Derek McArthur
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Edinburgh has banned loud music on its buses. The whole country next, please. (opens the original)
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Edinburgh’s buses have taken the plunge in solving a modern nuisance. Under new terms concerning anti-social behaviour, passengers can now be ejected from buses in the capital city for playing music and sounds at loud volumes. But let’s go further with that. Let’s get this ban countrywide and into law. We love to ban things in this country, and yet here we are still faced with phone speaker demons at every turn while simply trying to move through our day. Blanket bans are a quick-fix solution fo
Scotlandâs galleries cannot forever be held to ransom by wealthy collectors (opens the original)
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National Galleries Scotland has acquired a large group of twentieth-century Scottish paintings assembled from the collection of a private donor. The catalyst for this acquisition comes from the UK Governmentâs Acceptance in Lieu scheme, which allows significant artworks to enter ownership in place of paying inheritance tax. Donât want to pay tax when itâs time for a huge generational wealth transfer? Well, the government wants any valuable artworks you may have lying around. The collection
Oh dear, do we have to pretend to like Macklemore since he has the right opinions? (opens the original)
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It’s been a terrible week for redheaded songwriter and spectre-of-supermarket-speakers Ed Sheeran, to put it mildly. And the source of the chaos has been none other than “oh yeah, I remember him” rapper Macklemore. The Thrift Shop rapper performed a pro-Palestine song and chanted “free Palestine” as he opened for Sheeran’s huge stadium tour. Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium and prolific donor to Israel, along with other tour promoters, threatened to cancel upcoming stadium shows, putting
Hands up, who would spend a grand on an empty box with Beyoncé's name on it? (opens the original)
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Let's talk about the £948.01 pine box. Whatâs so special about this pine box? Perhaps it comes with some rare Pokémon card nestled inside. Maybe itâs the most durable, nuke-resistant pine box ever sold on the market. Or maybe, simply, it has the name Beyoncé on it. Yes, for the low price of a monthâs rent and utilities, you too could own Beyoncé's new "Bey Keeper" - a solid-pine crate built to store vinyl records that, notably, do not come with any. Five hundred numbered units, priced
Please, no more Prime Ministers who love The Smiths. I beg you (opens the original)
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A second Smiths-loving Prime Minister has just hit government. At least Andy Burnham’s love of the legendary Manchester group is looking to be a bit more authentic than that of the previous Smiths-loving Prime Minister, David Cameron. Cameron once described The Smiths as the soundtrack to his days at Eton College, as if imagining him listening to This Charming Man with his snooty public-school friends is somehow an endearing anecdote. Professing his love for the group failed to communicate that
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