Ken Smith’s Diary: Getting shirty; Big climb down; In same boat
Tuesday musings from The Diary . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16210188.Ken_Smith_s_Diary__Getting_shirty__Big_climb_down__In_same_boat/?ref=rss
Camley’s Cartoon on Tuesday, May 8
For fans of Steven Camley’s distinctive wit and artistry, framed prints of his celebrated cartoons are now available for purchase. Known for his...
Clash over road re-route through one of Scotland’s most historic battlefields
A PUBLIC inquiry is to be held into controversial plans to widen and re-route one of Scotland’s busiest roads through the site of...
Long school summer holidays ‘relic of the rural past’
LONG school summer holidays date back to a time when pupils were needed to help out on farms and should be scrapped, a...
RBS Chief Executive faces grilling over branch closures
ROSS McEwen, the Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is under intense scrutiny as he prepares to face a grilling from...
Drama at the heart of funding crisis in Creative Scotland
IT IS ONE of the pillars of Scotland’s cultural landscape and the lifeblood of dozens of arts companies across the nation. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16210189.Drama_at_the_heart_of_funding_crisis_in_Creative_Scotland/?ref=rss
Newspapers risk being ‘shackled’ by new laws on press freedom
NEWSPAPERS risk being “shackled” by new laws which would see them landed with huge legal bills every time they are sued, whether or...
Chris Deerin: Why we should follow the example of this mighty Scottish lion of the Union
“At the end of a shift, the streets would be filled with thousands of hurrying men, nearly all of them wearing cloth caps…...
Scottish ‘myth-making’ hides country’s racism problem
THE idea that the Brexit vote showed Scotland was more open and tolerant than England is a “misleading fantasy” that masks the country’s...
Pensioner assaulted and robbed in his home by ‘good Samaritan’
An elderly man who fell in the street in Fife was assaulted and robbed in his home by a “good Samaritan" who went...
