Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

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  • Sports

267 Articles
4 months ago
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'Once something like Doctor Who is in your heart it stays there'

As Ncuti Gatwa prepares to start his adventures as Doctor Who on Christmas Day, some of Glasgow’s superfans share mem...

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4 months ago
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Gary Lineker should stop sniping from sidelines and take up a challenge to stand as an MP – Aidan...

Gary Lineker’s heart may be in the right place but that sense is diminished by smug enjoyment of his notoriety

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4 months ago
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Aidan Smith: No Aberdeen-Rangers pressure, Don, with hullabaloo over 71-game stat - who would be ...

Has there ever been a Scottish football referee who will be under more scrutiny with more sets of beady eyes squintin...

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5 months ago
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The Couple Next Door starring Sam Heughan: Wife-swapping under the wisteria, a bifold doors bonkb...

Aidan Smith's TV week: The Couple Next Door (C4), Doctor Who (BBC1), Obliterated (Netflix)

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5 months ago
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Nicola Bulley case: Scourge of amateur detectives in the TikTok Age isn't going away any time soo...

Social media speculation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are causing serious real-world problems

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5 months ago
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Book review: Erotic Vagrancy – Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, by Roger Lewis

This brilliantly forensic account of the relationship between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor is a reminder of a ...

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5 months ago
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Nigel Farage on I’m a Celebrity: We could be watching a future Tory leader – Aidan Smith

Is former Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s stint in the jungle part of a bid to become Conservative leader?

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5 months ago
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Aidan Smith: You’ve only made a routine tackle. Why all the hugs and high-fives?

Your team have scored a goal. Maybe it’s a 93rd-minute goal in a hostile place to salvage a draw, just like Lawrence ...

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5 months ago
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Gregor Sharp on the return of Two Doors Down and the loss of his friend and creative partner Simo...

The death of Simon Carlyle, the co-writer and creator of pitch perfect Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down hangs over the ...

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6 months ago
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Edinburgh's dismal Princes Street: No wonder Sir Walter Scott sits stony-faced – Aidan Smith

The most famous one-sided street in the world is in need of a makeover but planners must learn from the mistakes of t...

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6 months ago
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Aidan Smith: I’m with Ange Postecoglou - let’s kill VAR before it kills football

The man from Sky Sports was breathing heavily. The network’s Monday Night Football had gone epic. Tottenham Hotspur v...

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6 months ago
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Now and Then: I love The Beatles but don't need to hear another note from them - Aidan Smith

The wait was interminable. My publication of choice wasn’t called Beatles Daily or Beatles Weekly or even Beatles For...

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