Opinion

Janet Christie in Helensburgh, after completing The John Muir Way, a 134-mile walking route across Scotland. Pic: Kate Dixon

Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word – Slow and steady is the John Muir Way for me

Tick infestation of ewes and lambs is on the rise, say Scottish farmers (Picture: Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Give farmers tools they need to beat tick invasion

Do you know what to do if an ATM swallows your bank card? Martyn James does...

Let’s debunk a few urban myths about banking - Martyn James

Ian Blackford MP at the SNP conference in Aberdeen in October last year. The former leader of the SNP at Westminster has announced he won't stand as a candidate at the next election. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As Ian Blackford passes on the SNP torch, our party must look to the future

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby

The unblinking eye of the TV camera has an uncanny ability to spot fakery

The difficult questions over the failed Deposit Return Scheme can't be easily washed away by Lorna Slater, Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity (pictured), writes Brian Wilson.

The 'absolute insanity' of the DRS won't be obscured by a Green smokescreen

On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, Scotland's politicians would do well to remember the core principles of the economist and philosopher. PIC: Contributed.

Our weak political class shows us the need for a new Scottish Enlightenment

The Broadside on the execution of John Stewart. Picture NLS

Read all about it: Breaking news in 1721 - Susan Morrison

Columnists

Kate Dodd, Legal Director and diversity and inclusion specialist at Pinsent Masons

We need to rethink our approach to flexible working and childcare - Kate Dodd

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater confirming the delay to the planned deposit return

Deposit return scheme falls victim to constitutional bunfight

Alcohol addiction is an often hidden slippery slope

We need to listen to those impacted by alcohol abuse - Karyn McCluskey

It is a mistake to think independence can be easily killed off

The Union remains in some degree of trouble - Joyce McMillan

A herring gull

Passions: How can we hate seagulls when they are just like us?

Cris Peploe, Claudia Cawthorne and Martha Haskins pose with a large-scale version of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 programme cover in the Old Town. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Plenty room for optimism as Fringe reaches a crossroads - Brian Ferguson

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

Our £15m home sales milestone shows just how far we've come - David Alexander

Letters

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater delivers a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the deposit return scheme this week (Picture Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: What was the point of the deposit return scheme?

Moray Council's image promoting its Drag Queen Story Time event

Readers' Letters: Once upon a time, a drag queen read to children

The failure to complete the dualling of the A9 has one reader worried (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers Letters: What's with relentless assault on rural and remote areas?

Edinburgh councillor Scott Arthur is an advocate of the '20-minute neighbourhood' notion (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: 20-minute neighbourhood makes no sense in post-pandemic world

Water tap

Readers' Letters: We need more reservoirs against water shortages

Circular Economy minister Lorna Slater insists Westminster is wrecking Scotland's green vision (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Pool/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Government cares about grievances, not recycling

SNP MSP and Education Minister Jenny Gilruth (Picture: Ken Jack/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Verdict is in on Sturgeon's education ambitions

More Scotsman opinion

I like to think I have the backhand of Richard Gasquet - the reality is very different!

From Wimbledon to a club game, it’s game, set and match for tennis

Lidl has come a long way, in Britain now boasting more than 950 stores and about 30,000 staff. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Why budget-friendly Lidl puts the 'super' in supermarket - Emma Newlands comment

'The carbon intensity of the energy network is important, but so too is the energy efficiency of a data centre,' says the DataVita boss. Picture: contributed.

'Check your data centre is helping your journey to net zero, not hindering it'

Florida governor Ron DeSantis

Could Ron DeSantis be more dangerous than Donald Trump? Henry McLeish

Casual is the new smart at work

Laura Waddell: Has power-dressing at work had its day?

Projects like Berwick Bank Wind Farm are powering a green revolution - Pic: Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd

Why is Scotland missing out its windfarm bounty?

Tram line work on the Newhaven extension in 2020 - but it was much less disruptive than the original scheme. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh made trams a dirty word but it's time to change that – Alastair Dalton

Oil support vessels in Aberdeen Harbour from onboard a Northlink Ferry

Plans to shut down oil and gas 'akin to economic genocide'

Emma Walker is Regional Director, Scotland for auticon

Businesses must adapt to recruit top talent they seek - Emma Walker

Steel recycling is currently a high-carbon activity, using plenty of fossil fuel.

Scotland has a unique opportunity to create a greener steel industry

The full state pension is now just £10,600

Case for significantly raising the state pension is compelling - Euan McColm

Willoughby returned to the This Morning sofa this week

Phillip Schofield affair was a sad, pointless distraction from a world in crisis

Royal Blood's sarcastic response to their Dundee audience made them look like prats, writes Aidan Smith.

Royal Blood felt the wrath just like Shirley Bassey and Keith Richards