Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Everything's coming up roses for award-winning Lanarkshire gardener
dailyrecord.co.ukA talented gardener who has helped around 150 disabled people to grow the seeds that they sow has been awarded a coveted horticultural prize.Scott Green was recruited as a development worker a decade ago by Castlemilk-based social enterprise company, Fair Deal.There he canvassed the opinions of people with learning disabilities who receive assistance and support through its services.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Scott has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism spectrum disorder, which means his behaviour and thinking patterns can be rigid and repetitive, and he can find it difficulty to relate socially to others.So, when a staff member at Fair Deal approached him five years ago and asked if he’d like to try gardening, he didn’t think it was for him.The father-of-two told Lanarkshire Live: “Anne-Marie Docherty explained they were thinking of developing a gardening project and I was not too keen at first, to be honest.“A small group of people from different organisations discussed the programme and what it would look like, how much it would cost and how many people we’d have on the group.
I decided to give it a go.”Lottery-funded Help Yourself Grow, which is part of Fair Deal, stepped in to get the project off the ground and Scott was among those who participated in a successful year-long pilot
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