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One week on from Donald Trump’s inauguration and all roads lead to the US president, including those that run through UK politics. Rachel Reeves,...
LAST week was a momentous one for those of us who live along the busy commuter railway line between Glasgow and East Kilbride. Due to Friday's red...
Many of us dream about giving up the rat race for a new life in the country but Elle Duffy actually did it. She gave up her job as a journalist in...
The Scottish Government has commenced a consultation on making the speed limit on single carriageway roads 50mph rather than the current 60mph....
Dean Banks is an acclaimed chef and owner of Dean Banks Group which operates a collection of restaurants across Scotland including Dean Banks at...
Moa Reynolds is the Edinburgh-based content creator, writer and photographer behind the hugely popular Swedish Whisky Girl social media accounts...
It was, in the end, a limp and whimpering retreat. Embarrassing for the Minister, Maree Todd, left to proclaim the end of the National Care...
Unquestionably, the new high-powered vehicle headlights fitted to today's vehicles are causing more problems for drivers blinded by glare and it is...
Elle Duffy has swapped the bustling streets of Glasgow for an island with a population of just 40 people. Now, she's starting a weekly column in...
Lessons have been learnt, it’s all in the past, times have changed, all the fault of a handful of rotten apples in a very big barrel. It’s the...
You may be getting a little tired right now of loud opinionated male millionaires throwing their weight around but they can be right sometimes. One...
Over the next couple of years Scotland has a unique opportunity to engage with the United States – to celebrate an historically deep relationship...
As a charity with 59 bureaux across Scotland, we’re often asked if each Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) gives the same advice. For example, if you have...
The Scottish Government has announced that this week the incredibly unpopular National Care Service proposals it has been trying to push through...
Twenty years ago, in the aftermath of the federal election, the Germans were stuck. The leftist government of Gerhard Shroeder’s SPD with the...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Perhaps I should be thankful for Storm Eowyn, it’s certainly blown...
Much has been made of the unpredictability of a Donald Trump administration in the US - probably for good reason given his previous term as...
The SNP’s start to 2025 has been rather buoyed by recent polling suggesting that it has opened a significant lead over Labour on both Holyrood...
The Herald’s coverage of what’s going on in Scotland’s capital city is to be boosted by a new weekly column by former Edinburgh Evening News...
Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta will abandon the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram puts the debate between free...
Well, here we are—our first beer date. No pressure, right? Honestly, I’m still not sure where this journey will take us. The world of beer is...
Calum Steele’s article discusses the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Brown at Polmont ("Endless inquiries...
Toward the end of 2024, Volunteer Scotland released its analysis of the 2023 Scottish Housing Survey, showing a continuation of the post-pandemic...
The Herald is welcoming two new columnists this weekend. Elle Duffy has swapped the bustling streets of Glasgow for an island with a population of...
Never underestimate the SNP. After more than 17 years in power and counting, the party could well emerge as the largest party in Holyrood once...
Valdivia sounds a charming place, an old colonial city in the Los Rios region of southern Chile. It just seems an unlikely one in which to build...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. I’ll be honest, I don’t spend a huge amount of my working week watching the...
Before Paul Schrader sat down to write the script for 1976’s seminal Taxi Driver, he made sure to reread one novel in particular. That was...
January is drawing to a close. If you’ve managed to stick with any resolutions to cut down on junk food, kudos. Me? I decided not to kid myself...
It would be nice to believe the names of Katie Allan and William Brown will be indelibly etched into our collective consciousness forever more. The...
Speaking to Auchrannie Resort’s finance director this week, one thing which came across very clearly was the array of challenges facing a...
In the beginning, the drift to authoritarianism is a push-me pull-you exercise. The push side comes in two forms: fear and grooming. Fear...
Could Britons ever vote for someone like Donald Trump? It is a question exercising the minds of many rational, fearful people in these parts, as...
This month, we’ve seen political leaders hit the media circuit, setting out their plans and priorities for the year ahead. With the Scottish...