Saucy remarksDOUGLAS Stuart won the Booker Prize for his gritty Glasgow novel Shuggie Bain, though he long ago flitted from Scotland to the high-wattage dazzle of New York. With a title like that, perhaps Nicola assumes the book is about the momentous occasion when the mighty SNP first exploded on the scene. Devilish destinationWATCHING the TV news, Bill Hutcheson from Paisley was intrigued when the subtitles claimed Anas Sarwar was campaigning in Merry Hell. First, it suggested that the chaps running Hell might be slacking when it comes to pitchforking the local population. We were both bad trapeze artists.”Painful pauseINTRIGUING reader Graeme Jones says: “There’s only one thing worse than leaving someone in suspense…”Read more: Remember when ...

Source: The Herald April 29, 2021 03:56 UTC