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Oxford University Press has announced that 'goblin mode' was chosen as its word of the year following an online vote (Picture: Caleb Jones, File /AP)

Columnists Martyn McLaughlin: It's time to have a word about word of the year contests

Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, and Matt Lucas from The Great British Bake Off.

National Matt Lucas is stepping down from presenting The Great British Bake Off

National Scotland's best archaeological finds of 2022 revealed

Columnists Do robins driven to violence by traffic noise have a message for humans?

Columnists Brown's constitutional shake-up is conservative about Scotland's place in Union

Columnists Plants behaving strangely is something to keep an eye on – Scotsman comment

Columnists Brown's big plan might just be enough to bring down Sturgeon – John McLellan

Columnists Abolishing the Lords would help boost support for the Union – Scotsman comment

Columnists Glimmer of hope that UK will one day rejoin EU is getting brighter

Columnists Brian Wilson: Blackford's SNP group at Westminster were a rabble without a cause

Columnists Hancock's jungle trip adds to feeling that politicians are in it for themselves

National The Scotsman Daily Bulletin

Columnists Put VAT on private school fees and this is what happens – Cameron Wyllie

Columnists Avian flu could have a lasting effect on free-range farming – Stephen Jardine

National Philanthropist sought to create £12m retreat on Scottish island

Columnists Destruction of healthy soils is the 'elephant’ on the farm we must not ignore

Columnists Industrial farming is threatening humanity’s ability to feed itself

Columnists Bu chòir a' cheist fhaighneachd: Dè a tha BT a’ dèanamh le seirbheis am fòn?

Columnists Idiotic Tory wheeze to cut numbers of foreign students will just make us poorer

Columnists Ryanair may be optimistic about aviation but emissions are growing problem

Columnists Creation of 'digital Earth', an internet replica, is now possible – Marian Scott

Columnists Fashion magazines are best read in language you don’t understand

People Homelessness charity warns of worrying spike in people sleeping in cars

Columnists NHS and UK economy are being harmed by rising poverty – Scotsman comment

National Scotland's 1921 census: Unrest, women's rights and a one-hour-old baby

Columnists Disposable vapes are causing tidal wave of plastic pollution – Dr Richard Dixon

Columnists Why migration and the NHS are crucial to UK's economic growth – John McLaren

Columnists World may be sleepwalking to climate disaster but armed forces are wide awake

Columnists Beware! Twitter tunnel vision could turn you into Donald Trump – Laura Waddell

Columnists Kenny MacAskill: Sturgeon's mistakes have led SNP astray. Party members must act

Columnists Building of Year and King's Grand Design point way to more sustainable future

Columnists 80 years after Beveridge report, our own 'revolutionary moment' feels far off

Columnists Sturgeon's mis-leadership is no way to build a new nation – Murdo Fraser

Columnists Ukrainians remain resolute in war against Putin and so must we – Steve Cardownie

Columnists Are you well? How to use kindness to defeat ‘age of meanness’ – Joe Goldblatt

National Concerns grow despite National Grid cancelling emergency power scheme

Environment Why tackling nature and climate crises should be top goal in national parks

Columnists After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5C global warming limit

People Doddie Weir’s legacy is work to find MND cure, says ex-teammate

National Senior Catholic cleric accused of ‘deliberate financial mismanagment’

National First Minister claims independence movement 'galvanised' ahead of Glasgow rally

National Wife of missing bushcraft expert speaks of hopes of finding husband

National Scots killed in London nightclub fire remembered more than 40 years on

Columnists Right-wing myths about migration must not be allowed to damage the economy

Columnists Christine Jardine: Politicians must not turn my Trump nightmare into reality

Columnists How we used ancient coins to show a ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real

National Project to prove treasured Book of Kells was made by Pictish monks in Highlands

Columnists Whatever else about Hancock, he’s right to campaign on dyslexia  – Brian Wilson

Columnists Scotland deserves better than SNP's perpetual politics of charade – Brian Wilson

Columnists Sturgeon should resign over mishandling of Indyref2 push – Alastair Stewart

Columnists Joyce McMillan: Supreme Court seems to think Scotland can be treated like colony

Columnists Syria conflict shows UK must do more to reduce civilian casualties of war

Business Deals 2022 podcast: Doing deals in Scotland in turbulent times

Columnists Help for Foodbanks: Please support these vital charities if you can – Scotsman

Homes and Gardens New builds: Developer stages a sale in two cities

Columnists Supreme Court's ruling on SNP's independence referendum was democracy in action

Columnists Protests against Iran's fascist regime are turning into a full-scale revolution

Environment Weight-to-go: Scots firm goes global with gravity energy storage innovation

Columnists How Sturgeon scored two own goals that could haunt indy campaign for years

Columnists Independence issue must be resolved democratically and peacefully

National Metal detectorist's 'indescribable joy' after making second major discovery

Environment Countdown to rocket launch begins as Shetland spaceport takes shape

Columnists COP27's nature-based solutions are not as nice as they sound – Dr Richard Dixon

Columnists Scotland’s wind is an incredible, if reduced, natural bounty – Kenny MacAskill

Columnists Working from home can have beneficial effects on society – Scotsman

National More than 8,000 silver coins discovered in Scottish field

Environment 'Fragile' Highland community seeks investors with £500 for tourism business

Columnists The dinner party is dead? Here's why we must save it – Aidan Smith

Columnists Maya Forstater: New gender Bill must not change person’s sex under Equality Act

Columnists Manchester terrorist attack shows why emergency staff must be well trained

Columnists Annoyed by Americanisms? Wow is 16th-century Scots – Susie Dent

Columnists Amid risk of nuclear conflict, truth must not become a casualty of Ukraine War

World Scot Brian Glendinning freed from Iraqi prison returns home

Food and Drink King bans foie gras in all royal residences, according to Peta

Columnists The Conservatives are on their way out. And they know it – Christine Jardine

Columnists Octopus farming? This extraordinary animal should stay in ocean – Philip Lymbery