On Newsnight, last night, the above was clear with the implication that Scottish pensioners will be impoverished to pay a new national care service in England. Before the crowdfunder finishes tomor…

Our Writer at Large covered the Northern Ireland Troubles extensively. Here, he remembers the lives lost over Drumcree and says Loyalist protestors…

Reflections on hunting and the Scottish psyche. ‘The Cone Gatherers’, performed by Communicado at Tramway in 1991, was one of my earliest and most affecting theatrical experiences. It was performed…

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Two weeks ago, the leaders of Scotland, Ireland and Wales met in Cardiff to sign an accord and announce a ‘Celtic Alliance’ [If You’re Feeling Sinister – Bella Caledonia]. Today, 200 po…

Scotland’s movement for independence faces massive disinformation from Unionist politicians and their media chums. Our task, since 2014, up to 20 000 times since then and currently surging to…

Scotland's first minister had called for the move as part of measures to tackle the drugs deaths crisis, but the prime minister said he did not support it.

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A new photo book, The Third Eye: Early Photographs, features a selection of intimate photographs of the Beatles, taken between 1963 and 1969—with the band on the brink of causing worldwide pandemonium...

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THE Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer has expressed his fury over Reform's walk-out stunt during Tuesday's independence…

ANTI-RACISM campaigners have declared 'victory' after a planned far-right event in Edinburgh was cancelled.

AN OVERWHELMING number of MSPs have backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future ...

official figures are published on Wednesday. BBC Scotland seem to know already that drug-related deaths will be up on Wednesday coming, and that their ‘Scotland is drug death capital of Europ…

I’m typing this in bed. Yesterday I had a nasty fall. Due to the stroke in 2020, I have very poor sensation and no spatial awareness in the left side of my body. This means I only know where …

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

Delegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable'

How to sensitively support a friend, co-worker, or teammate who has been racially abused or assaulted. Last week on my way home, I experienced a racially motivated incident. As a dark-skinned, drea…