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Dani GaravelliThe Guardian |
SO bigly has the world changed in the last eight years – so battered into submission have we been by the pandemic, conflicts, climate change and...
IN the documentary series Finding Britain’s Ghost Children, journalist Terri White spoke of school as her salvation: an oasis of calm in a...
THE legislation allowing for the earlier release of some short-term prisoners from Scotland’s overcrowded jails is a broadly positive move, which...
EDINBURGH University — in common with most Russell Group institutions — prides itself on its efforts to help underprivileged young people gain...
THE trumpet sounds, the cheery green owl bows this way, then that, and, as the words “Perfect Lesson” appear on the screen, I feel a shot of...
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Earlier this month, I was asked to take part in an event in the Charles Wilson building directly opposite the Glasgow University Union. It was a...
GETTING emotional over my work is not something I’m prone to, but I did shed a tear when the Scottish government confirmed all the remaining...
ON FRIDAY morning, in preparation for writing this column, I started jotting down all the catastrophic decisions, announcements and events the SNP...
“Country first, party second” was a campaign soundbite that was supposed to herald a new style of government in which Labour put itself in the...
A long time ago - 34 years to be precise - I did a heinous thing which I have never been allowed to forget. Let me set the scene. It was July 1,...