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Book review: Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier’s Testimony of the Great Warby Irene Guenther

Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier’s Testimony of the Great War . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17201685.book-review-postcards-from-the-trenches-a-german-soldiers-testimony-of-the-great-warby-irene-guenther/

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The Dairy: Privates on parade

The heat was on . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17213356.the-dairy-privates-on-parade/

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Herald artist Archie Gilkison was the ‘Wilfred Owen of cartooning’

IN common with so many Scots, my family tree was badly shaken in the storm of the First World War. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17207214.herald-artist-archie-gilkison-was-the-wilfred-owen-of-cartooning/

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Tom Gordon: Tough choices loom over public services

PROMISES, promises. Politicians love to make them. They even deliver some. But in general the pledges end up competing with each other for...

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Kevin McKenna: Remembrance Sunday is being twisted into a poppy witch-hunt

AT what point does our desire to sanctify the blood of the fallen in two world wars become something oppressive? When it’s deployed...

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Melbourne attacker also planned explosion

Officers said barbecue gas cylinders in the back of Hassain Khalif Shire Ali’s pick-up failed to ignite. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214675.melbourne-attacker-also-planned-explosion/

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Herald calendar captures the beauty of Scotland

When it comes to photography, Ronald Stokes’s philosophy is refreshingly straightforward yet deeply thoughtful. For him, it’s not about snapping a quick shot...

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Trump slams Macron for ‘insulting’ plan to build up Europe’s military

The US president tweeted after arriving in Paris for Armistice Day commemorations. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214685.trump-slams-macron-for-insulting-plan-to-build-up-europes-military/

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The Scots socialite who bought thousands of old war-horses in Cairo

IN 1931, a member of the Melrose gentry, Dorothy E. Brooke, now living in Cairo, was horrified to see hundreds of emaciated war-horses...

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Trump says California gunman was ‘very sick puppy’

Investigators have not commented on a motive for the rampage or whether mental illness played a role. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214702.trump-says-california-gunman-was-very-sick-puppy/