Grouse shooting in Scotland has an alarming death toll – and not just for game birds: Mark Caunt/Shutterstock The Scottish moors are considered areas of outstanding beauty, and often assumed to be “wild” and “untamed”. However, these landscapes are the result of management techniques that are now under scrutiny by the Scottish government. These practices …
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Why Scotland needs a legal framework to protect its living cultural heritage: From the island of St Kilda 40 miles west of the Hebrides, to Edinburgh’s splendid Georgian New Town, Scotland is a nation rich in cultural heritage, some of which is Unesco-protected. As well as the country’s globally renowned castles and monuments, Scotland has …
Storm Babet caused dangerous floods as the ‘dry side’ of Scotland isn’t used to such torrential rain: Storm Babet has caused havoc across the UK, with strong winds and rough seas along the east coast, record breaking rainfall and river levels in Scotland, overtopped flood defences, closed roads and railways and sadly at least two …
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Succession and Scotland: Logan Roy and the art of ‘nation branding’: Warning: the following article contains spoilers for episodes one to six of Succession season four. Only one episode of Succession is directly set in Scotland (Dundee, season two, episode eight), yet shadows and symbols of the country are threaded throughout the show. Whether that’s …
Police Scotland: the UK’s second-largest force is also grappling with misogyny and racism: Loch Earn/Shutterstock A damning report published in March found the UK’s largest police force rife with ill-treatment of women, ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ officers. Louise Casey found London’s Metropolitan Police to be “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic”, and recommended radical reform – …
Humza Yousaf: Scotland gets a Muslim leader in a moment of extraordinary change for British politics: Humza Yousaf’s appointment as first minister of Scotland is a historic moment for the UK. It means that, for the first time in history, the country has a Hindu prime minister in Westminster (Rishi Sunak) and a Muslim first …
SNP leadership battle: where is the message of economic growth in Scotland?: The search for Scotland’s new first minister is in full flow. Three candidates have emerged to replace Nicola Sturgeon, arguing over subjects including independence, religion and gender recognition. But so far, these topics seem to have overshadowed detailed discussions about the state of …
Nicola Sturgeon resignation: the unanswered questions for Scotland and the SNP she leaves behind: When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own future for some time. She …
Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe’s drive to stop rich people silencing journalists: Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places …
Scotland: inside Nicola Sturgeon’s operation to win European support for independence from the UK: A second referendum on independence for Scotland is off the cards for now, following a decision by the UK supreme court that the Scottish government could not call a vote without the cooperation of the UK government. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon …