Fairly or not, Blackshaw has come to represent the "academic" side of the acoustic guitar (as opposed to the raw American Primitive sound of the late Jack Rose), so it's a surprising and somewhat ballsy move to put aside the full, resonant sound of a 12-string acoustic for the staccato feel of the electric guitar, with all the rock baggage that instrument carries.

NPR: First Listen: James Blackshaw, 'All Is Falling'

CSOB's profits rose, but only because it also under-provisioned, reckons Jack Schrantz, a strategist at Austria's Raiffeisen Zentralbank.

ECONOMIST: Czech banking

William Jack, chairman of the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board, said catches of spring salmon rose in size to more than 12lbs last year, compared with 10lbs a few years ago.

BBC: River Tay salmon fishing season gets under way