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When I was unemployed I had to sign on the broo 5 days a week: every mornin’ at 9 o’clock and back at 2 o’clock

Counter-culture guru Timothy Leary urged us to Turn on, Tune in, Drop out. Reject the mainstream. It’s time to repurpose his famous exhortation, says Colin Montgomery

As the fabulous Delgados return to the stage after 17 years, our correspondent Tom Wheeler compares and contrasts

Lawrence Lettice takes an affectionate symbolic motorbike ride towards the Swiss Border

David Munro’s latest book, Earthman is a cross between science fiction and historical fiction, a novel of adventure and perilous times

Despite its class-based inaccessibility, Edinburgh Council still rakes in a vast amount of money during the festival

With the onus on the claimant to re-apply, there’s a real worry that some folk will miss out on Universal Credit

Fishin’ has aye been the maist perilous o’ jobs and this exposed them tae even mair dangers. Yet nowhere was the Duke o’ Buccleuch ever held tae account

Other unfortunate Leithers to be tried under the 1542 Witchcraft Act include one John Scott, a possible relative of your humble writer John Tantalon

Is the UK still a tea dominated country? Asks Charlie Ellis, a confirmed coffee confrere

It’s not one of the Ten Commandments nor a Deadly Sin but is there anything worse than betrayal asks Kennedy Wilson (especially that of a friend)?

It wasn’t until 2015 that the Treasury finally paid off the loans for slave owner compensation, writes Cammy Day

Don’t just dwell on our agreements. Focus on differences. Open a dialogue. It sharpens our thinking. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

The term ‘tea master’ has to be bestowed on you, I’m still a novice even though I do this professionally

In business there’s a saying, if you do something you love, you’ll never work another day in your life