The Honest Truth

Nostradamus predicted the end of the word would happen by meteors.

The Honest Truth: Boom time? How Nostradamus gazed into the future and saw the end of the world

February 26, 2021

David Marshall's penalty save immortalised in a Panini sticker

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The Honest Truth: Got, got, need… the story behind football fans’ love of Panini stickers as new Scotland album released

February 2, 2021

High Society, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas, Louise McNaught.

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The Honest Truth: Bee artist uses paintings to highlight the plight of the humble bumble

January 20, 2021

A mountain hare.

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The Honest Truth: Hare we go! The beauty and charm of Scotland’s shy mountain creatures

December 30, 2020

Eat your tree by all means but keep the baubles for next year

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Pining for a festive snack? Learn how to cook your Christmas tree

December 25, 2020

Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox 2009 film adaptation

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The Honest Truth: Why humans have a love-hate relationship with foxes

December 11, 2020

Tykky covers the trees in Finland’s Riisitunturi National Park

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The Honest Truth: Catch my drift? Author explains all about the weird, wonderful and often baffling world of snow

November 28, 2020

A close-up of the Queen on an Australian five dollar bill

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The Honest Truth: A note of caution… Why money makes the world go round but it’s all made up

November 5, 2020

Mario

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The Honest Truth: The story of Nintendo and its pint-sized plumber hero Mario

October 2, 2020

RuPaul, whose Drag Race show made drag mainstream

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The Honest Truth: Drag Idol UK winner Felix Le Freak on the art’s history and rise into the mainstream

September 18, 2020

Maggie Smith as the titular teacher with her pupils, the so-called creme de la creme, in 1969 movie version of Muriel Spark’s The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

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The Honest Truth: How French words became part of the English language

September 4, 2020