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From the News Letter of March 13 1738 (March 24 1739 in modern calendar) SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, Feb 26.By Private Letters we are informed, that the following Lords spoke for and against the Motion for the Directors of the S.S. Company attending the House of Peers, when the Convention is to be considered, viz.For the Motion. Duke of Argyll. Earl of Winchelsea, Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Carteret. Lord Bathurst. Lord Gore. Lord Strafford.Against the Motion.Duke of Newcastle. Lord Chancellor, spoke four times. Earl of Cholomondly. Duke of Devonshire. Earl of Ilay.Divided with the Minority.Duke of Argyll. Bishop of Lincoln. Earl of Scarborough. Bishop of Litchfield. Earl of Peterborough. Lord Tolbot. Viscount Lonsdale. Lord North. Visc. Limington. Lord Lovell. Bishop of Oxford. Marquis of Lothian. Biship Glocester. Earl of Essex.The 2d Division carried 49 to 42. Edinburgh, March 2. The Presbytery of Dunkeld lately resolved to draw up a favourable Representation of the Case of Mr. James Hog … [Read more...] about Reported 280 years ago (March 1739): News from Scotland

Jennifer Rock talks family, the Nerd Network and how to love your skin, writes Ciara McDonnell Jennifer Rock wants us to take the power back when it comes to skincare. No more fearfully approaching beauty counters and handing over our wallets with a shaking hand and a promise of free samples. No more lectures of broken capillary veins and rosacea that can only be fixed with a cream that costs our monthly salary, and is made from the tears of angels. Our skin confidence, says the founder of The Skin Nerd and brand new Irish ExaminerLife/Style beauty columnist, is on the floor. “In my column, I plan to bring honesty and an unbiased nature and approach towards skincare and beauty in general, but predominately skincare. I want to empower the readers to make their own choices,” she tells me. “I think people are tired of marketing-led conversations that are brand orientated, so they are attempting to educate themselves as to what they should be doing as a regime, what they … [Read more...] about Rocking it: Jennifer Rock on family, the Nerd Network and how to love your skin

In a world of filters and blurring foundations, seeing anything akin to real skin is a rarity. I love my makeup as much as the next woman, but there is a very real effect from this newfound obsession for skin that is simply not attainable for the vast majority of us. Take for instance the glass skin trend, which, like all great beauty trends, hails from Korea. Just one little hashtag takes you to a fantasy land where pores don’t exist, where skin gleams like a brand new car and where the only lines that exist are the ones outside department stores. Glass skin should really be called “good lighting, good filter, good makeup and probably some good skincare”. Please do not mistake my scepticism as sour grapes. As someone who has worked in skin for just over a decade, I know all of the tricks of the trade and have had the pleasure of working with machines and contraptions that can get you looking like Barbie herself. My issue with this quest for dream skin is that it … [Read more...] about The Skin Nerd: Glass skin- a trend or unattainable fantasy?

From the News Letter of March 13 1738 (March 24 1739 in modern calendar) SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, Feb 26.By Private Letters we are informed, that the following Lords spoke for and against the Motion for the Directors of the S.S. Company attending the House of Peers, when the Convention is to be considered, viz.For the Motion. Duke of Argyll. Earl of Winchelsea, Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Carteret. Lord Bathurst. Lord Gore. Lord Strafford.Against the Motion.Duke of Newcastle. Lord Chancellor, spoke four times. Earl of Cholomondly. Duke of Devonshire. Earl of Ilay.Divided with the Minority.Duke of Argyll. Bishop of Lincoln. Earl of Scarborough. Bishop of Litchfield. Earl of Peterborough. Lord Tolbot. Viscount Lonsdale. Lord North. Visc. Limington. Lord Lovell. Bishop of Oxford. Marquis of Lothian. Biship Glocester. Earl of Essex.The 2d Division carried 49 to 42. Edinburgh, March 2. The Presbytery of Dunkeld lately resolved to draw up a favourable Representation of the Case of Mr. James Hog … [Read more...] about March 1739: Scottish news