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Oh enough already. We’re all used to posturing politicians sowing discord, but they’re not usually on the left. Enter Maggie Chapman, who preaches...
Being placed on a pedestal is rarely a final destination. People are always looking up at you, noticing everything you do right – but, more...
Is Scottish independence inevitable? What one thinks about the long-term likelihood of Scottish independence is closely tied to what one wants to...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. It’s the end of April, which means that it is time for Scotland’s annual exam...
For weeks the word "tariffs" has been on everyone's lips. From long lists of reciprocal tariffs leaving few unscathed, to a 90-day reprieve from...
What is it with theatre’s incessant need to produce absurdist plays? Isn’t it all a bit absurd? Right now, the quite brilliant Gary Oldman is set...
The laws of free speech are immutable. They never change. They must not change. The founding principle is the hard, important ask: that we protect...
Holyrood will give a Housing (Scotland) Bill its Second Reading next week. It is an unusual Housing Bill in that it does not focus on building more...
Who knows what they would make of it down The Tall Ship, the watering hole that is to River City what the Queen Vic and the Rovers Return are to...
As we await the outcome of a takeover approach for Prestwick Airport, a recent conversation with Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar...
The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday will inevitably have prompted moments of deep introspection among those who believe – and many of those...
Streamer challenge One of the counter arguments used by terrestrial broadcasters in their own defence when streamers like Netflix and Amazon are...
For many years, Easter heralded the start of the "traditional" tourism season. Yet in today’s world, Scotland’s visitor economy is too important...
The life of racing greyhounds is one of abject misery. Bred to race, they are exploited for their speed and then cruelly cast aside when no longer...
John Swinney has promised the SNP Government will concentrate on getting things done after doing too much strategising in the past as he made clear...
Misogyny is not innate but learned behaviour and increasingly boys and young men are learning how to hate from social media. Perhaps we’ve all...
First, the bad news. According to the prophecy of St Malachy, a 13th century Irish bishop, Pope Francis was the last of St Peter’s 266 successors....
With weary disgust another headline drops about the gangland war staining central Scotland. There was a passing moment, back in the late 1990s,...
This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter That police station that got sold off, the local church, the toilets, all...
When Barack Obama visited Edinburgh in 2017 he was asked: If he could choose to be alive at any time in human history when would that be? Without...
A huge part of being a chef is keeping a close eye on food costs and understanding why certain ingredients can fluctuate in price. But last...
Ash Regan of the Alba party has said that what we really need in Scotland is more roads, specifically a new motorway, but I have a message for Ash...
When Trump returned to office, tariffs in hand and rhetoric blazing, the world braced itself. But instead of unveiling a shrewd economic strategy,...
One month after the shameful meeting of the Israeli government sponsored far right gathering in Israel to "combat antisemitism", an event that most...
An hour had passed since the death of Pope Francis yesterday morning and already the BBC people were asking bewildered guests about his "legacy"....
You won’t often hear a social enterprise chief executive say that money isn’t such a big deal, and you’re not going to hear it from me either....
One-year anniversaries are typically joyous moments to savour and celebrate. But this past week there‘s been an occasion that marks a much less...
When I saw the women raising their champagne glasses after their Supreme Court victory, I felt that same queasy way I always feel at the end of...
Given the current state of the ferry network, it is little wonder that islanders are getting a wee bit hacked off and who can blame them. Anything...
TO Edinburgh, where a large contingent of feminists have gathered to hear the Supreme Court’s verdict on For Women Scotland versus Scottish...
To say Ninian Dunnett is excited is rather like saying Big Country battered out a couple of passable tunes back in the day. Forty years ago,...