Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

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  • Sports

267 Articles
3 months ago
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Aidan Smith's TV reviews: One Day (Netflix), Billy Connolly Does ... (Gold), Curb Your Enthusiasm...

There’s so much stuff around these days and I’m always suspicious of people who give the impression they’ve seen and ...

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3 months ago
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UK Covid Inquiry: Alister Jack's attack on Nicola Sturgeon's tears was cynical and crass – Aidan ...

When Nicola Sturgeon became emotional at the Covid Inquiry, she showed that, like the rest of us, she’s a human being

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3 months ago
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Aidan Smith: To all Hibs newbies, be like Doidge - it's the Christian thing to do

Welsh striker made a connection with Hibs and latest intake of players should follow his example

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3 months ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix), Mr & Mrs Smith (Prime Video), Griseld...

If like me you’ve never quite left behind the “My band’s better than your band” squabbling of the school common-room ...

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3 months ago
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Passions: Was The Brothers the booziest show on TV, ever? Yesh, I think so (hic)

11 million used to watch the 70s haulage company drama

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3 months ago
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Edinburgh tram expansion plans must not see loss of beloved cycle paths – Aidan Smith

We need artists like WH Auden or Benjamin Britten to rally Edinburgh folk to the defence of their cycleways

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3 months ago
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Who'd be a manager: Are Hibs and Hearts fans the moaniest, grumpiest, most demanding in Scotland?...

Some of the pressure ‘gaffers’ come under is well wide of the mark – especially when teams are winning

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3 months ago
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JPR Williams and Der Kaiser boldly crossed the halfway line like polar explorers or astronauts - ...

For anyone of my generation, it was the worst. No one - not in playground kickabouts or up the park with pals or orga...

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4 months ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: After the Flood (ITV), Silent Witness (BBC1), Tell Me Lies (BBC1)

In contrast to the gloom experienced by most of us back at work at the start of a new year, ITV’s Head of Drama must ...

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4 months ago
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Keir Starmer vs Rishi Sunak: Get ready for a long year of cringe-worthy photo-ops and attempts to...

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer can seem a touch robotic when compared to their predecessors so this election year may s...

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4 months ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: The Castaways (Paramount+), Death in Paradise (BBC1), Men Up (BBC1), Ricky...

It changes in an instant. One minute TV’s recurring image is of home, everyone round the tree or snug on the sofa - t...

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4 months ago
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We might wish Derek Adams hadn’t said it - but maybe it needed saying

The Ross County manager’s evisceration of the Scottish game put cat among the pigeons

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