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You’re tempted to spare a thought for John Swinney after reading Nicola Sturgeon’s new epilogue for her memoir, Frankly. Mr Swinney has spent the...
As I was preparing to head over to Royal Dornoch Golf Club, a dove settled outside my window; its song a gentle invocation for the day ahead. The...
The latest SQA statistics are another strong showcase of the hard work and talent of pupils and teachers in Computing Science across Scotland. In...
Policing is being reshaped in ways few outside the service understand. But fewer officers, fewer cells and weaker supervision risk leaving communities...
It was heartening, although perhaps not surprising, to see a significant vote of confidence in Glasgow from a major UK financial institution. Building...
This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. In some ways, the guga hunt is just the most visible expression of human impact on...
We’ve gotten used to exam results day being a fraught and scandal-hit affair. Over the last decade or so, students have endured a series of crises,...
It has been three and a half weeks since a fire ripped through 109-112 Princes Street, closing the thoroughfare to traffic and cutting off trams to...
You can take your pick from quirk of fate or outrageous good fortune, but it’s generally one or the other to which people ascribe the events which...
You might as well be entering another country when you spend time in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Other regions of the UK have their own...
From this past Friday, the world has been trading while insolvent with nature. This year's Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 30 – the point...
A snapshot from the past. It’s 1993, a flat in Edinburgh, and two young women aged 19 and 20 are in the kitchen. They are having an afternoon snack....
A reset is needed in the way Scotland values different educational pathways, and pupils need more options at an earlier age, writes Edinburgh College...
The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to keep the central interest rate at 3.75% as had widely been expected. Six members of its Monetary Policy...
WHEN he was President of the US, Ronald Reagan used to enjoy cracking jokes during TV addresses, mainly at the expense of the Soviet Union and his...
"Why is it so hot?" "Is it from climate change?" "Will it be hotter when I grow up?" Over the last few weeks many of us...
“Glasgow doesn't need fancy festivals to prove its soul. Glasgow doesn’t need to wait for a specific season to get cultural. Glasgow...
I’m sure I’m not alone in finding the Andy Burnham ‘King of the North’ patter rather irksome. The same commentators who would balk at the idea...
When he was President of the US, Ronald Reagan used to enjoy cracking jokes during TV addresses, mainly at the expense of the Soviet Union and his...
First Minister John Swinney is expected to unveil his new Programme for Government when Holyrood returns from summer recess in a few weeks. It will...
Glasgow South West MP Dr Zubir Ahmed writes that last week's disorder did not come from nowhere and that condemnations, however swift, are no...
Now it’s nearly over, it feels weirdly personal. It started last May when I was in Weatherspoons – as I almost always am – and sat and watched a...
I heard a phrase this week: nine months in, nine months out. My son turns nine months old today, and the time he has spent in the world now matches...
Henry Kissinger was perhaps the first global statesman to recognise – and deploy – the football’s soft power. The great US diplomatic chiseller,...
As the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games draw to a close, people across Scotland can take enormous pride in what has been achieved. Over the past week,...
A favourite new Edinburgh pastime is bemoaning the cost of a cup of coffee. Listening to complainers - who include me - is like going to an auction,...
When exam results start to land with students next week, it is inevitable that a significant proportion will be disappointed with some or all of their...
A fast start. And hopefully a sign of things to come. Because pace is precisely what is needed here. The Prime Minister’s announcement of the...
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does,” said Nelson Mandela speaking at the...
In a downstairs cavern in Glasgow’s Garage nightclub, a rock god is rehearsing an intimate concert for 100 or so devotees later that evening. This...
There is, these days, a palpable sense of energy associated with Number 10, whether in Downing Street or Manchester. A drive to get things done. We...
The Prime Minister made three dramatic announcements this week. Firstly, he announced that the results of a review on social care will be announced a...
Exam results are to be released in a few days, marking the culmination of a year of work for thousands of students and their teachers and lecturers....
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Hello and welcome to Funding Challenges, a new show with a terrible title...
‘The greatest risk is not of money, but misjudgement’ T.S Elliot For those of us of a certain age who live and work on Scotland's western...
"What the hell will you do with a philosophy degree?" Is a question I heard whilst studying English and Philosophy, usually accompanied by a...
There is a strong case to consider Scottish politics extraordinarily boring. We are not a one-party state, but we are a jurisdiction in which only one...
Glasgow City Council’s property arm has made headlines again this week, this time for trying to squeeze an exorbitant sum from a vital charity by...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. So it’s that time of year again. A few days from now, students up and down the...
The artificial intelligence industry, having already stripped the open web of its bark and devoured every morsel of its illegally acquired libraries,...
Scotland has produced some of the world's most influential artists, but who is shaping the country's creative landscape today? The Herald...
It’s tempting to frame the forthcoming Scottish Labour leadership contest within an end-of-days scenario. Having lost the last five Scottish...
A truly special restaurant can become as ingrained in a city’s cultural landscape as its museums, galleries and music venues. Not just for the...
There is nothing quite like taking a few weeks away from the hustle and bustle of life to recharge your batteries, take stock of all that matters...
This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. Thankfully there has been rain this morning in the Cairngorms. But the wildfire is...
"An interesting trek" – those were Jimmy Reid’s words to me summing up his extraordinary life. My own "trek" to complete his...
When some otherwise reasonable and contented men approach middle age, they embark on a final desperate attempt to drink from the elixir of their...
North Sea oil projects in focus amid fears about outlook for offshore wind investment New prime minister Andy Burnham wants to pose as a champion of...
If positivity could be indexed, Andy Burnham’s stock would be sky high. The new Prime Minister stood outside Downing Street a week ago promising to...
Back in the day, public information films were a regular thing on TV screens and were guaranteed to put the fear of God into any youngster with the...
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