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The chief executive of a major Scottish housebuilder has urged First Minister Humza Yousaf to scrap SNP and Green homes laws in the wake of...
A new tax year welcomes a reset of allowances to be used throughout the year ahead, but this new tax year sees the dawn of a new allowance rulebook...
Regardless of how the season ends for Rangers, Philippe Clement has a summer of significant upheaval to contend with. Recent games have shown that...
As Humza Yousaf walked towards that increasingly famous Bute House podium he looked the picture of confidence. The task before him involved a...
This piece is from yesterday's Buddies Briefing newsletter, which is emailed out at 6pm every Thursday. To receive our full, free St Mirren...
Our 15-year tenure in the Scottish top flight is under threat. The club’s golden era could come to an end. St Johnstone’s long-serving owners look...
If there is one thing you can be sure of when it comes to Lord David Frost, it is that his incredible passion for Brexit will not be dimmed by the...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Wouldn’t you just love to play Humza Yousaf at chess? You’d have him...
Education can sometimes feel like a conveyor belt. Primary, on to secondary and, for the last few decades at least, a push then for university....
Those who have been dockside when a ship is launched say it takes the breath away: the size, power and potential danger as these majestic vessels...
Netflix true-life drama Baby Reindeer, about a Scottish comedian and his stalker, has sparked massive interest. Here criminologist David...
Could the vinyl record industry be a victim of its success? Or, rather, Taylor Swift’s success? Vinyl records have ridden an upward trajectory in...
The pulse of New York City throbs with the vigour of a race horse in full gallop. I saddled up long ago to ride that glorious dynamism, and the...
This article appears as part of the Food Matters newsletter. Perhaps one of the only silver linings to come from the months of lockdown which began...
The Scottish Greens exist to fight for people and planet. We believe a fairer, greener Scotland is possible and we are determined to deliver it....
You’ve got the chocolate bar. You’ve got the mop of blond hair. Your possibly polyamorous grandparents watch on with glee from their frankly...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. I know this is meant to be an education newsletter. We’ll get there, I promise....
We’ve all been there. You want to get in touch with a company – perhaps to find out more about an offer they have, maybe an update on your job...
A 25th anniversary is traditionally marked with something silver: a photo frame perhaps, a clock, maybe jewellery. In Scotland, as you may have...
Poor old George Orwell. Since the birth of the internet he’s been trundled out, by those who’ve neither read nor understood his work, as the...
To say that the Conservatives’ efforts to drive the economically inactive back to work are looking increasingly desperate would be a monumental...
I’m currently addicted to Race Around the World and I bet it’s for the same reason as millions of other viewers. Yes, it showcases countries, so...
St George’s Day is always a bit of a worry in politics. Flag-waving and ingratiating behaviour is the order of the day. Oh dear, you find...
After that historic first win in Italy, Scotland’s women take on Ireland in Belfast on Saturday with a huge prize at stake, namely qualification...
“We have achieved more for people and planet in the past 32 months than other parties have in decades”, proclaimed Lorna Slater, co-leader of...
This piece is an extract from yesterday's One Team in Glasgow newsletter, which is emailed out at 6pm every Wednesday. Saturday saw the...
When I interviewed Jim Sillars earlier this month he made vivid use of ‘legacy’ language to describe the conduct of the Scottish Greens in...
Asked which issue is most important to them when casting their vote few, if any, Scots would say the cost of building ferries. Fewer still would...
As my favoured tipple of choice reminds us all, good things come to those who wait, and it's fair to say Dundee fans have waited long enough for a...
Across many Western democracies politics can often seem febrile at present. That’s perhaps not surprising given the impact of various global...
As an Aberdeen fan of 45 years, I have seen my fair share of ups and downs as well as the occasional heart-breaking moment. The two Skol Cup finals...
A FEW weeks ago, I suggested that April could be the cruellest month for Rangers. And so it has proved, in the cinch Premiership at least. But is...
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. These words were first attributed to the Chinese general Sun Tzu over 2,500 years ago, but they...
Organisations need to take the drama out of succession planning amid shortage of emerging leadership talent , writes Jamie Livingston, founder and...
Earlier this season, I attended a match with my sons on a rare Saturday off. Both of them are Motherwell daft. Goals for The Steelmen aren’t all...
This piece is an extract from yesterday's The Rugby Road Gates newsletter, which is emailed out at 6pm every Wednesday. To receive our full, free...
Even as it made an embarrassing climb down on its climate change targets the Scottish Government had the nerve last week to try to rekindle fading...
THERE has been a craze in theatre for dramas where actors play multiple parts. A production of The 39 Steps saw four actors taking on 139 roles....
The game of golf, particularly in the barren hinterlands where this correspondent ekes out a humdrum existence, can best be described as an endless...
You can hardly go a day now without hearing of new advances in Large Language Model (LLMs) artificial intelligence programs, as they leap ahead of...
It seems that former prime minister Liz Truss is not a great fan of the “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” wisdom. Ms Truss offered...
I remember the first time I saw it: clambering through the heather and the ferns, climbing over the fences, wellies sinking into marsh and bog,...
For Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran it must have seemed like she was back in the classroom, refereeing a heated argument between competing sides....
EVERY year, around late March, I convince myself winter will never end. I survey my lifeless garden and panic that I’ve broken it. And then, just...
The EU’s answer to Donald Trump is Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary. Long regarded as a maverick, the ultra-right wing 60-year-old is...
Entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government that they will honour a funding pledge for Scottish EDGE....
Should a proudly Scottish company open up its business model to broader horizons? That’s the question that was put to two of Scotland’s top...
Joseph Healy, the co-founder of Judo Bank, has spoken for the first time since stepping down as CEO to work on a new venture in the mental health...
The PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the 2023/24 campaign was released last week and some of the choices were, well, interesting. Jack Butland,...
The PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the 2023/24 campaign was released last week and some of the choices were, well, interesting. Jack Butland,...
This period between the Easter/Spring break up to around June is, for me, the golden period in a primary school. Relationships within classes are...