The main thing, of course, is that the head coach has been replaced with very little fuss. It took Hearts a little over a week to appoint Wouter Vrancken after McInnes’ departure. He is getting the best out of members of the squad who played bit-part roles last season, with Blair Spittal going from impact … Read more
The talk of the toon are the boys in maroon, but the chat in all corners of the country is about McPake. He really is the man of the moment. In eight games, he has registered two goals and four assists for an increasingly easy-on-the-eye Hearts side, who are emerging as contenders for the campaign’s … Read more
Hearts emerge as favourites for Faroese winger, while Celtic face competition for midfield target. Faroe Islands Under-21 winger Aron Benjaminsen is on Hearts’ wanted list and the Edinburgh club are favourites to sign the 18-year-old from Vikingur Gota. (Daily Record – subscription required, external) Hearts have completed a deal for Benjaminsen, with a sell-on clause … Read more
Wilson made his breakthrough as a 17-year-old in the 2024-25 season, scoring six goals across 32 first-team appearances. Not only did he help stave off a relegation threat, he made his Scotland debut in March 2025 to become his country’s youngest ever player. That summer, head coach Derek McInnes arrived and Wilson featured heavily in … Read more
Milne’s booking-producing foul on Lewis Smith was the first real dent in Hearts’ defensive resolve and Stuart Armstrong’s free-kick delivery caused chaos. Dan Happe headed back across goal and Nisbet and Lewis Mayo raced in to apply the finish. Mayo was eventually credited with the goal and Hearts’ hopes of a VAR reprieve for any … Read more
Hearts’ miserable summer continued as they conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 to Aberdeen in their Premiership opener at Pittodrie. Wouter Vrancken and Hearts looked on course for a much-needed victory after a turbulent few months as they led through Oisin McEntee’s first-half goal. But just as they looked to be closing out a … Read more
Despite conceding six goals across two legs, Hearts impressed going forward in spells but lacked a clinical touch in front of goal, failing to score from a combined expected goals value of 2.6. With only a couple of competitive games under their belt, there was a sense of unease around Tynecastle, where many fans left … Read more
Forward Claudio Braga, 26, is happy at Hearts after an impressive debut season last term and speculation over his future. (Edinburgh Evening News – subscription required, external) Braga is “very excited” by the prospect of playing in the Champions League. (Record, external) And Portuguese Braga would go through the ups and downs of last season’s … Read more
Forty years on, the film is often branded ‘the lesbian Brokeback Mountain’. Though it’s a rather lazy point of comparison (not least because it predates both Ang Lee’s film and Annie Proulx’s short story by some years) the film’s relationship to the Western is notable. Deitch based her film’s visual language on cowboy and horse photography, … Read more
Cardi B fell in love this week as Blossom melted hearts all over the internet with a Spanish-language moment on Instagram live. During a recent Instagram Live, the rapper shared a quiet family moment with her one-year-old daughter, Blossom, and viewers quickly zeroed in on Blossom’s growing vocabulary. At one point, the toddler asked for … Read more