New book charts fascinating social history of Highland Perthshire area

Rep.-elect Cori Bush, the first Black Lives Matter activist to serve in Congress, has landed a high-profile job on the powerful House Judiciary Committee. Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official on Friday when unveiling new committee assignments.  Bush, frequently referred to as a new member of "The Squad," featuring New York Rep.

Amal Clooney opens up about her process writing her new legal text, having the support of her husband George Clooney and joking she will not be writing another book “for the sake of her marriage.”The civil rights lawyer is accomplishing a new milestone in her impressive career, releasing a 1,000-page book titled The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law.Amal shared how difficult it was to draft the text, as she was constantly traveling around the world with George, and joining him “at all

Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation has launched a new book publishing imprint, Roc Lit 101.As The Associated Press reports, the company has partnered with Random House for the venture which will present “books at the dynamic intersection of entertainment and genre-defying literature”.It’s said that Roc Lit 101 is preparing to release a new book about criminal injustice by Meek Mill and a fantasy fiction title penned by Lil Uzi Vert, as well as memoirs from Fat Joe and Yo Gotti.The first slate of titles has

making homophobic comments about a colleague in the chat section of a Zoom class last month.The names of the teachers, all employees of Dumont High School in Dumont, N.J., were not made public, although the school district’s business administrator, Kevin Cartotto, announced the suspensions during a public meeting at the high school last Thursday.Cartotto said the district decided to hand out the suspensions following an investigation into the alleged comments, but had to continue to pay the

straight to your inbox every day for freeUncertainty at Borussia Dortmund could prove beneficial in Manchester United’s pursuit of Jadon Sancho.Dortmund have parted ways with manager Lucien Favre today (Sunday) following Saturday’s disastrous 5-1 home defeat by VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.Favre had been at the German giants since May 2018 and led them to consecutive second-place finishes in the Bundesliga.However, defeat by Stuttgart was their fourth in 11 league games this season and left

He was a member of one of the most iconic show business acts of all-time. He played the top nightclubs of the day, had his own network television sitcom, hosted The Tonight Show more than 200 times, and was the host of his own late night talk show that ran for several years. He hosted the Emmys for several years, and appeared in more than a dozen feature films and countless TV shows as a guest star.

Bill Nye is reminding us all about the importance of wearing masks as the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

It's been a while since she last posted on Instagram, but now Cheryl has returned to support her former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding.The mum-of-one, who was recently compared to X Factor's Cher Lloyd, has been noticeably absent from the social media site, however, on Wednesday she took to her Instagram stories to promote Sarah's new book.The 37 year old shared a picture of the book, titled Hear Me Out, and wrote: "Well this is going to be an interesting read." The singer also sent out her

Star Trek" universe is seven-time Emmy Award-winning visual effects supervisor, matte painter, prop maker, title designer, and storyboard artist Dan Curry, whose 18-year body of work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," and "Enterprise" contributed myriad elements to the shows' integrity and evolution. A Tai Chi master who has traveled the globe, Curry also created the Klingon martial arts style named Mok'bara and the warrior race's distinctive Bat'leth and Mek'leth

NJ Advance Media. “Is that her adopted kid? Who is gonna be all fucked up growing up watching 2 chicks kissing and calling them both mom,” said another.Dumont Mayor Andrew LaBruno condemned the disparaging comments, saying in a Facebook post that the comments were ‘disturbing and extremely appalling” and calling on Superintendent Emanuele Triggiano to investigate the matter.LaBruno said in the post that after speaking to Triggiano, the superintendent assured him that the incident “is being taken

automobiles in which Jerry Seinfeld ushers his fellow comics to the diner on television’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."The most valuable things Seinfeld owns are the thousands of pieces of paper — yellow, scribbled over, sometimes crumpled — that for years he's been cramming into those brown accordion folders that were once a staple of storage until something better came along called the laptop computer.They contain the jokes Seinfeld has been writing and telling since that first day he

Gary Holt as manager after two years in the job. The Kilmarnock legend replaced Kenny Miller in the role and guided the club to a top six finish last season, but did admit concerns about the team over the weekend.

NEW YORK -- John Boyega is only 28, but being a professional actor of 10 years and a veteran of three “Star Wars” films has given him insight into what it’s like for a young performer breaking into Hollywood.“Normally the assumption is you keep quiet, you keep cashing checks and you keep it moving. That’s the hardest thing to navigate, when you don’t feel that way," he says.This year, Boyega has made it clear he doesn't feel that way, that he isn’t going to bite his tongue.

twist!”The OK first movie, a whopping seven years ago, sought to answer the age-old question: “What if cavemen spoke English?”The fun sequel, with a smidge more ambition than its predecessor, tacks on, “What if cavemen met non-cavemen?”Answer: hijinks, and lots of ’em.This time around, the Croods, voiced by the strange ensemble of Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone, Cloris Leachman and Clark Duke, leave home and encounter the Bettermans, a posh and more recognizably human clan.The

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only Black mayor during the 1990s, has died at 93. Dinkins' health aide found him unresponsive in his Lenox Hill apartment Monday night, the New York Post reported. The NYPD confrimed the report.