Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

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  • Sports

275 Articles
over 2 years ago
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Six Nations: It was sorcerer vs apprentice, flair against flair and Finn Russell won it, just - A...

The first thing Marcus Smith did was dash like a hare and zig-zag crazily and that was just him arriving on the pitch...

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over 2 years ago
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My son wants to go to Hibs v Hearts without me - no-one prepares dads for this

There’s gratitude for you. I’ve read him bedtime stories, tucked him in, and kept a promise to hold his hand until he...

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over 2 years ago
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What's the best Scottish band name: AC/DC, the Poets, Marmalade, Teenage Fanclub or the Bay City ...

So farewell, then Meat Loaf, the acme of excessive but exciting, histrionic but heartfelt, everything-plus-the-kitche...

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over 2 years ago
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Keeping Up With the Aristocrats, BBC's Hidden Assets and Netflix's Ozark reviews - Aidan Smith on...

If Keeping Up with the Aristocrats was a game show, who would we want to win? Fiddlesticks, tommyrot and b****r, how ...

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over 2 years ago
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Euphoria season 2, BBC Rules of the Game, After Life season 3 reviews - Aidan Smith on this week’...

Gerry Rafferty, bless the late, great balladeering Paisley buddy, has had to wait an awful long time and indeed beyon...

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over 2 years ago
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Richard Foster: I wanted to walk off the pitch. Then I thought: 'You're 36, don't be ridiculous'

Richard Foster’s cat-callers and boo-boys – and he thinks there might be one or two out there – must have enjoyed his...

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over 2 years ago
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The first golden age of Christmas TV included Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, The Black and White Mins...

Like that extra helping of turkey which you didn’t really need and which just keeps repeating and repeating and repea...

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over 2 years ago
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Would my first born be announced over the Tannoy at the League Cup final?

It’s been kicked around the place. It’s been shunted from winter to spring and back again. It’s had, at the last coun...

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over 2 years ago
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Prince Harry has just shown how out of touch he is with ordinary people – Aidan Smith

The other day the editor called me into his office.

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over 2 years ago
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Prince Harry has just shown how out of touch he is with ordinary people – Aidan Smith

The other day the editor called me into his office.

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over 2 years ago
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It's not easy being a Hibs fan but it's even harder being a Hibs manager

When was the last time a football manager steered his club to a cup final with a sensational performance against a te...

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over 2 years ago
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It's not easy being a Hibs fan but it's even harder being a Hibs manager

When was the last time a football manager steered his club to a cup final with a sensational performance against a te...

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