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Put down the placards, close the petitions, bring out the bunting: the Battle of Roseburn is won. The only part of the pipe dream to expand the...
The other Saturday I came out of an evening show at the Assembly Rooms on the Mound. It was not long after eight in the evening, the sky was overcast...
It was the dog that didn’t bark during the Holyrood election campaign: the idea of radical reform in Scotland’s public services, our NHS, our...
It is a constant disappointment to my parents that, despite the fact I spent four years studying law and earned the right to put LLB Hons (First...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Most of the Yes movement has long dismissed claims that the SNP isn’t...
“Yes,” said Stephen Flynn, Scotland’s Economy Secretary, to the question of whether Scotland will be independent by 2034, asked by the BBC’s...
Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra says the party will rediscover its ‘soul’ if he wins against rival Joe Fagan. The ballot opens...
Politics is politics and petty point-scoring is lamentably inevitable in the Scottish goldfish bowl. The political landscape is littered with so many...
Super producer Dr Dre has thrown his weight behind the use of AI in music, and predictably, the backlash is furious. In an interview with Interscope...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. There is never a shortage of outrage and controversy – confected or otherwise –...
Wetherspoons has taken a stand against a long-time scourge of pub-goers, banning customers from taking calls on speakerphone or playing music and...
On the 20th of May this year, less than a fortnight after the SNP had won yet another Holyrood election, Màiri McAllan became the Cabinet Secretary...
I fully agree with the central concerns raised in Cameron Wyllie's blog. The scale and frequency of violence and unacceptable behaviour in...
A government is never stronger than after it has been elected, or re-elected. A statement which has become something of a cliché in politics, but...
Scottish applicants sit at the bottom of the UK 'league table' for successful Oxbridge applications, a figure that Robert Gordon's Head...
It's difficult, if not impossible, to feel anything other than revulsion, and frankly hate, towards American social media giants. The equivalence...
Well done, Edinburgh. Unaccustomed as this Glaswegian is to tipping her hat to the capital, I must hand it to you. I’ve had a week of struggling...
The Greens are surely due the nation's gratitude for backing a campaign to elevate the Scottish Morning Roll to UNESCO world heritage status....
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” is one of those sardonic phrases that you’d once find on posters adorning the walls of almost...
They might not have been the most surprising survey findings in the world but they were certainly striking. And they painted a very clear picture of...
This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. Though once upon a time lynx roamed this land, no mammalian apex predator, apart from...
I’ve been doing a bit of research into the five emotional stages of the Edinburgh Festivals experience. Denial, euphoria, rehab, etc. It transpires...
There’s a process by which some public bodies, established with good intentions, turn rogue over time. It exploits the trust and goodwill of the...
It didn’t take me long as a young journalist to realise all was not well with my profession. I became a reporter long ago, in 1991. Margaret...
Rosebank oil field firm generates $1 billion cash from North Sea operations in six months as it bids to acquire BP operations in the area A North Sea...
It might be potholes shredding your tyres. It might be waiting lists. It might be slow police response times, but nearly all of us, in our own ways,...
This article appears as part of the Money HQ with Ben Stark newsletter. Japan, one of the world's largest economies, is struggling with a...
One of the brilliant things about living in Scotland is that you’re never all that far from the sea. Those of us who feel the sea’s call – and...
I don't think it's too controversial to say that the most recent electoral success of the SNP last May was in spite of, rather than because...
Given that the last theatre performance I attended featured a fairy godmother, a choc-ice at half time and community singing at the end, I hesitate to...
Having followed Ferguson Marine closely for many years, under various owners including the current era under the Scottish Government, it was...
Well, would you look at that. There we were, in 2020, worrying about people who didn’t wear face masks; now here we are, in 2026, worrying about...
Scotland’s larder is acclaimed across the world and many of its premium produce finds its way onto some of the finest dining establishments and it...
I love crime writing festival Bloody Scotland, and I’m delighted to say that I’ll be speaking again there this September. Based in Stirling, it...
You likely have a neighbour you’ve never really met. Perhaps you wave to them over the fence most days, exchange a few words when you’re putting...
When Jack Thorne’s drama Adolescence hit our screens last year all hell broke loose. It was as if this fictional account of teenage descent into...
There are ample reasons why Andy Burnham might be contemplating an early, snap election. There is just one reason why he should not. He might...
The signals being broadcast from Pacific Quay weren’t great from the start. Almost 20 years ago, the BBC's new development opened at a cost of...
What happened at your school? What did you see, and feel? Me: I’m thinking of the English teacher who kicked a friend of mine for some misdemeanour...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. I still recall the first time I saw someone sleeping rough. It was during a...
Nick Nairn rates The Herald’s restaurant reviews. Or at least that’s what the ever-straight-talking chef implied while being interviewed on the...
Nigel Farage has set a challenge to the Establishment. If the people of Clacton have re-elected him as their MP, with the financial charges facing him...
Call it natural teething trouble, unfortunate miscalculation or avoidable incompetence, one way or another it hasn't taken long for...
THERE’S a distinct whiff of barbarism in the way Scotland’s elected officials in the Highlands are behaving today. The matter centres on the bust...
So much for a quiet summer. Those of us closely involved with the world of politics in our professional lives can usually rely on a rather more...
This week’s announcement of major job losses at Ferguson Marine is very sad news indeed. It would be difficult to overstate just how bitter a blow...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. After years of conflict and controversy, campaigners on the Isle of Mull are hoping...
A new EU regulation, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), is set to threaten the entire independent music ecosystem - making...
This week, the last of the schools across Scotland returned after the summer holidays. Thousands of children flooding back to rhythms and routines,...
There’s a discarded can of Irn-Bru behind the fencing on Argyle Street. Whoever chucked it in the vacant worksite twisted it up until the aluminium...
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