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Lennie PennieHerald Scotland |
Someone recently approached me at an event and asked me when I had learned to forgive myself for staying so long in an abusive relationship. I often...
I was on the train the other day and couldn't help but overhear a discussion about a new TV show. It was a documentary, true crime, one I'd been...
Recently I was invited to speak at a fundraising event for the Moira Anderson Foundation (MAF), and to learn all about the incredible work they do. ...
Every single year, Scottish police record around 60,000 cases of domestic abuse. That’s just one sobering statistic in a slew of others, a drop in...
The singer Chappell Roan recently made headlines for apparently releasing a furious rant, condemning her own fans. Was she slinging insults and...
So you're watching an Olympic volleyball match between Norway and the Netherlands, and there's something you can't quite put your finger on. Amid the...
When it comes to understanding violence against women, there's an extremely effective model that helps visualise how pervasive and insidious it is. ...
As part of Keir Starmer’s new financial plan he's set his sights on the private education sector, with a view to taxing them less like a charity,...
Usually when we hear about the generational divide, it’s being highlighted in order to pit us against each other. Recently I’ve been hearing more...
Autobiographical work is more popular than ever, whether it's fact-based documentaries and memoirs, fictionalised retellings, or artistic...
In the latest tactic to obfuscate and create division just in time for the election, this month it’s teachers being pitted against parents over...
There’s a quote that’s often attributed to Josef Stalin, but is actually thought to have originated in an essay by the German pacifist and...
How often have you heard an interview with a politician where, despite repeatedly being presented with a straightforward line of questioning, they...
I recently came across a video promoting the new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book, The Twits. It featured Greg James and Chris Smith discussing how...
As someone with food intolerances, I have quite a strict routine when ordering from restaurants. Regardless of whether it’s sitting in or taking...
I recently took part in a BBC Disclosure documentary detailing my experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse and stalking. The documentary featured...
If the concept of a public library were proposed today, there is no doubt in my mind that it would be rejected by a great number of people as some...
It often seems that with every technological breakthrough humanity makes, there soon exists a way for it to be used to hurt people. AI is the new...
It often seems that with every technological breakthrough humanity makes, there soon exists a way for it to be used to hurt people. AI is the new...
One of my very favourite cliches is: “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” You can pick your...
I was recently asked by a male survivor of sexual assault why I don't write poetry about men who have experienced abuse. I had to sit with this for a...
I was watching a video made by a dermatologist about anti-ageing skincare, under which I saw multiple comments from pre-teens asking if it was too...
Just a wee heads up before we start, this column will cover topics like eating disorders and unhealthy attitudes towards food, exercise and bodies. If...
After meeting victims of spiking, and shortly after the UK Government announced its plans to treat the crime with the utmost care and attention, the...
We're just coming out of that time of year when many people will get together to celebrate the birth of a wee baby born in Bethlehem. I hope all those...
Imagine scientists are performing an experiment on resource hoarding in mice. They give a surplus of food to one set of mice and very little food to...
The ink isn't yet dry on the Scottish languages bill which represents a commitment to protect and promote Gaelic and Scots, and we're already seeing a...