Emma Cowing

4 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emma Cowing

One cool, rainy evening in June last year, I walked out of the Scottish Daily Mail newsroom for the very last time to the deafening sound of my colleagues banging on their desks. They weren’t trying to hurry me out the door (or so I was later assured) but taking part in an old newspaper tradition which originated in the printing presses. A staff member, usually retiring, is ‘banged out’ as a mark of respect from their colleagues. I was hugely moved, and a little surprised.

1 month ago | booksfromscotland.com | Emma Cowing |Milo Allan

Emma Cowing’s debut novel The Show Woman is an beautifully-told, action-packed tale of the first all-female circus in Edwardian Britain. BooksfromScotland chatted to her about how the hidden stories from history should be brought out into the open. The Show WomanBy Emma CowingPublished by Hodder & StoughtonWell done on publishing your debut novel, The Show Woman! How have you enjoyed your journey into publication so far?

Jun 21, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Emma Cowing

This will be my final column in the Scottish Daily Mail. It feels strange even to type these words, perhaps because I’ve loved it so much. In 27 years of journalism, writing this page is the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done. Why? Mainly because of you, the readers. Over the past ten years many of you have written to me, often wittily, sometimes kind and yes, occasionally cross, on a huge range of subjects.

Jun 21, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Emma Cowing

Earlier this week, Karen Gillan popped up on The One Show sofa to discuss her role in a new ITV drama about a TV host being cancelled after making a sexist joke. Had making the series, presenters Alex Jones and Clara Amfo wanted to know, made her think twice about using social media? ‘My finger’s been hovering over the delete account button since the show,’ she admitted. Her legion of fans will be hoping she doesn’t press it any time soon.

Jun 14, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Emma Cowing

Just before the end of May, Rod Stewart and his extensive clan descended upon the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia to celebrate his son Liam’s wedding to Nicole Artukovich. Over several days they sailed, swam, dined out, drank and, of course, witnessed Liam’s vows to his new wife in the baroque St Ignatius Church in the heart of the city’s old quarter. They must have cut quite the dash.