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This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. All eyes are currently on the strange, whacky and cowardly behaviour of...
There are days in the Scottish political calendar on which, if you want to retain your sanity and some semblance of respect for politicians whom you...
The international travel sector has been firmly in the spotlight in recent days as two major players have published results. And the effect of the...
After a couple of weeks away from the column grindstone, it was something of a relief to come back to a relatively balmy Edinburgh compared to the...
The first time I experienced Sephora was nearly 20 years ago, in Paris. I sat in the makeup chair while a frazzled Beauty Advisor attempted the...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. "The Scottish education system is not failing. It never has been and it...
The current owners of MySpace, the internet’s first popular social media site, have announced plans to relaunch the platform. They’ve done the...
Amanda Knox’s Cartwheel, being performed onstage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, has been hitting headlines since it was first announced. An...
One day, you’ll be having a perfectly mediocre Monday night - and then your baby will crawl for the first time. He’s nine months old now, and has...
My academic career at Glasgow University ended around 40 years ago, degreeless and in abject ignominy. I’d been urged to embrace the student life...
I had a moment of intense middle-aged horror just before I went on my summer holiday. I was packing my suitcase and reached for my lovely...
And lo, the gospel according to Frankie Valli came to pass, in the summer of 2026, and Grease was the word, in Edinburgh at least. Is there a hotter,...
John Swinney must have thanked his lucky stars that Andy Burnham managed to take the heat off him this week. No sooner had Rob Hay, the President of...
There were plenty of warm words from both sides last Thursday as US private equity player Apollo unveiled an offer for easyJet, which the airline’s...
This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. Octopus is encouraging its customers to switch off their washing machines,...
To be fair, almost a full two hours had elapsed before Nicola Sturgeon uttered the dread words ‘the far right’ like a parental threat to keep the...
Why d’ya do it, Nicola? Folk have been chewing that over ever since it emerged the former First Minister was criticising her friend and successor...
Oil giant puts North Sea portfolio up for sale as crude price surge fuelled by Iran war boosts appeal of reserves it controls West of Shetland BP’s...
Few questions have preoccupied academics and business leaders quite like the nature versus nurture debate. From psychology to philosophy, from...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. It didn’t take long for Andy Burnham to rule out the prospect of another...
Scotland seems divided into three distinct groups. There’s the 10% who obsessively hate Nicola Sturgeon. Hate is a strong word, but these folk...
It’s that time of year again. This year, slightly earlier than normal, the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe have opened, promising nearly...
This article appears as part of the Money HQ with Ben Stark newsletter. For many people in their 30s and early 40s, life can feel like a constant...
Economic growth was rightly front and centre when First Minister John Swinney set out his priorities after re-election. Investment, innovation and...
A couple of big issues for the UK Government have been firmly in focus as Andy Burnham gets his feet under the table as Prime Minister. They are...
Nicola Sturgeon has said JK Rowling is obsessed with her, but aren’t we all? Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, it’s Nicola Sturgeon I’m...
Every day, if they so choose, civil servants in Edinburgh can turn around in their plush, leather chairs and look out across the First of Forth to...
Disgruntled cinemagoers have been moaning about the sound levels of Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster since its release. This action-packed...
"At some point in the 21st century, all homes will be zero-carbon. At some point in this century, all buildings of any kind will be...
In the summer of 2022, a slightly strange story appeared in the pages of several Scottish national newspapers. The gist of it was that Andy Burnham,...
Time is frequently the enemy of politicians. They may yearn for a period of calm reflection – but the political calendar demands action. That is...
At 7pm, my email inbox chimes: “Might need help” is the subject line, and it’s from a visitor who has checked out of my hostel just 12 hours...
I WAS standing in an unflattering hard hat in the middle of George Square the other day with Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken watching a...
Just three nights before the official return of Scotland’s biggest cultural celebration there was little sense of what is about to unfold in...
My independence is currently in storage. Somewhere between the boxes of books, kitchen equipment, and assorted crap I have accumulated over four years...
It is a constant surprise to me that politicians almost never ask themselves what their opponents do not want them to do. I have been advising,...
Brexit has been firmly in the spotlight in Andy Burnham’s early days as Prime Minister. The Liberal Democrats delivered the following message for...
By many measures, 2026 was a good year for exam results: pass rates slightly increased, the attainment gap between rich and poor slightly declined,...
You would expect any reasonable student or staff member at Cambridge University to understand the modern proverb, “if it sounds too good to be true,...
It has become a common rite of passage for small bands to play King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. It was the venue where Alan McGee of Creation Records...
Art workers in Scotland are helpless. Despite public outcry, the contents of the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow are now largely gone, sold to...
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...
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