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A snapshot from the past. It’s 1993, a flat in Edinburgh, and two young women aged 19 and 20 are in the kitchen. They are having an afternoon snack....
A reset is needed in the way Scotland values different educational pathways, and pupils need more options at an earlier age, writes Edinburgh College...
The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to keep the central interest rate at 3.75% as had widely been expected. Six members of its Monetary Policy...
WHEN he was President of the US, Ronald Reagan used to enjoy cracking jokes during TV addresses, mainly at the expense of the Soviet Union and his...
"Why is it so hot?" "Is it from climate change?" "Will it be hotter when I grow up?" Over the last few weeks many of us...
“Glasgow doesn't need fancy festivals to prove its soul. Glasgow doesn’t need to wait for a specific season to get cultural. Glasgow...
I’m sure I’m not alone in finding the Andy Burnham ‘King of the North’ patter rather irksome. The same commentators who would balk at the idea...
When he was President of the US, Ronald Reagan used to enjoy cracking jokes during TV addresses, mainly at the expense of the Soviet Union and his...
First Minister John Swinney is expected to unveil his new Programme for Government when Holyrood returns from summer recess in a few weeks. It will...
Glasgow South West MP Dr Zubir Ahmed writes that last week's disorder did not come from nowhere and that condemnations, however swift, are no...
Now it’s nearly over, it feels weirdly personal. It started last May when I was in Weatherspoons – as I almost always am – and sat and watched a...
I heard a phrase this week: nine months in, nine months out. My son turns nine months old today, and the time he has spent in the world now matches...
Henry Kissinger was perhaps the first global statesman to recognise – and deploy – the football’s soft power. The great US diplomatic chiseller,...
As the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games draw to a close, people across Scotland can take enormous pride in what has been achieved. Over the past week,...
A favourite new Edinburgh pastime is bemoaning the cost of a cup of coffee. Listening to complainers - who include me - is like going to an auction,...
When exam results start to land with students next week, it is inevitable that a significant proportion will be disappointed with some or all of their...
A fast start. And hopefully a sign of things to come. Because pace is precisely what is needed here. The Prime Minister’s announcement of the...
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does,” said Nelson Mandela speaking at the...
In a downstairs cavern in Glasgow’s Garage nightclub, a rock god is rehearsing an intimate concert for 100 or so devotees later that evening. This...
There is, these days, a palpable sense of energy associated with Number 10, whether in Downing Street or Manchester. A drive to get things done. We...
The Prime Minister made three dramatic announcements this week. Firstly, he announced that the results of a review on social care will be announced a...
Exam results are to be released in a few days, marking the culmination of a year of work for thousands of students and their teachers and lecturers....
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Hello and welcome to Funding Challenges, a new show with a terrible title...
‘The greatest risk is not of money, but misjudgement’ T.S Elliot For those of us of a certain age who live and work on Scotland's western...
"What the hell will you do with a philosophy degree?" Is a question I heard whilst studying English and Philosophy, usually accompanied by a...
There is a strong case to consider Scottish politics extraordinarily boring. We are not a one-party state, but we are a jurisdiction in which only one...
Glasgow City Council’s property arm has made headlines again this week, this time for trying to squeeze an exorbitant sum from a vital charity by...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. So it’s that time of year again. A few days from now, students up and down the...
The artificial intelligence industry, having already stripped the open web of its bark and devoured every morsel of its illegally acquired libraries,...
Scotland has produced some of the world's most influential artists, but who is shaping the country's creative landscape today? The Herald...
It’s tempting to frame the forthcoming Scottish Labour leadership contest within an end-of-days scenario. Having lost the last five Scottish...
A truly special restaurant can become as ingrained in a city’s cultural landscape as its museums, galleries and music venues. Not just for the...
There is nothing quite like taking a few weeks away from the hustle and bustle of life to recharge your batteries, take stock of all that matters...
This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. Thankfully there has been rain this morning in the Cairngorms. But the wildfire is...
"An interesting trek" – those were Jimmy Reid’s words to me summing up his extraordinary life. My own "trek" to complete his...
When some otherwise reasonable and contented men approach middle age, they embark on a final desperate attempt to drink from the elixir of their...
North Sea oil projects in focus amid fears about outlook for offshore wind investment New prime minister Andy Burnham wants to pose as a champion of...
If positivity could be indexed, Andy Burnham’s stock would be sky high. The new Prime Minister stood outside Downing Street a week ago promising to...
Back in the day, public information films were a regular thing on TV screens and were guaranteed to put the fear of God into any youngster with the...
There are a lot of things different from 2014. We’re now in a post-truth world, whereby anything you know to be a fact can be compromised by an...
Andy Burnham’s first week as the new UK prime minister saw a raft of announcements. These included cutting VAT on energy bills and a £2 cap on bus...
As a now long-in-the-tooth PR man, I was delighted to see the professionalism of the orchestrated entry of Andy Burnham when he arrived at Downing...
I’m taking Mona for her usual Saturday run round the dog park at Glasgow Green, but something’s wrong. The first sign is the group of police...
Just as we were wondering how to fill that World Cup-shaped gap in our lives, along come Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games. Asides from not having to...
This week’s Icon starred in each of my three favourite films: The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), The Belles of St Trinian’s (1954) and School...
I F you’ve ever taken a ferry out to the Small Isles, you’ll likely know the community I’m talking about. The port staff that print your...
Walking past the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, I did a double take and stopped in my tracks. I had come from Boston to present a scientific paper at...
Here’s a few snapshots from an ordinary day in Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland: Mary, a mediation specialist, is supporting a group of...
First, a brief review. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is magnificent. I’ve a few gripes, which drop it from an A to a mere A, but none are to do...
As investigators and loss adjusters prowl round the charred remains of the Debenhams' store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street, it was initially...
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