Irvine Welsh loves his itinerant life. But when characters in his latest stories emerged with American accents, he found solace in the Fife vernacular. By Stephen Phelan
A hugely prolific painter, draughtsman, sculptor and ceramicist, Pablo Picasso is regarded as the supreme artist of the 20th century, and his private life continues to fascinate. But exactly why is he so widely accepted as a genius? Ahead of two major exhibitions in Scotland, Peter Ross asks the experts
Jim and Jane Swire lost their daughter, Flora, on Pan Am
flight 103. Eighteen years on, with the man convicted of the bombing awaiting a new appeal, their search for the truth may be nearing its end.
By Karin Goodwin
As would-be child actors queue up for a part in the next
Harry Potter movie, Barry Didcock investigates the thorny business of employing minors in a grown-up film industry
Leeds-born Ed Husain believes that the Islamic extremists who indoctrinated him a decade ago are now even more powerful.
He tells Torcuil Crichton of his fears for today’s Muslim youth
Land artist Richard Long loves to walk outdoors and strives to capture that in his art, making his indoor works all the stranger Visual art, by Catriona Black
