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The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear | Neal Ascherson
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Like an arthritic old tree in autumn, the Scottish National party is shedding its voters. It does this almost seasonally, a shrivel followed years later by another spring. And yet the SNP’s soul and cause, independence, isn’t shedding its supporters. Backing for that stays roughly where it’s been for a…
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‘Exceptional’: rare book of illustrations from Darwin’s ‘bird man’ on sale for £2m | Books
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John Gould was one of the most sought-after taxidermists in 19th-century London, commissioned by King George IV to stuff the first giraffe to arrive in England. But Gould’s lasting legacy is birds. He travelled the world documenting and cataloguing as many avian species as he could find, many of them…
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Home invasion leaves ‘wheelchair-bound’ man with stab wounds
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A man who uses a wheelchair has been stabbed in a Perth home invasion in what police believe is a Facebook Marketplace deal gone wrong. Police were called to a home on Bremer Place in Thornlie about 10.55am after a violent home invasion left two people in hospital, including a…