Opinion

Suntory Hall in Tokyo is highly regarded for the quality of its acoustics (Picture: Koichi Kamoshida)

Dunard Centre means Edinburgh will join elite group of global cities Jo Buckley

Increasing taxes is not the way to create a more prosperous future (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

Why targeting wealthy non-doms means we'll all pay higher taxes Brian Monteith

Police Scotland's Chief Constable Jo Farrell will be keen to use the current war between organised crime gangs to her advantage (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Why big winners from West of Scotland gang wars will be the police Tom Wood

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Readers' Letters: Scotland must get serious about women

Only Trump supporters are surprised by President's bombing decision Alastair GJ Stewart

It was a privilege to support Assisted Dying Bill - here is why I did Christine Jardine

Activist Greta Thunberg, seen at a protest in Paris, cancelled a planned appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over investments in the fossil fuel industry by the event's then-sponsor Baillie Gifford

The EIBF has learned nothing about real diversity Nina Welsch

Less Scots are having babies.

Why are less Scots having babies? The answer is very obvious. Rachel Amery

Columnists

No room for party politics when it comes to child sex exploitation Euan McColm

Edinburgh must be careful how it spends the 'tourist tax' Stephen Jardine

‘Like a tattoo on my heart’: Michael’s story of indefinite detention By The Newsroom

Regime change in Iran? Be careful what you wish for Stephen Gethins

Fergus Ewing, pictured in the Scottish Parliament

Ewing could be the man who gave devolution kick up the A9 Brian Wilson

Childcare failure a barrier to women in power Susan Dalgety

Why government must turn up heat on energy companies over RTS scandal Alistair Carmichael

Letters

John Swinney wants every Scottish pupil to have a good educational experience (Picture: Andrew Milligan - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Exclusion isn't the only response to difficult pupils

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has been experimenting with artificial intelligence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers’ letters: Asking AI about state of Scotland isn't the best idea

Up to 400 jobs are at risk after bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis announced plans to move operations from Falkirk and Larbert to Scarborough (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Readers Letters: Are both SNP and Labour OK with bus firm leaving Scotland?

First Minister John Swinney at the Scotland 2050 Conference at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: You're on to a loser looking for substance in a Swinney speech

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?

Chances is a service run by Cyrenians for people at risk of homelessness because of gambling

The more I gambled, the more I lost By The Newsroom

Why I'll miss Edinburgh's Poundland Gaby Soutar

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