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 95 entries online.

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.

In The News - Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Party Conference season brought a mention for Wilf Stevenson. There were features in the arts for Roddy Martine, science for two current pupils and history for Kelvin Sinclair, Rab Houston and John Graham. Mentions too for Sandy Macrae and Phil Miller - and for Donnie Macfadyen's baby daughter.

In The News - Wednesday 10th December 2003
Maxwell family and Pipe Band at the Sheraton, Phil Anderton busy as ever, as are Tam Dalyell and the letter writers - and a positive rugby round-up to set up the holiday period.

In The News - Wednesday 3rd December 2003
Apologies to In the News readers for the lack of weekly entries for a while - but they are now all there and up to date once again. This week features musicians, writers and restaurateurs - and developments on the Mound.

In The News - Wednesday 26th November 2003
Mentions this week for Angus Farquhar, Gordon Anderson, Chris Tiso, Iain Glen and Richard Loudon. More too on Gill Arbuthnott, and more tributes to Giles Gordon. Also some clarification on Academicals international rugby honours, at the behest of Magnus Moodie.

In The News - Wednesday 19th November 2003
Tributes to Giles Gordon after his sad and untimely death. Also mentions for Matt McAllester (imprisoned in Iraq), Nick Kuenssberg (Scotland the Brand), Gill Arbuthnott (The Chaos Clock), Michael Gray and Niall Sellar (academic success), Richard Gibb and Ian McFarlane (London shows), Ian Percy (advice to investors) and a rugby cap for Jonathon Flynn.