Opinion

The passenger experience at Arrivals, when we are not spending money, is routinely grim, says Vladimir McTavish

When your holiday ends at Edinburgh Airport, it’s frankly difficult not to comp...

Singer Jarvis Cocker of Pulp - In the mid-90s students were coming into Avalanche to buy “the first Pulp album” after the huge success of Different Class

Pulp Hogmanay concert can bring back ‘the old days’ - Kevin Buckle

Liz Truss has not lost her talent for verbal slapstick, says Vladimir McTavish

Hopefully Suella will soon join Liz in dustbin of history - Vladimir McTavish

The new bakers in the Great British Bake-Off tent. From left, Josh, Nicky, Amos, Cristy, Dana, Rowan, Saku, Matty, Tasha, Abbi, Keith, Dan (Picture: Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)

So nice to see the Bake-Off back

A power cut in 1972. Les and his Honky Tonks perform at the Royal Oak Hotel, South Shore. The headlights of a mini belonging to one of the regulars provided emergency lighting during the blackout in the pub

The Mandy Yearbook for Girls lit the way in the 1970s - Susan Morrison

In Edinburgh the council is doing little to encourage expansion of electric vehicle charging points beyond the 312 available now

Council doing virtually zero about reaching net zero - Sue Webber

Ewan Aitken, CEO Cyrenians Scotland

A cynical political weaponising of the environment - Ewan Aitken

'Scottish Power' sounds like something a superhero would have. An accent that can cut through steel perhaps

Energy company leaflet still leaves us in the dark about power cuts - Susan Morr...

A week after the Hardie Report confirmed a catalogue of misinformation, the tram inquiry report is not even a proper agenda item at today’s full council meeting

Findings of Lord Hardie’s tram inquiry report can’t just be brushed under the c...

Striking school staff held a rally in Glasgow on Tuesday

Working people paying price of SNP failure - Ian Murray

Catherine Bohart

It's big and fab and in a theatre near you - Karen Koren

HES has revealed its preference for the end of through traffic in Holyrood Park

Just 12 weeks to have your say in park debate - John McLellan

The Edinburgh tram inquiry report comes five years after the public hearings finished

Fortunate we still have a strong press - John McLellan

Lord Hardie said there had been a "litany of avoidable failures" in the Edinburgh tram project

Officers should tell the truth or face penalty - Iain Whyte

The new Scottish galleries at the National Gallery in Edinburgh will open to the public on 30 September (Picture: Campbell Donaldson)

National Gallery triumph - Angus Robertson

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like

Tories add to north-south chasm - Angus Robertson
Once more, the Tories are shafting the North of England and Scotland.

Rishi Sunak visited a Land Rover plant in Warwick in July for an announcement about a new electric car battery factory (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Sunak’s net zero U-turn is a betrayal of the national interest - Angus Robertson

Crackpots’ defence of Brand leaves me feeling sorry for him - Vladimir McTavish

‘Look Up’ awareness campaign will help save children’s lives - Susan Dalgety

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, centre, arrives with Daisy Cooper, front left, Layla Moran, front right, and parliamentary candidates for the Liberal Democrat conference at the Bournemouth Conference Centre

Only Lib Dems can fix broken Britain - Alex Cole-Hamilton

More than two-thirds of 11-16 year olds say that boys regularly make toxic comments about them at school

What has happened to make our girls so anxious about daily life? - Susan Dalget...

Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can be vague and can appear periodically

Get checked out during November's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month - Steve Car...

Some councillors were 'hell bent on getting the line completed no matter the cost to the public purse,' says Steve Cardownie

Hell bent on tramline completion - Steve Cardownie

This Mediterranean beach resort feels just like being at home - Vladimir McTavi...

Edinburgh Christmas Market

Council incompetence still costs us dearly - Kevin Buckle

Rugby World Cup fans learn the Haka in the Paris fan zone

I flew to Rugby World Cup in Paris and it opened my eyes Nicola Adam

Alan Roden

News was at the forefront of trams fiasco reporting - Alan Roden
Did we really need to spend £13 million and wait nine years for Lord Hardie to tell us there was a “litany of avoidable failures” with Edinburgh’s trams project?

Chris Packham presented a new documentary this week, pondering whether the campaign influence governments on climate change needs to change (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

TV naturalist fights the law, and the law mainly wins

Well intentioned ageism is alive and well

Well intentioned ageism is alive and well - Christine Grahame

Who does not love that touch of luxury when you get into a bed of freshly laundered linen, air-dried in a Scottish breeze, then ironed smooth?

People have stopped ironing, they don’t know what they are missing - Susan Morr...

Former Deputy First Minister John Swinney

How about an apology for trams fiasco, John? - Sue Webber

I’m living proof of why regular health checks are worthwhile - Susan Morrison

Fiona Duff

Don’t let a grumpy bus driver put you off a trip to Spitaki - Fiona Duff

Drug pilot site needs planning - John McLellan

Lord Hardie has finally published his report, which criticises the city council, tram firm TIE and the Scottish Government for "a litany of avoidable failures".

Trams are part of our future, but have been badly handled - Ian Murray

Swinney’s sorry trams role - John McLellan

Lord Andrew Hardie has finally completed his Edinburgh Tram Inquiry. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Oversight of major projects shouldn’t be left to amateurs - John McLellan

The Edinburgh tram inquiry report comes five years after the public hearings finished.

Tram inquiry held powerful people to account

Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton called for national book of remembrance on Covid

New Covid wave means more Long Covid in the pipeline...

A rap on the knuckles is punishment enough for Labour group - Steve Cardownie

Pupils from Stenhouse Primary School, Edinburgh holding up cards showing the new estimate of the population during the launch of the first results from Scotland's Census 2022

Migration, both in and out, has long been an enriching part of our nation’s stor...

The Irish Culture and Heritage Day hosted at the Grange Club in Stockbridge

Celebrating our Irish connections - Angus Robertson

Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants scores a touchdown during the fourth quarter in the game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on September 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona

New York’s record breaking Scots - Angus Robertson

A tram on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Tram system will prove to be a big asset for the city - Cammy Day

Sherlock Holmes has returned to keep a watchful eye over Picardy Place

Tourist tax, STLs and trams top the agenda - Cammy Day

Scotland's manager Ally MacLeod laps up the applause at Hampden in 1978 as the team prepare for the World Cup in Argentina

Can we snatch defeat from jaws of victory? Yes, we’re Scotland - Vladimir McTav...

Generation Z think nothing of getting a breakfast burger delivered, while older folk and busy parents depend on regular supermarket deliveries, says Susan Dalgety

Weaning ourselves off home delivery is doomed to failure - Susan Dalgety

Lots of the people who own dogs like American bully XLs, above, do so to use those dogs as weapons, says Vladimir McTavish

Dogs are not the problem, people who own dogs are the problem - Vladimir McTavis...

Launch of the Better Together campaign in 2012 with, left to right, Scottish Labour Leader, Johann Lamont MSP; Alistair Darling, leader of the cross party campaign; Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, Willie Rennie MSP

All I remember is fear and loathing from 2014's so-called ‘summer of love’ - Su...

Councillors have said the Festival Village on top of Waverley Mall is 'not good enough for one of the number one cities in the world'

Waverley Market has yet to reach full potential - Kevin Buckle

Clayton and Natalie enjoy a date on My Mum, Your Dad, the new ITV dating show hosted by Davina McCall (Picture: ITV)

My Mum, Your Dad review: The dating show to restore your faith in love

Cracked and broken pavements are a real problem for pedestrians across Edinburgh

Broken pavements mean elderly resident is a virtual prisoner in her own home - S...

We don’t exactly need a brass band prowling the streets but picking up after your dog should be celebrated

Book the brass band – picking up dog poo should be celebrated - Susan Morrison

Campaigners protest outside the Holyrood parliament over the Scottish Government's plans to license short-term lets (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

One size fits all approach not suitable for STL legislation - Miles Briggs

In Susan's day, students in third and fourth year regularly left student accommodation to live off-campus

We studied on campus, but we grew up in town... - Susan Morrison