Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Sports

275 Articles
about 2 years ago
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The suit is on its last legs and I hold Boris Johnson personally responsible – Aidan Smith

There isn’t usually much “d’accord” between Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron but there seems to be agreement on this...

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about 2 years ago
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Graham Norton has written a whodunnit. No wait, it's actually pretty good.

So let me get this right: Graham Norton, the gossipy chat-show host, has written a crime novel and now it’s been turn...

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about 2 years ago
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How Edinburgh and its Hogmanay festival represent a modern-day case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Ai...

I’ve got a great idea for a book. The Strange Case of Dr Edinburgh and Mr Hogmanay.

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about 2 years ago
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Aidan Smith: ‘Nessun Dorma’ means ‘none shall sleep’. Or, if you’re Hibs, none shall score

The previous two Hibernian managers, Jack Ross and before him Paul Heckingbottom, came and went without ever hearing ...

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about 2 years ago
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Our House - the show to make you stop coveting thy neighbours' bi-fold doors

Property shows on TV are wall-to-wall. How to buy, how to sell, how to renovate, how to spot cowboy tradesmen, how to...

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about 2 years ago
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The man who labels Finn Russell "pathetic" is trying to become rugby pundity's Roy Keane

It was a blustery day, Murrayfield contriving a more than decent impression of the old Hampden swirl. Sam Skinner pas...

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about 2 years ago
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Womanface? Outrage over Ant and Dec's drag act risks the end of comedy as we know it – Aidan Smith

The first joke I ever heard in a theatre was told by a man in a giant wig and fake boobs.

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about 2 years ago
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The real Basil Brush predicted Scotland's Brushy would beat France - and he was right

Basil Brush was a much-loved, rascally star of children’s telly, not intimidated in the slightest by everyone around ...

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about 2 years ago
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Billy Connolly's last words to Gerry Rafferty: "Remember the night we smoked the Bible?"

Fourteen months ago, a programme called Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure looked like the last we would see of the...

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about 2 years ago
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German film-maker Werner Herzog described Rooney best - 'Half bison, half viper'

Here’s a question for you: if Scotland had to take one of England’s “golden generation” - there being no option but t...

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about 2 years ago
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John Taylor: "When the Welsh fans found out the match was ticket-only Edinburgh families invited ...

Today in Cardiff one of the world’s great rugby internationals will play out and John Taylor, who was the epitome of ...

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about 2 years ago
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After watching This Is Going to Hurt you won't complain about hospitals again

Kirstie Allsopp’s advice to young folk struggling to get on the property ladder is buzzing in my ear like a wasp. A v...

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