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Kevin McKennaHerald Scotland |
In late 2018, I saw what authentic Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in our elite academic institutions looks like. For the previous 10 years, Glasgow...
A chat last year with a leading public figure in Scotland continues to resonate. As we discussed the quality of political debate, he suddenly...
My academic career at Glasgow University ended around 40 years ago, degreeless and in abject ignominy. I’d been urged to embrace the student life...
To be fair, almost a full two hours had elapsed before Nicola Sturgeon uttered the dread words ‘the far right’ like a parental threat to keep the...
You’re tempted to spare a thought for John Swinney after reading Nicola Sturgeon’s new epilogue for her memoir, Frankly. Mr Swinney has spent the...
You might as well be entering another country when you spend time in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Other regions of the UK have their own...
Henry Kissinger was perhaps the first global statesman to recognise – and deploy – the football’s soft power. The great US diplomatic chiseller,...
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...
It’s tempting to frame the forthcoming Scottish Labour leadership contest within an end-of-days scenario. Having lost the last five Scottish...
When some otherwise reasonable and contented men approach middle age, they embark on a final desperate attempt to drink from the elixir of their...
It’s around 10pm on the Broomielaw and two young African lads are taking pictures of each other looking over the river near the Bell’s Bridge....
It became clear on Tuesday afternoon how little Scottish politics now matters. At no other time since the birth of devolution have the nation’s...
Andy Burnham’s meteoric rise to the top of British politics reminds me of Billy Connolly’s 1974 masterpiece, The Crucifixion. In this, Mr Connolly...
When Fifa say they want to stop political messaging in football, it’s like political parties seeking to kick out lying. No-one can question their...
Among my best-loved poems is The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot. I first read this work when I was 17 as a means of closing the quality...
Some of the reactions to Ann Widdecombe’s death last week showed that she was deeply admired across English society but there were some who hated...
It’s highly unlikely that Count Binface would ever consider standing for Holyrood. The inter-galactic politician is one of the two main creatures...
Those churls who said that the World Cup’s expanded format would devalue it have all been proved wrong. Instead, the participation of nations like...
Almost a year after the Deputy First Minister announced she’d be quitting politics, her Christianity and integrity continue to trigger civic...
In the end, it wouldn’t have mattered if Scotland had stuck three or four goals past Haiti in their opening World Cup game, we were still returning...
So many by-elections; one big winner; many losers. Who knows if Andy Burnham’s success at Makerfield will see him evict Sir Keir Starmer from 10...
Today’s Westminster by-elections in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry and Aberdeen South could see Scottish Labour sink to a new historic low. Nothing...
I feel that we need to show some gratitude to our political class for showcasing Scotland as a land of opportunity. In the last week this has been...
The violent unrest following Monday’s stabbing in Belfast has led to a wave of attacks. But our politicians, both left and right, should have seen...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts tomorrow and Scotland have finally made it after a 28-year absence. Sadly, our wretched history at this level is full...
In Scotland’s artisan, cycle-lane neighbourhoods where jeopardy only lurks in changing bin-collection times, they talk occasionally of livelier...
The smartphone footage is shocking enough, had it been recorded anywhere else in the world. The fact of it occurring on a Saturday afternoon on...
You’re tempted to reach for the wisdom of Winston Churchill when seeking to comprehend the events of the last seven days in Scottish politics. In...
You can choose your own analogy from history and mythology to portray what’s befallen Nicola Sturgeon, her estranged husband, Peter Murrell and the...
Earlier today, the oil giant BP removed its chairperson, Albert Manifold. The company’s board said it had “serious concerns” about “important...
Until this year, every Scottish and UK election I’ve covered has been characterised by one or two dominant themes. These are issues that have cut...
Jim Craig’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis has ignited reflections on football’s emotional power, memory, identity and the lifelong bond between clubs,...
How refreshing it was to learn this week that Jack McConnell has been appointed advisor to the UK Government on soft power and major events. The...
Many are the ways by which Britain’s elites seek to promote a sense of unity and common identity. Their favoured go-to messengers in this pursuit...
On Wednesday night at Fir Park, home of Motherwell FC, an incident occurred which seems destined for the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg,...
As the siege of Sir Keir Starmer has proceeded, the failures of Labour’s Scottish leadership have escaped scrutiny. When do the members start to...
The First Minister was wrong to state that he’ll exclude Reform UK from his cross-party discussions about Scotland’s political priorities, argues...
Labour’s Holyrood collapse exposed a deeper failure to reconnect with Scotland’s working-class communities, leaving political outsiders to exploit...
Some absurd choreography now clings to these big election counts. At the Emirates Arena in Glasgow among the muffled cheers bringing news of an...
A howl of righteous indignation from the right-wing commentariat rose to defend Malcolm Offord last week after he’d crowed about the extent of his...
Seven Holyrood elections have been held in the devolved era and this one seems to have been the least engaging of them all. On social media and among...
The Palestinian protester spotted me near the Signet library on Edinburgh’s Parliament Square. Some old and familiar insults tumbled forth. “When...
During the Holyrood election campaign, the Scottish Greens have been criticised for seeking to ban greyhound racing, horse-racing and Donald Trump’s...
Geraldine at Number 12 tells us very politely that she doesn’t know much about politics and so can’t really say how she’ll be voting on May 7 at...
In the post-war chronicles of those who’ve occupied 10 Downing Street, all human failings – and a few vices – have been evident in their...
Ms Mackay, in turn, endorsed the credentials of Mr Greer, (aka: the Bearsden Bolshevist), to be Finance Secretary. She said Mr Greer would make “a...
As Labour in Scotland face yet another election humiliation they should have been in Aberdeen on Monday night to listen to the voices of those who...
Pope Leo XIV has recently intensified his condemnation of war and the rhetoric of might is right. It’s now drawn an angry response from the American...
Kate Nevens was laughed out of the room for suggesting Scotland abolish prisons. But before we all clutch the keys to the cells, it’s worth asking...
As dozens of MSPs prepare to exit Holyrood, scrutiny grows over lobbying links, stalled legislation and a political culture sinking deeper into...
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