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Calum SteeleHerald Scotland |
Thirteen years ago Glasgow was overrun with folk desperate to catch sight of the carnage coursing through its city centre. Helicopters were in the...
The conviction of Finlay MacDonald last week for murder and attempted murder as a result of his knife and gun rampage in and around Skye two years ago...
William Hague’s spontaneous and self-deprecating tribute to John Prescott was the most perfect example of how far behind the Scottish Parliament and...
I may have lived in six different houses in the past 30-odd years but as an emigrant son of South Uist, I and many like me will always refer to the...
In one of those where were you JFK moments I remember almost every word that was spoken and how a room of 20 hard-nosed blokes and lassies, habitually...
One of my most vivid childhood memories growing up in South Uist was our school’s annual fundraising for “the black babies”. Even in primary...
In a world of infinite viewing and entertainment options it ranks as one of the worst things to watch on a screen. Quite how it managed to secure a...
Petitions are usually dreary things. Habitually thought up by those with an over-inflated sense of importance, they stand alongside “pledges” as a...
Sarah (not her real name) was 15 when I first met her. A stunningly beautiful, popular young woman, succeeding in school, and who from outward...
As Scotland continues to boast the riots that hit much of the wider UK didn’t materialise here, it’s worth asking ourselves not why, but what if?...
During one of many debates I had on the importance of police numbers, I was asked if I wanted to live in a society that has a police officer on every...
A chorus of condemnation rang out across the political world following the attempted assassination of the son of Mary Anne Macleod from the Isle of...
Last week the nation followed the red brick road to the Emerald City, pulled back the curtain and revealed the vacuousness that stood behind it. The...
We all have at least one friend who when out for an Indian or Chinese meal would struggle to pick from a single choice menu. They always insist on...
Last week nine High Court judges sat to hear the Lord Advocate argue an 87-year-old ruling on how the law of corroboration is interpreted acts as a...
“Use it or lose it”, those of us of a certain vintage will recall, was the slogan to save hundreds of local post office branches in the 1980s....
Despite being appointed as Chief Constable in June last year Jo Farrell has been something of an elusive figure in Scottish public life. Last week,...