto attack. By Investigations Editor Neil Mackay
Mar 07, 2004; ... JUST days into the new year, while Britain and America weregripped with fear over alerts that al-Qaeda was targeting London toWashington flights, senior intelligence sources told the SundayHerald the panic was misplaced. It was trains, not planes, al-Qaedawas now after. "The ...
Digital era puts end to photo albums
Mar 07, 2004; ... Holiday snaps, new-baby slide shows and hours of saying "ooh,lovely" over colleagues' wedding photos are at an end. Researchers have told the Sunday Herald that digital cameras havechanged the entire culture of amateur photography. Consumers haveembraced the idea of "the perfect ...
MSPs accused of failing to protect Scots law
Mar 07, 2004; ... Ministers in the Scottish Executive face strong criticism thisweekend from one of the country's leading legal experts for failingto protect Scots law from inept reform being driven from Whitehall. The attack, by Professor Hector MacQueen of Edinburgh University,is accompanied by ...
Budget blow to LPG will increase toxic exhaust fumes
Mar 07, 2004; ... More fumes will belch from the exhausts of cars and buses if theChancellor, Gordon Brown, carries out his threat to increase the taxon cleaner vehicle fuels in the Budget this week. Industry is warning that a boom in vehicles burning liquifiedpetroleum gas (LPG), which produces ...
Fears over gangs of youths are blocking play area schemes
Mar 07, 2004; ... GROWING fears over anti-social behaviour are preventing new playparks and outdoor facilities for teenagers being built in residentialareas. In a survey of Scotland's 32 councils, the Sunday Herald foundthat anxiety among local residents over gangs of youths is causing ablock on ...
ScotRail: trains matter 'more than hospitals'
Mar 07, 2004; ... Commuter transport is more important to people's quality of lifethan hospitals or schools, according to the man bidding for the newfranchise to run Scotland's railways - and for an improved subsidy todo it with. ScotRail managing director Peter Cotton has warned the ...
Expert under attack after failure of drug-rape case; Scientist's research partly funded by makers of notorious sedative Rohypnol
Mar 07, 2004; ... A WOMAN who claims she was drug-raped in her home as her childrenslept has launched an attack on the scientist whose expert opinionled to the collapse of her case. Juanita Berry, from Fife, who has waived her right to anonymity,has written to Professor Ian Hindmarch accusing him ...
Activist in bid for fair trials campaign at Guantanamo
Mar 07, 2004; ... AN international group campaigning for justice for people detainedaway from their home country has called for a Europe-wide campaign toreturn the remaining European citizens being held in Guantanamo Bay. The call came with the launch of a Scottish branch of Fair TrialsAbroad, with ...
The cover-up & the outcry
Mar 07, 2004 ... IT is another dramatic twist in the Spanish labyrinth. Hoursbefore the polls open in a general election that was set to be allabout the country's internal politics, the right-wing government doesa volte face and arrests five Moroccan and Indian suspects that linkthe biggest terrorist ...