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This time next year 98

Posted on October 17, 2013 by

Spotted by an alert reader in the Nike shop in Livingston.

gbrw

Nice to see people getting ready.

For Sidney Bechet 110

Posted on October 06, 2013 by

larkin

The death of irony 93

Posted on October 01, 2013 by

Part 1: Scottish Labour – yes, Scottish Labour – have a go at another party for (get this) an insufficiently prominent leader. No, we’re not making that up. The party led by Johann Lamont just slagged someone off for not being seen in public enough. It’s possibly the first time they’ve ever accused Alex Salmond of underpromoting himself.

eck

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A welcome home 29

Posted on September 28, 2013 by

Nice of them to lay this on today.

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Readers’ lives 437

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

We’ve already run a small collection of our own ham-fisted snapshots, but here are just a few of our favourite pics of yesterday’s rally in Edinburgh that were taken and sent to us by Wings Over Scotland readers.

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Click all the pics for larger versions.

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And now over to the state broadcaster 67

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

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Handshakes, hugs and hope 411

Posted on September 21, 2013 by

I didn’t take nearly enough photos. But there’ll be more coming from others.

mr1

What a day that was.

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Colour separation 91

Posted on September 18, 2013 by

We couldn’t help but notice this new BBC referendum logo.

bbcprediction

We like how they’re thinking.

One for the Doctor Who fans 82

Posted on September 18, 2013 by

No campaign director Blair McDougall speaking to BBC News this morning.

tiredblair

Don’t you think he looks tired?

What we do 136

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

liedetectorsmall

What if you were a party 108

Posted on September 14, 2013 by

…and nobody came?

libconf1

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At Battle Mountain 66

Posted on September 13, 2013 by

bree

“Graeme Obree sets prone cycling speed record” – 13 September 2013

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