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Lennie PennieHerald Scotland |
How often have you heard an interview with a politician where, despite repeatedly being presented with a straightforward line of questioning, they...
I recently came across a video promoting the new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book, The Twits. It featured Greg James and Chris Smith discussing how...
As someone with food intolerances, I have quite a strict routine when ordering from restaurants. Regardless of whether it’s sitting in or taking...
I recently took part in a BBC Disclosure documentary detailing my experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse and stalking. The documentary featured...
If the concept of a public library were proposed today, there is no doubt in my mind that it would be rejected by a great number of people as some...
It often seems that with every technological breakthrough humanity makes, there soon exists a way for it to be used to hurt people. AI is the new...
It often seems that with every technological breakthrough humanity makes, there soon exists a way for it to be used to hurt people. AI is the new...
One of my very favourite cliches is: “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” You can pick your...
I was recently asked by a male survivor of sexual assault why I don't write poetry about men who have experienced abuse. I had to sit with this for a...
I was watching a video made by a dermatologist about anti-ageing skincare, under which I saw multiple comments from pre-teens asking if it was too...
Just a wee heads up before we start, this column will cover topics like eating disorders and unhealthy attitudes towards food, exercise and bodies. If...
After meeting victims of spiking, and shortly after the UK Government announced its plans to treat the crime with the utmost care and attention, the...
We're just coming out of that time of year when many people will get together to celebrate the birth of a wee baby born in Bethlehem. I hope all those...
Imagine scientists are performing an experiment on resource hoarding in mice. They give a surplus of food to one set of mice and very little food to...
The ink isn't yet dry on the Scottish languages bill which represents a commitment to protect and promote Gaelic and Scots, and we're already seeing a...
As part of this year's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, an annual campaign which runs from the 25th November to the 10th December, I...
This week to be mined from the infinite seam of “You can’t even say *insert phrase* any more”, the police force have updated their guidelines...
The first of this month marked National Stress Awareness day, which aims to reduce the stigma around stress, and to make people aware of its effects. ...
Homelessness is recognised by the UN as “one of the most severe violations of the right to adequate housing”, and for those in power to see the...
When asked as part of the British Social Attitudes survey if household tasks should be split in an equitable manner between partners, more than three...
Having worked in online content creation for the past few years, I'm always shocked by the large number of children, and even babies, doing the same...
There has recently been a lot of discourse around “Nepo babies”, celebrities whose careers were, if not entirely dependent upon, certainly helped...
The UK government recently approved a new oil field which, according to the Carbon Brief Analysis, has the potential to "release roughly the same...
Straight off the bat, I'm going to put a trigger warning for discussions of sexual assault and domestic abuse, including mention of reporting to...
Elon Musk recently expressed a desire to remove the ability to block people on the site formerly known as Twitter, saying of the block feature “it...
This week I’d like to talk about filler words: the tiny parts of speech with a terrible reputation. They’re the “ums”, the “ers”, the...