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Mark Williamson: Climate climb down shows folly of SNP Government energy plans

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...

yesterday 60

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Mark Williamson

Neil Mackay: Nothing can save the SNP now, but indy can still be salvaged

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....

yesterday 2

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Neil Mackay

Nick Rodger: Korda and Scheffler continue to make a hard game look easy

The game of golf, particularly in the barren hinterlands where this correspondent ekes out a humdrum existence, can best be described as an endless...

yesterday 5

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Nick Rodger

Stuart P.M. Mackintosh: Foolish, shocking and dangerous – the rush for AI riches

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...

yesterday 5

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Stuart Mackintosh

Ian McConnell: A truly terrifying Tory proposition

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...

previous day 3

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Ian Mcconnell

Mark Smith: A good way to use Scotland’s land. So why aren’t we doing more of it?

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,...

previous day 10

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Mark Smith

Alison Rowat: As strategists go, Humza is less Succession than Sesame Street

For Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran it must have seemed like she was back in the classroom, refereeing a heated argument between competing sides....

previous day 7

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Alison Rowat

Recovery is fragile – it needs nurtured and protected until it's strong enough

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...

previous day 10

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Colin Borland

Struan Stevenson: Populist right is heading for an EU surge

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...

previous day 1

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Struan Stevenson

Sir Tom welcomes boost to give businesses the EDGE

Entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government that they will honour a funding pledge for Scottish EDGE....

previous day 4

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Dominic Ryan

Entrepreneurs advise business to broaden horizons

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...

previous day 1

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Dominic Ryan

Bank CEO reveals why he left the dancefloor

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...

previous day 3

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Dominic Ryan

Six non-Old Firm players who could have made Team of the Year - Craig Fowler

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,...

previous day 1

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Craig Fowler

The unsung heroes: Six non-Old Firm players who could have made Team of the Year

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,...

previous day 7

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Craig Fowler

Secret Teacher: The hours spent writing up action plans in schools is time wasted

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...

previous day 6

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Secret Teacher

When holidaying these days, my missing children feel like phantom limbs

MY sons were born travellers. That’s not a boast; it’s a fact. At home, I often struggled to get them breakfasted and out the door of a morning....

sunday 9

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Dani Garavelli

Susan Egelstaff: Few athletes deserve a successful comeback more than Callum Hawkins

Elite sport, as every athlete knows all too well, is a brutal place. Show me an athlete who claims never to have faced an obstacle and I’ll show you...

sunday 4

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Susan Egelstaff

Whisper it ... but does anyone actually give a Friar Tuck about reaching net zero?

DOES anyone actually give a Friar Tuck about reaching net zero? By “anyone” I refer, of course, to the people whose lives and futures, we’re...

sunday 2

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Kevin Mckenna

Susan Swarbrick: Sorry, Jamie Oliver - I'm over the cult of the air fryer

Here I am, yet again, thinking about air fryers and pondering how they have managed to permeate the collective consciousness to become so highly...

sunday 1

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Susan Swarbrick

Alison McConnell: Rangers handing title initiative to Celtic quite the shock

If a week can be a short, sharp shock in politics, it can be quite the slap in the face to the football narrative.  Events over the last seven...

sunday 5

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Alison Mcconnell

This 'Overton Window' nonsense is an attempt to blind you to Labour's cowardice

SAVVY political analysts often refer to “the Overton Window” these days. Like many ideas that first sprung up in the United States, this...

sunday 5

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Andrew Tickell

Guy Stenhouse: The endless spewing out of ill-thought out legislation has to stop

The Scottish Government has developed a calamitous skill in producing daft legislation. That the Hate Crime Act would bring out every grievance...

20.04.2024 10

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Guy Stenhouse

Kevin McKenna: Humza Yousaf's week from hell

When Humza Yousaf took to the stage of Dundee’s Caird Hall on Tuesday to address STUC delegates, few among the audience were expecting the rafters...

20.04.2024 2

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Kevin Mckenna

Mark Smith: We need another station on the Glasgow - Edinburgh line

Are there enough stations on the Glasgow to Edinburgh train line? A lot of the talk over the years has been about how efficient the service is and...

20.04.2024 6

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Mark Smith

Matthew Lindsay: Uncapped kid is the solution to Scotland's mounting Euro 2024 woes

THE weeks leading up to a European Championship or World Cup finals can very often be as much of an emotional rollercoaster for managers and...

20.04.2024 3

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Matthew Lindsay

Lennie Pennie: The perils and pitfalls of adapting Roald Dahl for today's audiences

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...

20.04.2024 10

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Lennie Pennie

Brian Taylor: Does democracy have any answers as war rages in Middle East?

We gaze with pity upon Gaza. We contemplate the emergence of wider conflict between Israel and Iran. We calculate the impact – humanitarian,...

20.04.2024 4

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Brian Taylor

This wellbeing economy: does Scotland need a ‘well by’ date?

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the idea of a wellbeing economy. This concept aims to ensure equal opportunities for advancement,...

20.04.2024 5

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George Eckton

Alan Simpson: Handing CalMac a permanent ferry contract is clearly the best option

THERE is much to admire about a CalMac ferry, not least the onboard full Scottish breakfast which must rank amongst the best in the country. The...

20.04.2024 4

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Alan Simpson

Ian McConnell: Major global fashion brand’s arrival huge boost for Scottish city

UNIQLO first crossed my radar on a visit to Japan in 2010. The name was new to me, but the Japanese government guide talked enthusiastically about...

19.04.2024 10

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Ian Mcconnell

Neil Mackay: the Greens had one job and they failed ... now Harvie and Slater must go

It’s almost impossible to quell feelings of sheer, bleak nihilism when contemplating the state of government at both a Scottish and UK level. The...

19.04.2024 4

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Neil Mackay

The blunt reality of St Mirren's top six fixture list laid bare

This piece is from yesterday's Buddies Briefing newsletter, which is emailed out at 6pm every Thursday. To receive our full, free St Mirren...

19.04.2024 2

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David Irvine

What's a food writer to do when they can't eat?

What’s a food and drink writer to do when she finds herself unable to eat or drink? After this week I can tell you that the answer is ‘not an...

19.04.2024 7

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Sarah Campbell

Andy Maciver: Scotland needs another parliament - peopled by independents only

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, passed in 2021 and brought into force earlier this month, will probably stand the test of time....

19.04.2024 20

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Andy Maciver

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