The Conservatives have fashioned another hurdle, which will be put in the way from next month
MSPs will be examining the situation, placing an unseen level of open scrutiny on Creative Scotland’s funding decisions and altering how the public body makes its decisions in the future.
The West End of Glasgow can be an intimidating destination for humble folk who merely enjoy a casual chinwag over a cup of coffee. For to enter a café in the West End is to be transported into a...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24218387.see-rab-c-seen-scotland-rab-c-nesbitt/?ref=rss
In response to our coverage of this latest development, Glasgow City Council issued a statement that, amongst other things, hit out at “alarmist and inaccurate information”. That's serious.
Your series of articles on the Glasgow School of Art has helped to shed some much-needed light on the questions surrounding the catastrophic fires and continuing controversy.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24216095.mack-glasgows-arc-de-triomphe-must-restored/?ref=rss
Too few houses are being built. Our planning system still needs fundamental reform to ensure the delivery of much-needed new homes
I WONDERED what country Keith Brown, deputy leader of the SNP, has been living in for the last 12 months when it was reported that he said Humza Yousaf 's first year had seen the SNP taking "bold...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24216026.planet-keith-brown-snp/?ref=rss
One good thing about the removal of David Tydeman as chief executive of the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow is that it sets a precedent. Finally, it is possible for someone to carry the can.
You can feel the winds of culture war already blowing around Holyrood’s Assisted Dying Bill, and it was only lodged in Parliament yesterday and published today.
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on emergency calls
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24216341.cartoonist-steven-camleys-take-emergency-calls/?ref=rss
Our education writer visits the community around Dalry Secondary School in Dumfries and Galloway, which the local council is pushing to mothball.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24215741.day-communities-fighting-save-school/?ref=rss
In our Letter of the Day, a Herald reader says SNP ministers should have been made to walk the plank rather than Ferguson Marine chief David Tydeman.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24216256.snp-ministers-walked-ferguson-marine-chief/?ref=rss
The Mack building should be rebuilt to original specifications as GSA's massive failure has lost us a world treasure, the jewel in Scotland’s crown.
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey, the gold standard test of public opinion on the health service, shows that satisfaction with the NHS in Scotland, England and Wales is at its lowest le...
Disturbing news from abroad, where we learn that gardening geezer Alan Titchmarsh is a popular figure in North Korea, where his television shows are aired
It is time to rethink the whole fire-damaged shell of the original School of Art , and consider the alternatives.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24213139.glasgow-school-art-site-sold-redeveloped/?ref=rss
The bill seeking to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland will be published tomorrow. Why should suicide be normalised in a country where suicides are already far too freq...
Every attempt I make to drive my electric car simply exposes me to new and hidden charges and fines
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24211449.trying-change-electric-car-shock-system/?ref=rss
WHETHER or not Murdo Fraser’s original comment justified being recorded as a hate crime, it certainly does deserve to be recorded as an example of why he is unfit to hold public office.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24213079.murdo-fraser-shown-us-unfit-hold-office/?ref=rss
A former Glasgow School of Art tour guide recalls the day the Mack had a very famous visitor.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24199732.day-brad-pitt-marvelled-glasgow-school-art/?ref=rss
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on ferries boss
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24213339.cartoonist-steven-camleys-take-ferries-boss/?ref=rss
Friday will be the first anniversary of Humza Yousaf being sworn in as Scotland's First Minister. Others will doubtless mark the occasion with a long list of everything he has done wrong. So unim...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24212780.humza-yousaf-one-year-scores/?ref=rss
'The ruling Conservatives could through immediate bold action have done far more to mitigate the effect'
In our Letter of the Day, a Herald reader asks how voters can trust Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
'All we want is acceptance' – Shame on Holyrood for bizarre ban on rainbow lanyard The Scottish Parliament Corporate Body (SPCB) sparked a controversy when it issued a diktat banning members of...
IN the 1980s gravel-voiced Glaswegian Mark Knopfler fronted a rock band who went by the name of Dire Straits. Their fame of Dire Straits may even have improved the vocabulary of some curious scho...
After seeing the effects of "assisted dying" in my home country of Canada, I no longer believe that a law change would be beneficial. And I would plead with MSPs not to take this step in Scotlan...
Fully workable gender recognition laws are just the latest front on which the struggle for LGBT equality is being waged
Whenever you pull out your phone to Google an answer to a question or ask your smart speaker to play a particular song, the results are produced in part by a branch of computing science called in...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24207753.need-codes-practice-ai-information-services/?ref=rss
While immigration and migration are genuine policy challenges that require reform and substantive bi-partisan solutions, placing blame on the shoulders of the vulnerable for political gain is not...
Those taking part in the 40 Days for Life vigil have had to endure nasty pro-abortion posters being placed behind where they stand, expletive-laden verbal abuse, rude hand gestures and they've ev...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24210279.abortion-protesters-run-gauntlet-bullying/?ref=rss
At last, after years of division, the leaders of the Labour Party and the Conservative Party have come together in the face of a terrible national crisis. And what united Westminster was the thre...
The day of the Emma Burke Newman verdict I posted this on social media: "I feel invincible and powerful and joyful on my bike, and this is stupid because the reality is one careless action by a p...
The Scottish Government has been slated for its record on climate change as energy giants underline their willingness to invest in big UK projects.
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on hate crime law
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24210483.cartoonist-steven-camleys-take-hate-crime-law/?ref=rss
With a general election expected later this year, one Herald reader warns politicians will be pulling out every dirty trick in the book
FREEMASONS are joining the 21st century. The Grand Lodge of Scotland, founded in 1736, is altering its constitution, and lowering the membership age to 18.
There is not a week that passes without fresh evidence of Scotland’s housing crisis. As we continue to see all the wrong records broken, be that the highest levels of homelessness on record, or...
You think you know Glasgow, then you discover something new, like the fact there’s a tunnel from the City Chambers to the cenotaph on George Square. It’s about 3ft high, it’s so narrow you ...
The detail of the latest call on UK interest rates is well worth examining
There is nothing wrong in principle with the proposed 'latte levy', but it must be designed to work in the real world of small businesses
JOURNALISTS have a moral obligation to protect their confidential sources, but do politicians? In ordinary times, a government minister being threatened with imprisonment by a judge for failing t...
MANY of those who had participated in lurid social media speculation about the welfare and whereabouts of the Princess of Wales might now be reflecting on their conduct.
The Scottish Government has not learnt from its past stupidities. The war on landlords continues with new variations of rent control proposed and a requirement to meet tighter energy performance ...
ONE of the bizarre unintended consequences of moving towards a greener way of living is that the weather seems to have been replaced as the main topic of conversation conservation amongst folk in...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24205814.lorna-slater-go-back-future-bins/?ref=rss
I recently took part in a BBC Disclosure documentary detailing my experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse and stalking. The documentary featured the stories of seven women, all from different...
It’s hard to know how we got here, but let me have a go. Five years ago, Nicola Sturgeon led Scotland’s largest ever Pride event. “Choose love” said her T-shirt in vivid LGBT+ rainbow col...
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24205821.rainbow-lanyard-ban-scotland-get/?ref=rss
Rishi Sunak does not lack such enemies, for all that his fellow Tory MPs banged their desks in approbation at this week’s meeting of the backbench 1922 Committee. One or two have called upon hi...
Humza Yousaf must focus on fighting Scottish Labour rather than the Scottish Conservatives at the next general election, a reader argues.
Port Ellen closed in 1983 and has since operated as a ‘ghost’ distillery. What better way to kick off an education than my very first trip to Islay to witness the rebirth of an icon?
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24205308.casual-flight-islay-brush-whisky-knowledge/?ref=rss