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Opinion

Children from Lochnell Primary School, Oban, take part in a Maths Week Scotland event (Picture: Martin Shields)

Maths Week means there's lots of educational fun to be had during school strikes

Labour was in control when the flawed contracts for the ambitious Edinburgh trams scheme were signed.

Scotsman Letters: Labour's principal role in costly Edinburgh trams debacle

Alan Munro is an insolvency expert, Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP

Covid fraud aftershocks continue to reverberate - Alan Munro

Matt Farrell is a Partner, Brodies LLP.

Energy efficiency will be key for commercial property - Matt Farrell

A member of staff at the National Museum of Computing demonstrates how the Colossus computer was used during the Second World War at Block H, Bletchley Park (Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

AI and the human touch - Anna Jaconelli

Catherine McGarrell

Pandemic inquiry should heed the plight of our Long Covid Kids - Catherine McGar...

Alan Roden

​News was at the forefront of trams fiasco reporting - Alan Roden

AI could help negotiators, but it lacks the human element (Picture: AREE - stock.adobe.com)

Will AI change the way we carry out negotiations? - Daniel Freeman

Columnists

If veteran prison governor still believes in rehab, so should we Karyn McCluskey

Dear Rishi, net-zero technologies can help reduce the cost of living Christine Jardine

"No Mr Harvie, it is not time to break the law"

3kg of Seville oranges from the freezer, ready to turn into marmalade. Picture: Will Slater

Passions: Orange crush – how I learned to love making marmalade

Flat viewing and house hunting, we're back to negotiating estate agent Gaby Soutar

Sunak and Yousaf are alike in misleading their core supporters Euan McColm

Rishi Sunak resorts to project fear by scrapping policies that never existed Alexander Brown

Letters

Chris Packham at a protest in Parliament Square against new oil drilling earlier this month (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday letters: Chris Packham should try breaking the law in China

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his speech on the plans to revise Britain's net-zero commitments (Picture: Justin Tallis/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Sunak's green stance will ease fears of cas-strapped UK citize...

The Edinbinburgh Tram Depot at Gogar. Lord Hardie released his report into the construction of the original line this week (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letter: My 'tramsphobic' tendencies borne out by Hardie inquiry

A reader argues that the over-65s make a major contribution to society (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Readers' letters: Over-65s are far from a burden on society

Residents are up in arms over what has been described as a plague of roadworks in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh

Scotsman Letters: Residents have had enough of roadworks

Humza Yousaf on a recent visit to Rowantree Primary School Early Years Service (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Raise taxes to provide more cash for Scottish childcare

The likes of transgender double rapist Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, being sent to a male prison is significant, says reader (Picture: PA)

Readers' Letters: Distinction between biological sex and preferred gender vital

More Scotsman opinion

Andrew Moss and his dog near his home in Fife

Sweet singing of the choir: A journey from depression to confidence

How Brexit has Europeanised the United Kingdom Professor Michael Keating

Fears of the final flowering of Scotland's arts and culture Julia Armour

Tourism sector must be nurtured, not regulated and taxed into the ground

Anyone who's ever wanted to explore the Milky Way can do so virtually in the spaceflight simulator game, Elite Dangerous (Picture: Dicky Bisinglasi/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP MP opens up about trip to 'black hole at the centre of the galaxy'

Adam Graham, aka Isla Bryson, was initially sent to a women's prison after being convicted of raping two women (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Transgender activists will not silence critics with modern-day 'scold’s bridle'

Scottish nationalists and Truss-style Tories can see the UK is broken Stewart McDonald

Damning indictment of Swinney's 'lack of candour' reveals much about Scotland Brian Wilson

World’s oldest life-saving body was born from Enlightenment philosophy Susan Morrison

As Debate Night host, I can tell you Scotland is not sick of politics Stephen Jardine

Scotland’s wind farms could be supplying up to ten per cent of Europe’s projected hydrogen import demand by the mid-2030s (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Scotland become Europe’s energy saviour? - Jeremy Grant

Second-hand clothes will inevitably show a bit of wear and tear, but the retailer must tell you about any faults or problems with the goods in advance (Picture: KMPZZZ - stock.adobe.com)

Vintage goods, new tricks and your rights - Martyn James

Why Rishi Sunak’s green policy is great news for Scotland Alister Jack

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