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.
Perth man Bill Duncan's services to curling and to charity recognised with MBE
dailyrecord.co.ukAmong the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations was the award of Member of the British Empire to Perth man Bill Duncan.He received the MBE for his services to curling and to charity.Born in 1947 in Perth, Bill attended Caledonian Road school before moving on to Perth Academy, leaving in 1964 to join what was the British Linen Bank and is now the Bank of Scotland.He worked for the bank for 44 years, managing branches in Perth, in Highland Perthshire and latterly working as a corporate director in Edinburgh until his retirement in 2007.From 2003 to 2005, Bill held the post of president of Perthshire Chamber of Commerce.Since his retirement Bill has committed his life to volunteering and charity work through the Rotary Club of Perth, Live Active Leisure and The Free to Live Trust of which he remains a trustee.His services to curling are spread worldwide with Bill serving as Scottish representative to the World Curling Federation over a number of years, and also as chair of both the World Junior Curling Championships and the Rotary World Curling Championships when held in Perth.Bill currently holds a position as a trustee of the European Curling Fund.He has also been a board member and president of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC), Scotland’s governing body of the sport, and convenor of the Scottish Umpiring Committee for five years.More locally, his dedication to the sport is well known, having been chair, vice-chair and treasurer of Perth Masters, chair of the City of Perth Ladies Curling Championships, and captain of both a Strathcona Cup Tour and a Rotary Curling Tour to Canada.When requested, Bill took on another local role as chair of Perth Ice Rink and served as financial
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