Aidan Smith Journalist
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  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

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259 Articles
6 days ago
scotsman.com

Aidan Smith on TV: With 3 Body Problem, suddenly, physics is sexy

Expect your brain to ache following dystopian 3 Body Problem, while Allison Janney and Kristen Wiig can’t save dull P...

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9 days ago
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Glastonbury line-up suggests rock is dead. Who's even heard of SZA (Sunak's Zorbing Atrocity)? – ...

Aidan Smith finds himself in the shoes of an elderly 1970s judge asking the court: “What is a… Sex Pistol?”

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12 days ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: Manhunt (Apple TV+), Love Rat (Channel 5), The Dry (ITVX), Un Amore (Sky A...

It’s been quite a while. I don’t suppose I’ve thought about the American Civil War since those cards which came free ...

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15 days ago
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Passions: I’m only working for The Scotsman because I can’t work for Mad

The US magazine introduced me to satire and the delights of mischief

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16 days ago
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Rishi Sunak's dishwasher revelations just made him seem like Alan Partridge – Aidan Smith

Keir Starmer’s ‘dad bod’ may prove to be less of a political problem than Rishi Sunak’s discussion of his domestic ch...

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19 days ago
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Aidan Smith on TV: Supersex, The Gentlemen, Mary & George and The Push: Murder on the Cliff

From a drug dealing toff to romps in the court of James I, elder brothers are pushed aside in three wildly different ...

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20 days ago
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Aidan Smith on TV: Supersex, The Gentlemen, Mary & George and The Push: Murder on the Cliff

From a drug dealing toff to romps in the court of James I, elder brothers are pushed aside in three wildly different ...

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23 days ago
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Celebrity Big Brother: Princess Kate is entitled to her privacy and let's hope her black sheep un...

Rumours, jokes and ridiculous conspiracy theories about Princess of Wales abound. Let’s hope she is able to laugh abo...

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26 days ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4), Prisoner (BBC4), Darren McGarvey: the ...

Aagh, you silly old goat! You’ve given the game away! This is my reaction as Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial nears...

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about 1 month ago
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School smartphone crackdown: Tory and SNP gesture politics isn't going to end children's obsessio...

Enforcing a smartphone ban in schools will be a tough, perhaps even impossible, job

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about 1 month ago
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Aidan Smith: VAR is bad but clubs can't criticise it selectively when it suits

Well, did they or didn’t they? We need to know, we should be told …

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about 1 month ago
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Aidan Smith's TV week: Breathtaking (ITV), The Way (BBC1), Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling (BBC2)

It’s all a bit of a blur now. You never want to forget what it was like, and you won’t, but at the same you probably ...

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