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Last week, Nicola Sturgeon delivered her farewell speech at Holyrood. She’s also hinted that she wants to update last year’s memoirs with a fresh...
The Scottish Parliament voted firmly last night to reject Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying bill. It’s the third time legislation such as this has...
As the Iran war enters its third week, there is still no defined US strategy or future planning for the region, laments Herald columnist Kevin McKenna...
I TELL people sometimes how I long for the day when Maureen, my 87-year-old mum will stop offering detailed critiques of my articles. But they know I...
On Tuesday morning, they had gathered at the corner of Glasgow's Gordon Street and West Regent Street to bear witness to the final agonies of the...
Following the Glasgow Derby on Sunday, some Celtic fans were seen making the Sign of the Cross. Ahead of Saturday’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in...
The fire which destroyed the Union Corner building has caused great pain across Glasgow and beyond. It’s important that the city council does...
The most persistently delusional myth in modern UK politics was evident once more in the aftermath of the Gorton & Denton by-election. Thus, the...
This week, seven of the country’s most influential healthcare bodies united to express concerns about safeguards in Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying...
In an interview with The Herald last week, Labour MP Brian Leishman said it may be time for the party in Scotland to move away from the London...
As expected, Nigel Farage promoted his two most recent Tory defectors to plum positions in his party. It’s all part of the grand delusion, says...
As MSPs debate FOI reform, the Scottish Government faces mounting claims of secrecy, evasiveness and a culture that shuts out scrutiny, says Kevin...
Labour’s leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar has faced criticism for demanding the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer over the Mandelson/Epstein scandal....
The Scottish political establishment’s refusal to adhere to the spirit and letter of the Supreme Court judgment on sex and gender has been evident...
This is the bit where I’m supposed to say I watched Melania so that you all don’t have to. I’ve seen worse, though. The documentary film...
Scotland’s Information Commissioner David Hamilton told The Herald last week that lawyers and civil servants were blocking the public’s right to...
At the back of St Albert’s Church on Sunday near a table bearing prayer cards for recently deceased members of their congregation, three women were...
In recent years, the issue of depression and loneliness affecting older men who live on their own has come to the fore. Here, Kevin McKenna explains...
Former Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman was giddy with weapons-grade patriotism as she renounced her Conservativism and embraced Reform. But,...
As ministers fight to keep self‑identifying male offenders in women’s prisons, the implications for women’s safety — and for the very...
What drew many Labour supporters to independence in 2014 — and what has happened to that promise in the years of SNP dominance that followed, asks...
Nigel Farage is a charlatan who is dragging British politics into the sewer and Malcolm Offord is his entitled Scottish stooge, says Herald columnist...
Scotland’s Finance Secretary, Shona Robison said her budget was about hope and delivery. Kevin McKenna begs to differ. When scrutinising SNP...
As the Iranian regime continues its crackdown against a popular uprising, Kevin McKenna asks: what plans do America and the capitalist West have for...
There is much irony in Donald Trump's move to effect regime change in Venezuela, argues Feature Writer of the Year Kevin McKenna Donald Trump would...
Britain’s honours system has long been a lightning rod for cynicism – a relic of empire, a reward for privilege. Yet when true heroes like...
On Tennessee whiskey at 2am, I bonded with an engineer from Chicago in my first week at university. Benny would tell me about his devotion to the...
Here are the leaked details of John Swinney’s New Year message to the nation, as imagined by Herald columnist Kevin McKenna You know, as First...
The only previous occasion when I’d been in a cinema audience burst into spontaneous applause as the end credits rolled was in the summer of 1975....
In political strategy the ‘dead cat bounce’ is a deception whereby a piece of good news is spun to make us believe that the bad times are behind...
The Catholic Church in Scotland has criticised the Scottish Greens, who they say are seeking the removal of Catholic schools from the education...
In the days immediately prior to the slaughter of Jews on Bondi Beach, Scotland’s professional political gentry were posturing again. Former First...
Scotland still criminalises women while shielding buyers — Ash Regan’s bill aims to flip the script and tackle demand, says Kevin McKenna I’ve...
A moment of truth in Sandie Peggie versus NHS Fife came with the Bananarama defence offered by the health board’s legal team. Effectively they’d...
As Labour plans tougher immigration rules and Holyrood targets faith schools, Kevin McKenna explores how identity politics and policy shifts risk...
The Catholic voice in Scotland is silent and, as such has become irrelevant in the affairs of the nation, says Herald columnist Kevin McKenna In the...
Feature Writer of the Year Kevin McKenna explains why Scotland's World Cup qualification last week was sweeter than all the the others ...
A perverse irony is evident in the opprobrium that gets heaped on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street year after year in what seems to be an endless cycle...
I am tempted to view recent developments around sex and gender as a turning of the tide. It’s as though a secret signal had been received warning...
Those campaigning for the BBC licence fee to be scrapped should be careful what they wish for, says Herald writer Kevin McKenna At present,...
The hysterical, hyper-ventilated response to the recent on-air conduct of Martine Croxall beggars belief. The BBC journalist and newsreader had...
Scotland, it seems, is a bit happier than it was a couple of years ago. The Carnegie’s Life in the UK index 2025 tells us that more of us can heat...
My dreadful attempts at playing golf ended after six years when I turned 18. This was mainly because my attempts at hitting the ball evoked the banjo,...
Brendan Rodgers ’ sudden and acrimonious departure from Celtic has occurred at the worst possible time for them. Hearts may never have a better...
Once dismissed as fringe, Reform UK is now surging in Scotland — fuelled by anger, betrayal, and a political class that stopped listening, says...
Prince Andrew has given up his Duke of York title following the release of Virginia Giuffre's memoir, in which she claimed that the disgraced royal...
Less than two weeks ago, the SNP voted down the Right to Recovery Bill. The Scottish Greens who voted with them announced at their annual conference...
At last weekend’s SNP conference in Aberdeen, John Swinney comfortably squashed a motion by party rebels over how to achieve independence and to...
Exactly one year on from his death, this weekend’s SNP conference should be dedicated to Alex Salmond’s memory. Instead, the name of the greatest...
Exactly one year on from his death, this weekend’s SNP conference should be dedicated to Alex Salmond’s memory. Instead, the name of the greatest...
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