Summary
TO the Marriott hotel in Glesca, scene of one Thomas a Sheridan's alleged shenanigans, where Liz Cameron, the effervescent erstwhile Lord Provost, hosted a civic reception for librarians and sundry hangers-on. Mindful perhaps of Taggart's forthcoming 25th anniversary, Ms Cameron relayed the story of a wummin who came upon what looked like a crime scene near Central Station, yellow tape and all.
Informed by Blythe Duff that an episode of Taggart was being filmed, the wummin digested the information carefully before asking the question we would doubtless all have liked to pose: "Is it a repeat?"See the full content of this document
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Alan Taylor's Diary
Nobel turnips wait till Lessing couldn't care less
THREE cheers for my dear friend Doris Lessing, above, who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature at the relatively chirpy age of 87. "Oh Christ, " she commented, "I couldn''t care less." One sympathises. Thanks to a committee of Swedes, a few of whom could pass as Turnips, Ms Lessing will receive 10 million kron...See the full content of this document
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