Opinion

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the four UK subs armed with Trident nuclear missiles, at HM Naval Base Clyde

SNP’s naive and immature approach to defence industry needs to change Murdo Fraser

Carpenter's album cover is not liberation - it’s glamorous despair Jenny Lindsay

First Minister John Swinney during his speech on national renewal and prevention, at the Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Photo: Robert Perry/PA Wire

If Swinney knew how to fix Scotland's problems, he’d have done it Jackie Baillie

Bosses at The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh want the institution to become a destination of choice for weddings and other events (Picture: Neil Hanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Ssshh! Don't make historic library into events venue

Remembering Sir Geoff Palmer Joe Goldblatt

A Holyrood committee has warned the criminal justice system in Scotland is "unsustainable" and cannot withstand "marginal" budget increases to maintain vital services

Moved me to tears by hope where there was none Karyn McCluskey

Starmer’s incoherent policies are a sign of his desperation to survive Brian Monteith

The Government plans to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism, media studies and publishing courses this year

Why the Government needs to 'save quality journalism education' Amber Allott

Columnists

I tried the £49 lunch from Edinburgh's best chef Gaby Soutar

Supercomputer news is great but it’s just the start Christine Jardine

Stephanie Hepburn is a Partner, and Head of Private Wealth Disputes, Shepherd and Wedderburn

A conversation can be better than a court case in executry disputes

A protest was held this week at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Andrew Carr

Why we need to make fathers visible John Forsyth

Rejoice or repent, Alexander Brown is leaving The Scotsman

Scottish politics isn’t necessarily as bitter and divided as it seems Alexander Brown

Swinney's critics should bite their tongues and get behind him Euan McColm

Susan's mother Mary as a 13-year-old

My mother gave me the greatest gift. I will miss her Susan Dalgety

Letters

Self-checkouts can be handy but they're denying someone a job and governments the taxes that would come with same (Picture: Getty)

Readers' Letters: Governments must stop taking so much from us in taxes

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves from 11 Downing Street on Wednesday before heading to Parliament to present her Spending Review (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Readers Letters: Believe carbon capture project support when we see it

How can First Minister John Swinney, far left, and Health Secretary Neil Gray, seen with blood transfusion workers in Edinburgh in January, treat the Scottish NHS? (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Yes the NHS has problems, but what are the solutions?

Readers' Letters: Reform's policies are not far right, they're common sense Scotsman Letters

President Donald Trump holds up a printed article from "American Thinker" while accusing South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa of state-sanctioned violence against white farmers in South Africa during a press availability in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21

Readers' Letters: Donald Trump's Act of hostility towards South Africa

Edinburgh City Council Transport Convener Stephen Jenkinson

Readers' Letters: Potholes prevalence is problem caused by council choices

Scottish Labour Deputy leader Jackie Ballie, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Davy Russell, newly elected Scottish Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Labour needs to sell message of positive change

More Scotsman opinion

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Is it really all over for the Scottish Conservatives? Alastair GJ Stewart

It's time for the tale of lost North Sea jobs to stop David Whitehouse

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has criticised the City of Edinburgh Council after leaked safety briefing papers appeared to label fans of the band as overweight, old and ‘rowdy’

Gallagher's 'stunning' response only adds to the Oasis summer hype Scotsman comment

Forget party politics - directly-elected mayors is worth considering Scotsman comment

A general view of the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Scottish Parliament is full of serious flaws and must be overhauled George Foulkes

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, is based in Sleat, on the Isle of Skye

How new Bill would strengthen parents rights to ask for Gaelic school Kate Forbes

First Minister John Swinney joins candidate for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election Katy Loudon during the last weekend of the campaign. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Swinney’s critics should bite their tongues and get behind him

I paid a visit to the place where cinema has come to die

UK stepped back as Europe stepped up, it's time for Scotland to rejoin Stephen Gethins

‘A form of torture’ a story from detention told to Refugee Tales JB

Alexander Dennis has announced it plans to close down its Falkirk area operations to relocate to one single base in Scarborough (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Scots pay half billion in subsidies while China build the buses Brian Wilson

Looking out across Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Plenty to like in Reeves' review for Edinburgh - but housing is key Jane Meagher

Glasgow Library

Glasgow Library becomes first in Scotland to receive prestigious award