Aidan Smith Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Journalist with The Scotsman.

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The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Sports

278 Articles
5 months ago
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Gary Lineker should stop sniping from sidelines and take up a challenge to stand as an MP – Aidan...

Gary Lineker’s heart may be in the right place but that sense is diminished by smug enjoyment of his notoriety

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5 months ago
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Aidan Smith: No Aberdeen-Rangers pressure, Don, with hullabaloo over 71-game stat - who would be ...

Has there ever been a Scottish football referee who will be under more scrutiny with more sets of beady eyes squintin...

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5 months ago
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The Couple Next Door starring Sam Heughan: Wife-swapping under the wisteria, a bifold doors bonkb...

Aidan Smith's TV week: The Couple Next Door (C4), Doctor Who (BBC1), Obliterated (Netflix)

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6 months ago
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Nicola Bulley case: Scourge of amateur detectives in the TikTok Age isn't going away any time soo...

Social media speculation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are causing serious real-world problems

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6 months ago
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Book review: Erotic Vagrancy – Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, by Roger Lewis

This brilliantly forensic account of the relationship between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor is a reminder of a ...

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6 months ago
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Nigel Farage on I’m a Celebrity: We could be watching a future Tory leader – Aidan Smith

Is former Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s stint in the jungle part of a bid to become Conservative leader?

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6 months ago
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Aidan Smith: You’ve only made a routine tackle. Why all the hugs and high-fives?

Your team have scored a goal. Maybe it’s a 93rd-minute goal in a hostile place to salvage a draw, just like Lawrence ...

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6 months ago
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Gregor Sharp on the return of Two Doors Down and the loss of his friend and creative partner Simo...

The death of Simon Carlyle, the co-writer and creator of pitch perfect Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down hangs over the ...

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6 months ago
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Edinburgh's dismal Princes Street: No wonder Sir Walter Scott sits stony-faced – Aidan Smith

The most famous one-sided street in the world is in need of a makeover but planners must learn from the mistakes of t...

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6 months ago
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Aidan Smith: I’m with Ange Postecoglou - let’s kill VAR before it kills football

The man from Sky Sports was breathing heavily. The network’s Monday Night Football had gone epic. Tottenham Hotspur v...

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6 months ago
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Now and Then: I love The Beatles but don't need to hear another note from them - Aidan Smith

The wait was interminable. My publication of choice wasn’t called Beatles Daily or Beatles Weekly or even Beatles For...

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7 months ago
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Aidan Smith: No more office romances? It'll be the end of civilisation as we know it

I may have said this before. I’m sure I’ll say it again, when the next relationships survey appears: thank goodness I...

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