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Profile: Susan Swarbrick

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Columnist And Senior Features Writer

My key areas of speciality are celebrity interviews, sport, reportage and human interest.

Latest articles from Susan Swarbrick

Many of us enjoying eating in front of the TV

Issue of the day: Are TV dinners terribly gauche?

MANY of us enjoy eating dinner on the sofa in front of the telly as we relax in the evenings. Not everyone is a fan, though. During the whirl of press interviews to promote the new series of MasterChef, arriving on our screens this Monday (BBC One, 9pm), the show's presenter John Torode has declared "teas on knees" to be a terrible culinary faux pas.

Pele celebrates winning the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Picture: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

TV: New documentary about footballing legend Pele arrives on Netflix

What's the story?

Bin men at work in Glasgow. Picture: James Galloway/The Herald

Susan Swarbrick's Week: The secret joy of bin day

EVERY Monday night at teatime the giddy excitement starts to build. Tuesday is bin day round our way and throughout this pandemic – lockdowns and all – it has been the one constant you can rely on (well, weather permitting).

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The Kyle of Durness near Cape Wrath. Picture: Getty

Author James Oswald on the rugged charms and remote beaches of Sutherland

JAMES OSWALD, AUTHOR

Binny Craig, near Ecclesmachan, West Lothian. Picture: Getty

The Bathgate Hills: A Neolithic henge, abandoned silver mine and tales of mystery

THE Bathgate Hills are steeped in stories. This corner of West Lothian – stretching from Linlithgow in the north, to Bathgate in the south and Uphall in the east – may not be as well-known or lauded as some other Scottish landscapes, yet it is filled with beauty, rich history and folklore.

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Paul Murton at Loch Coruisk on Skye during filming for Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs. Picture: Malcolm Airey/Gadabout/BBC

Magic and midges: TV presenter Paul Murton on the delights of Scotland’s lochs

WHAT makes a good loch? Size, location, geology are all up there, but for Paul Murton none of that matters without three crucial things: stories, people and history.

War of words: Gen Z vs Millennials. Picture: iStockphoto/Getty

Issue of the day: The new generation wars – Gen Z vs Millennials

GIRD your loins: the generation wars are flaring up again. In recent times, we have had Gen Z and Millennials vs Baby Boomers (spawning that irritating catchphrase: "OK, Boomer"). Now a fresh round of intergenerational sparring has begun as Gen Z takes on Millennials.

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Paul Murton presents Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs. Picture: Neil McLennan/Tern TV/BBC

TV: Paul Murton returns with new series of Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs

What's the story?

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Loch Lomond. Picture: PA Photo/iStock

Comedian Des Clarke on the enduring magic of Loch Lomond

DES CLARKE, COMEDIAN AND PRESENTER

Valentine's Day. Picture: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos

Susan Swarbrick's Week: An ode to my greatest Valentine's Day disasters

WHAT'S the big Valentine's Day plan, then? Well, there's Option A (aka the full shebang): Wine and dine your beloved with a home-cooked meal, buy them chocolates, flowers, soppy card, a little teddy bear clutching a padded heart. Netflix and chill.