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Thursday, 10th December 2009

Allan Massie

A thick fog of false alarms, dead birds and hot air A FEW years ago the BBC's 10 o'clock news was presented from Cellardyke in Fife. It was the time when we were all threatened with a pandemic caused by bird flu and a dead swan had been found in the harbour. This was enough to set alarm bel

Books of the year: Fiction ANY year that sees the publication of a novel that one can unhesitatingly judge to be great, belonging to the same demanding but rewarding company as Proust, Conrad and Thomas Mann, is a good one.

Allan Massie: Andrew misses target by putting boot in laws I ALWAYS liked Rob Andrew as a player, despite that infamous moment in the 1994 Calcutta Cup match when his errant hand secured England a match-winning penalty. He was a very good fly-half playing to England's strength , which was ten-man rugby,

Allan Massie: Marseille masterclass shows try-shy Scottish backs way to the line SAD, disappointment or valuable reality check? Both perhaps. That's the response to Saturday's failure to beat Argentina.

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