How to meet the cost of an ageing population? Government already spends significantly more on pensioners than they pay in taxes, and Scotland is getting older…

This morning I don’t have a phone in my pocket and that is a good thing. I just sit and look and feel like a chosen one. A moment of pure magic.

One day Ray and I will write a book on how not to sell and move house. Timing is all and we seem to have a knack for bad timing.

Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...

On the day when it emerged that 116 more Scots died of drugs than in the previous 12 months, the SNP could have shown so...

How to control the new gold rush in Scotland? Ray Perman takes the long view of disruptive technology – history can point the way to a strategy that brings real benefits. And it leads to Shetland.

‘Not everything needs to have a Saltire added to it’ is a refreshing and healthy message.

President Trump offered a fiery response to the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates on Wednesday, demanding instead that rates be drastically lowered quickly.  “Interest Rates i…

The lack of political will to tackle the leftovers of feudalism has left 408 landowners owning half Scotland’s private rural land. And the number is shrinking.

Will SNP government plans to introduce a ceiling on ‘20-50 essentials’ make family shopping in large supermarkets more affordable? Or just stuff the basket with unintended consequences?

A constitutional right that depends upon the changing language of individual prime ministers is not a dependable constitutional right…

Scientists say monthly temperature anomaly of more than 2C is possible as temporary El Niño cycle takes hold in Pacific region

Germany's AfD has hailed a "historic result" and is projected to win more than 44% of the vote, far ahead of the conservative CDU on 18.4%.

Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order

Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

A text message to a military officer involved in airstrikes included video of an apparent victim with charred skin, with the words: “Your cooking.”

This is a tale of two waterside species. And the often contradictory behaviour of the human species. Make that three waterside species.

The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.

“The numbers are well rehearsed by now, but the scale of the fiscal challenge facing the Scottish Parliament is unprecedented.”…

Almost 300,000 more passengers travelled in the spring and state-owned Prestwick saw a trebling of cargo volumes.

Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks

Andy Burnham’s commitment to devolve powers based on “a new set of principles and rules for running the British state” promises more transfer of public services to local democratically accountable…

A tale of two waterside species. And the often contradictory behaviour of the human species.

Better output figures are a fillip to chancellor John Healey and come after years of underperformance

GERS is a reasonable starting point for understanding the fiscal issues an independent Scotland would likely face on day 1 João Sousa…

Why does an 89% climate majority keep losing? Because political power depends on more than numbers. The majority already exists. Now it must become visible.