In The News

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Please click on the date heading for an entry to read the full 'In The News' for that week - there are currently 85 entries online.

In The News - March and April 2008
In March there was a tribute to veteran rugby internationalist, Donald Sloan who died in February. In the legal world, Colin Whittle and Richard Loudon featured in different ways and in the business world, Jake Millar was photographed in front of The Shore. In the spiritual world, Rev Laurence Whitley was quoted in an article on the Church of Scotland, while in entertainment, Phil and Tom Bancroft received critical acclaim and Sophie Wu was seen on BBC 1. Features on homes and gardens included George Burnet, Siggi Bennett and Mike Blair, who normally appears on our sports pages. Lastly we 've heard of two Accie marathon men - Andrew Wilmshurst and Tom Duff.

In The News - February 2008
There was a tribute to the late Billy Elliot in February but happier news for Duncan Campbell who was secretly married. Charlotte Gosling was seen recommending best places to but flowers and chocolates in The Scotsman and there was good news for Keith Miller who has ironed out the problems that have recently bedevilled his company. Angus Farquhar has another installation, this time in Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens and finally, in the rugby world, there was acclaim for Mike Blair, who captained Scotland, and mentions for Ross Rennie and Donnie Macfadyen.

In The News - December 2007 and January 2008
Obituaries for John Bartholomew, Michael Kennedy and John Young were published recently. In commerce, Lord Stevenson and David Reith featured in interview articles. Meanwhile, on TV, Richard Stirling and Iain Glen starred in a twenty-first century reality show and an eighteenth century dramatic series respectively. And on the rugby field, there were appearances for Mike and David Blair, Phil Godman, Ross Rennie and David Callam.

In The News - October 2007
October saw an eclectic mix of news, starting with Donald Allan retiring from medicine and Lord Stevenson talking on mental health. Viv Mackay is reported as a 'swag' and Robin Muir appears with Vogue in India. Mike and David Blair, together with David Callam, appeared on the sports pages and Fenton Robb and Nicky Campbell in the letters. In TV and radio, Tam Dalyell was heard discussing the West Lothian Question that just won't lie down and Magnus Moodie appeared on Mastermind.

In The News - September 2007
September saw the sad death of the ornithologist Jeff Watson at the age of 54. Other news includes Keith Miller commenting on the interim profits of the Miller Group, a profile of Nick Hooke and Alan Robertson's election to the BMA Junior Doctors' Committee. In the arts, there are reviews on the works of Iain Glen and Angus Farquhar, and an appearance for Nicky Campbell's on the BBC. Ninian Dunnett and John Scott Haldane are names that appear in the literary scene, with Mike Blair, David Callam and Gregor Paul in the field of rugby.

In The News - July-August 2007
Obituaries for Peter Ford and Malcolm Slesser appeared over the holidays. Businessmen Phil Miller, Chris Tiso and Iain Watt featured as well as musicians Catherine Backhouse, Nick Keir, Tom and Phil Bancroft, and Tom Gibbs. In sport, Scotland caps Mike Blair and Dave Callam were given coverage and there was a piece on sports manager Phil Anderton.

In The News - June 2007
June saw a tribute to the late internationalist Duncan Macrae. There was news of Mike Blair, both in the rugby scene and in his marriage to Viv Mackay; David Blackmore was in the foreign press while at home, David Stewart has been awarded the CVO. Lastly some very lyrical words from Wilf Stevenson.

In The News - May 2007
The news in May was an eclectic mix: election day saw Mike Pringle and Jeremy Balfour re-elected, together with political comment by Charlotte Gosling; Peter Stevenson and the Really Terrible Orchestra featured again and Joseph Bell has now been authoritatively acknowledged as the model for Sherlock Holmes; and Mac Henderson's hundredth birthday celebrations made the papers too. Jeremy Richardson and his company Conelian featured in business news while in the sports pages, there were mentions for Stuart Moffat, Dan Teague, Donnie Macfadyen and Mike Blair.

In the News – April 2007
April saw tributes to the late Bill Cant and Christopher Anderson; two Accies, Caspar Cook and Giles Moffat, saw their homes as cover stories in the Sundays and two more, Angus Farquhar and Tom Bancroft, were mentioned in the arts and music reviews. Nick Henderson and Wigham's Wine Bar were in the news while in the sports pages, there were mentions for Ross Rennie, David Callam, Tom Philip and Phil Anderton.

In The News - March 2007
A tribute to the late Lewis Bilton and praise for John Stewart, coxswain of the Campbeltown lifeboat, followed by mentions in the business news for Nick Kuenssberg, David Scott and Keith Miller. On the medical front, Alan Robertson was heard on the radio and in the art world, Angus Farquhar and Jamie Primrose appeared in the press; finally more news on Mike Blair.

In The News - February 2007
February 2007 saw James Clerk Maxwell making the news again and, staying with science, a letter from Keith Farquharson. In the arts, Iain Vallance, chairman of the RSAMD, and Paul Jones, of Manfred Mann fame, feature, while in politics, Charlie Falconer appears again. In sport, there is comment on athletics by jamie Henderson and news of the Accies Football team and former pupils in two internationals at Murrayfield.

In The News - January 2007
From the start of 2007, In the News appears only once a month in the school News Sheet. January saw news of the death of and tributes to Magnus Magnusson, law and politics with Charlie Falconer on Radio 4, books by Roddy Martine and Robert Louis Stevenson (both re-issued) and sport with news of Mike Blair.

In The News - Tuesday 21st November 2006
We start with an update on the rugby reported in the previous week, in particular with regard to Accies' caps. This is followed by a mention for Matt McAllester, who presented a programme on Channel Four and James Clerk Maxwell, who is number 1 in the Scottish Science Hall of Fame.

In The News - Tuesday 14th November 2006
Double billing for Lord Falconer and then reports for Accies who played in the international against Romania at the weekend. Finally, catching up with business news from October on Keith Miller and Chris Tiso and radio appearances for Julian Osborne and Jules McElhinney.

In The News - Tuesday 31st October 2006
News first of the late "Chick" Clark, then of other Accie law-men, Martin Thurston Smith, Duncan Osler and David MacLennan. In art and literature, exhibitions of works by "Bunty" Cadell and Jamie Primrose and a new book by Magnus Magnusson.