Mentally, it’s very, very tiring because things are coming towards you at high speed and you have to have quick reactions. Sometimes you get involved in ‘panic steering’ – although in theory you should never touch the ice, sometimes you know you have to do it and you just dip down a toe to [...]

He continued to collect fossil fish from the old red sandstone, a passion he had had since childhood. Stewart also discovered the largest sapphire ever found in Scotland and characteristically he put it on display in the National Museum. Until his early eighties he was a regular attender and much-welcomed participant in the activities [...]

Some have gone missing and we, the public, are asked to tell on them. The paper wants a new law named after Sarah which, like a similar American law, would give people the right to know if paedophiles were living in their communities. We are asked this pernicious question: “Would you want to be [...]

The fastest man in water was pipped to the gold in the final stroke by Sweden’s Olympic champion Lars Frolander.Ian Edmond fought courageously to win silver in the 200m breaststroke. In a close-fought race, the 23-year-old Scot was denied gold by 0.24sec, and is now just 0.12sec shy of Nick Gillingham’s British record set [...]

When another Maharajah, this time of Porbander, came to England as captain of the 1932 tour, he was so inept, that he had no choice but to stand himself down for the Tests.In truth, he has probably suffered in comparison to Hussain this series who has been showered with lavish praise. In fact, they [...]

Thus the Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy, commented that Mr Blunkett’s remarks could have a perverse result – “given the delicate race relations situation we have” Phooey It’s good to talk. The question of how to remove racial prejudice from our society is not a subject that can be advanced by the exchange of [...]