Patrick Harvie: Sadness at the Sunday Herald’s passing, but hope for the future

WHEN the Sunday Herald launched, the Scottish Parliament was about to “reconvene” after an absence of almost 300 years. There was undeniably a buzz about Scotland at that time, with the prospect of decisions about health, education, transport and the environment being made in a democratic forum that Scotland had lacked for so long. The paper launched with a promise to be “Scotland’s independent newspaper”, a phrase which later took on a new meaning in the run-up to the referendum of 2014 when it became the only paper to back a Yes vote. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16682970.patrick-harvie-sadness-at-the-sunday-heralds-passing-but-hope-for-the-future/