It came to mind recently as I was reading Mark Twain’s account of his travels across Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, A Tramp Abroad (1880). The book is a series of short bulletins from various ...

LABOUR have been warned that developing supercomputers in England after axing a pioneering project in Scotland would be a “betrayal”.

SCOTLAND’S first safe drug consumption facility opens its doors today in what has been hailed as a “crucial milestone” in tackling addiction.

THE UK financial system went bonkers last week. Interest costs on government debt shot up higher than during the Liz Truss meltdown. The ...

IN my preparations for a new parliamentary term, I reflected on past lessons, assessed our current position and identified future potential. What ...

LIKE many in our movement, the Scottish Currency Group (SCG) has been encouraged by recent reports of increasing support ...

WHEN I was a youngster, the menopause was referred to as “the change”, a subject suffused with euphemisms and the butt of crass jokes ...

THE UK’s first drug consumption room opens at last today in Glasgow. As everyone involved is at pains to point out, this is not a silver bullet ...

Howe made nine changes to the side which beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg in midweek as he attempted to rest key men, but saw his understudies fail to impress in a first half ...

Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanovic, a critic of the European Union and Nato, overwhelmingly won ...

Rachel Reeves starts the week facing further pressure after a gloomy warning from some of Britain’s top executives. A survey of UK chief financial officers (CFOs) by consultancy Deloitte found a net ...

Motorists say they are feeling the strain of brighter headlights ‘more than ever before’, according to the AA.