Closer to independence?
After the recent election victory by the Scottish Nationalist Party, a referendum looks likely by 2015
Scotland
The shrimp that won’t die
Tripos cancriformis represents a new colony of what’s believed to be the oldest animal species to continuously survive on Earth
Clegg: is he good for the Canucks?
A fiasco for first-past-the-post would be bad news for its future in Canada
Newsmakers ’09: Feuds
The year’s most heated feuds
Top 5 spooky places
Not for the faint of heart
Alexander ’Sandy’ Collie Shaw 1944-2009
He loved the mountains, in his native Scotland and Canada. For him, 10 km was a ‘shorter hike.’
Tom Watson, and doing the impossible
Watson came within inches of the most stirring major victory golf has seen in years