Your Covidsomnia survival guide: Writers share their secrets to getting through the wee small hours

How did you sleep last night? The chances are, not very well. At times of increased anxiety or financial stress, if your routine has been disrupted or you’ve drunk more booze then is normal, then a good night’s rest is the first thing to go. It’s no wonder, then, that the coronavirus has made insomniacs … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: A failed state? How about Scotland under Wee Burney?

Boris Johnson is reportedly flying to Scotland this week ‘to save the Union’. Why? It’s not as if he hasn’t anything better to do, apart from the small matters of dealing with a global pandemic and the economy going to hell in a handcart. Yet the Prime Minister is about to drop everything to race … Read more

Strictly’s Caroline Quentin admits she worries that she could wee on Johannes Radebe during training

‘If I laugh too much, he might pay the price’: Strictly’s Caroline Quentin admits she worries that she could wee on Johannes Radebe during training By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 12:01 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 12:03 GMT, 3 November 2020 Caroline Quentin has admitted she sometimes worries she will accidentally wee on … Read more

Britain at its best: Raise a wee dram to the Isle of Islay

The Isle of Islay is closer to the ‘island of Ireland’ (as politicians call it when squabbling over the EU ‘backstop’) than it is to Scotland’s big cities. Out there, in other words. And yet for a first-timer it seems like a microcosm of Scotland as a whole, with its mountains, heathered moorland, grazing sheep, … Read more

A wee bit scary! Stomach-churning footage shows a daredevil base-jumping off remote Scottish peaks

Jumping off a mountain in sub-zero temperatures might not be everyone’s idea of enjoyment.  But for thrill-seeker and former Royal Marine Commando Tim Howell that’s just what gets him hopping with excitement.  Stomach-churning video footage shows the adrenaline-junkie being the first to base-jump off a number of terrifying-looking peaks in Scotland and swooping over magical … Read more