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He came down from Glasgow to do the job, they said, and today’s the day he pays for it. There are the usual cat-calls from the crowd, comic choruses...
Edinburgh investment partnership Baillie Gifford has been in the headlines again in the last week. Tim Campbell, its chief executive, highlighted “a...
I’ve discovered one of the worst things about living on a remote island. And I realised it just after 7pm on Saturday evening. Dinner was finished -...
Footage from the streets of Spain in recent days shows a country in revolt: tens of thousands gathered in central Madrid and Barcelona, banging...
This weekend marks the end of Challenge Poverty week. For over two decades campaigners, local authorities, faith groups, businesses, schools and...
It would appear that Kemi Badenoch’s efforts to stabilise the Conservative Party are paying off. They came a stolid, unremarked third in the Holborn...
Dale Gibson is a busy man. As chief executive of Scot-ART, formerly Edinburgh Palette, his charity provides homes for creative businesses of all...
I blame Stanley Kubrick for most of my deepest fears: computers, corridors, patterned carpets, twins, eye drops, axes, cow’s milk, Tom Cruise, and...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Where exactly is rock bottom for America? How low can that nation sink?...
If a week is a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson said, then a year is an eternity. It certainly has been for the leader of the Conservative...
It was fascinating to hear the chief executive of Menzies Aviation reflect on how this business can trace its roots all the way back to a bookseller...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. If you’ve been reading The Herald recently, you’ll know SNP has broken its...
Imagine such a thing: a musical about the traditional ceilidh directing Scottish critics to stay away days before opening. That's the bewildering...
At 1pm on a Thursday afternoon, Sear’s Pizza on Skirving Street in the south side of Glasgow is bustling. Every stool, booth, and outside bench is...
For Scotland’s leading restaurants, provenance is key. Where once “locally sourced” might have sufficed, we’ve now grown accustomed to menus...
I find myself full of admiration for the young people of France. Unlike so many protestors here at home – usually middle-aged men in black masks...
I think we should be saluting the UK Green Party in its efforts to create a welcoming environment for its conference delegates. Prior to last week’s...
When we think about start-ups, technology is often the first thing that comes to mind and, increasingly, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on...
The decision by Pitlochry Festival Theatre and its assorted producing partners not to allow critics to review brand new musical, Ceilidh, during its...
Students worry about several things – finding a flat, finding love, and now we have a new worry: just when will lecturers choose to strike? I am one...
I have to admit I never had the Greens down for being fans of pearls – that most middle-class symbol of those at ease with their wealth and...
Andy Burnham’s remarks about Brexit in recent days – notably a seeming signal that the door is at least ajar to the possibility of rejoining the...
This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. Something is going on in the London Underground. A poster bears an image of a...
Naïve as it now may seem, I’d once thought I belonged to the generation that had witnessed the end of anti-Semitism, the world’s oldest hatred....
Today we seem content to just watch as the pillars of society built by our ancestors are torn down and destroyed one by one. The NHS has been...
Cuts in subsidies for renewable energy generators will hamper SNP Government green economy drive as oil and gas firms cool on sector As first minister...
Everyone wants to tackle child poverty. When John Swinney made it his priority on day one, he couldn’t have picked a more unifying cause. Everyone...
Informal messages can carry serious contractual consequences, with construction businesses in particular facing costly disputes when WhatsApp...
AI is the lazy option for young people entering university. Log on. Send a prompt, and minutes later language and analysis appear, answering the tough...
It will be a proud day for Glasgow this Friday. I’ve only seen photographs so far, but the statue of Nelson Mandela, designed by renowned sculptor...
World Space Week returns this year, from 4-10 October. This year’s theme is ‘Rocket Revolution,’ exploring the speed at which our means of...
If you haven’t already, I urge you to do two things today. Firstly, watch the film I Swear about John Davidson, the well-known Scot who has...
The issue of Gaelic road signs on the country’s roads can, for some unknown reason, illicit all sorts of irrational responses. To some, bizarrely,...
Whenever I visit shopkeepers, one issue dominates: crime – particularly theft and the threats and abuse towards brilliant and passionate staff that...
The relative merits of Glasgow and Edinburgh are frequently a hot topic for debate. And there was much to chew over on this front in the latest...
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey has said new floating drydocks for the Clyde submarine base will be foundation stones in the...
“You must be dying down now, eh? What do you folk do in the winter?” It’s tricky not to laugh at the question I’m asked while out walking my...
In March 1999, I was sent to Northern Ireland to write a feature on the anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. It was supposed to be...
Scottish icons: Grand Theft Auto Scots stand accused of having given many awful things to the world: television, the telephone, the steam engine. But...
Gone are the days of artificial intelligence being used primarily to create videos of cats singing and dancing. AI has entered global politics as a...
Most people have strong opinions about the kind of place they want to live in, usually accompanied by even stronger views about what a mess the local...
I never intended to need money advice, nor to become a money adviser. But life has a funny way of changing track without notice. I always think about...
TV reviews: The Marble Hall Murders, Eva Longoria in Searching for France; Michael Palin in The Philippines I’ve tried to avoid reviewing any more...
In 1845-46, several regions of Western Europe were struck by potato blight or, in more scientific terminology, the fungus Phytophthora infestans. The...
As is so often the case, a week of two halves for the Prime Minister. It began in grand style with a remarkable speech seeking to reshape Britain. It...
Ask me about September 18, 2014 and chances are I’ll say something about how it’s still with us, written on our brains and in our veins; we were...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Scottish independence already exists in a strange quantum state. If you...
I was on tour in Scotland with my friend Martin Frizzell, with whom I present the podcast This Much is True Crime a few months ago. On the Edinburgh...
It was okay, I thought, Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool earlier this week. It was fine. The giddy excitement...
So there was, after all, yet another twist in the tale in the bid battle for a long-established Scottish company. However, while the bidder now poised...
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