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The Scotsman
8 Nov, 2018
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Kenny MacAskill: We are glorifying war, so I’ll not wear a poppy
The ceremonies to mark the centenary of the First World War have been a procession from one battle to the next; a more accurate description of the realities of war is to be found in A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, writes Kenny MacAskill.
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Sarra Hoy pens heartfelt letter to staff who cared for her premature son

The wife of Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy, Sarra, has shared a letter she wrote to the medical staff who cared for their son who was born 11 weeks premature.

Scotland may need to raise taxes or issue cuts, according to think-tank

An urgent discussion on whether to cut spending or raise taxes is required ahead of the Scottish budget, according to a leading economic think-tank.
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Ryanair to launch Luxembourg and Billund routes from Edinburgh

Ryanair today announced new routes to Luxembourg and Billund in Denmark from Edinburgh next summer bringing the total to a record 58.
Sainsbury’s posts healthy numbers but cautions over outlook

Sainsbury’s has posted a 20 per cent hike in half-year profits but cautioned over an “uncertain” consumer outlook as it presses ahead with its £12 billion merger with supermarket rival Asda.
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War of the Rose: the Melrose RFC men who fell in World War 1

Sunday marks 100 years since the end of the First World War and members of the current Melrose first XV squad have recently undertaken a fascintating but sometimes heartbreaking project to discover more about the club members from the Greenyards who lost their lives serving their country between 1914 and 1918.
Rangers flop Carlos Pena set for return to Ibrox

Carlos Pena has been told he’s free to return to Rangers by his Mexican loan club Necaxa two months ahead of schedule.
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Gordon Strachan: Neil Lennon coin incident was not sectarian

Former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan does not believe the coin thrown at Neil Lennon in last week’s Edinburgh derby was an act necessarily motivated by sectarianism.
And finally...
Book review: Hell: Dante’s Divine Trilogy Part One, by Alasdair Gray

Dante is a poet whom everyone acknowledges as canonical, and whom very few actually read. I have several translations of the Divine Comedy to hand: Henry Carey’s earliest one of 1814, the Penguin Classics version by Dorothy L Sayers – yes, the crime novelist – Mark Musa, Robin Kirkpatrick, Ciaran Carson, Clive James – yes, him off the telly – and others. All have their virtues and their faults.
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