Month: June 2019

Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Jo Swinson was the centre of controversy  over university education during an episode of BBC Question Time. The East Dunbartonshire MP made a claim about the attainment ...

Repeated attempts by government agencies in Scotland to block public access to information show that freedom of information law should be strengthened, according to a submission to Holyrood by journalists. ...

Duolingo is the best-known and most effective free language-learning site on the internet.  I mentioned a few hours ago on Twitter how frustrating it is that it's possible to learn ...

New data has revealed Scottish councils have sold off more than 100 football pitches since 2010, prompting criticism of cuts to local government. The figures, which were obtained by the ...

By Russell Bruce Three years after the EU referendum, Brexit supporters have held on to the idea of ‘taking back control’ with a tenacity in defiance of the daily evidence ...

Bungling Boris the man who would be king but doesn’t knowHow to use a comb or what size he takes in a suit. He is the Diplomat who has managed ...

Scottish Government inspectors have launched an investigation into video evidence of alleged animal cruelty at a salmon farm on the north west coast. Pictures of injured and unhealthy-looking caged salmon ...

Lesley has just submitted her, nine years in the making, PhD thesis on the Norwegian and Scottish hutting movements. She reflects on what these two very different experiences can tell ...

The National is reporting that the Scottish Conservatives are urging whoever becomes the next Tory PM to undermine the devolution settlement even further than this UK government has done already. ...