Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Sports

283 Articles
over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

BBC has never looked so old, or sounded so vital, in these past few days – Aidan Smith

Huw Edwards had been “filling” for a good few hours and needed a break before the 10pm bulletin so in came Clive Myri...

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over 1 year ago
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Scottish fans can't be trusted, Tynecastle proved that, so the football's off

In our house, gathered round the TV as the news unfolded, we must have resembled one of those families in archive pho...

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over 1 year ago
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The debt Abba owe the Glasgow band Middle of the Road and "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"

Seven UK cities are in contention, all believing they should win, but really, it’s obvious. Glasgow should host the n...

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over 1 year ago
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Adrian Dunbar breaks off from crimebusting to sing. No, honestly. Lovely voice too.

Three years ago in the fifth series of Line of Duty Ted Hastings wore a brown leather blouson. It was hugely dramatic...

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over 1 year ago
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Rangers' English sorties will be well remembered by the host cities but they've never been to Liv...

If a week is a long time in politics then a fortnight in European football for Scottish clubs can be an absolute age....

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over 1 year ago
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Different judgements can be applied to men's and women's football, the woke brigade must accept this

A million years ago, or so it seems now, men stood side by side on terraces in long coats and flat caps, usually in c...

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almost 2 years ago
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Book review: Industry of Magic & Light, by David Keenan

In this prequel to his breakthrough novel This is Memorial Device, David Keenan suggests that, in 1960s Airdrie, anyt...

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almost 2 years ago
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A political contest about suits and earrings. Are we the most frivolous nation on Earth? – Aidan ...

On a little promotional film for Rishi Sunak’s tailor, you get a tour of the Savile Row shop.

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almost 2 years ago
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How Edinburgh's strippers are winning the intellectual argument with city councillors – Aidan Smith

Forgive me if you’ve heard it a thousand times before, but this seems like a good moment to revive a very old gag. Th...

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almost 2 years ago
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What an eccentric little career Bushiri is assembling for himself in Leith

Stephen Robinson said it was inevitable. A cast-iron certainty that after a spell away he would return to “the madnes...

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almost 2 years ago
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Witness NUmber 3 won't be encouraging the public's help in combating crime

As taut as Rishi Sunak’s rictus grin and as terrifying as Liz Truss’s reared-up right eyebrow, Channel 5’s latest dra...

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almost 2 years ago
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Adverts on Netflix? Young generation may rebel even if the golden age of ads returns – Aidan Smith

The other day, driving my eldest daughter somewhere, which is of course my main role in life, the radio played a bunc...

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