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Take part in research into intensive training for boys
By Jennifer Trueland Researchers are looking for boys who don’t play football – or much in the way of other sports – to take part in a study to show the effects of intensive training on young bones....
View ArticleThe chaffinch is champion in the Big Garden Birdwatch census
By John Knox Once more the cheerful, singing chaffinch has won top place in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. Like 45,000 other Scots, I spent an hour at my garden window one dull weekend in January to...
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Scotland’s disparity in smoke-related deaths
More than four people out of ten in Scotland’s most deprived areas smoke, compared to less than one in ten in the best off. Almost a third of deaths in the most deprived areas are due to smoking,...
View ArticleElectionspeak: manifesto
By Betty Kirkpatrick Theoretically, if you want to know what a political party’s beliefs are, and what action will be taken if their members are elected to parliament, all you have to do is to read the...
View ArticleThe play’s the thing: James VI and the rise of Shakespeare
James VI of Scotland, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, began his rule in 1567 at the precocious age of 13 months. He added England to his realm in 1603, ruling both countries as James VI and I...
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Opinion: At last – an election on the economy
By Colin Borland, from the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland The first ever Holyrood election campaign set against a tough economic backdrop was always going to be different. People are...
View ArticleScottish Ten digital archaeology project scans ancient Indian site
By Elizabeth McQuillan Scotland has sent a rescue team to India. Not to rescue survivors from another natural disaster, but to save a historic site from natural decay. An unlikely mix of heritage...
View ArticleVideo: Tavish Scott on why you should vote Liberal Democrat
The Alternative Debate: In the spirit of open discussion, The Caledonian Mercury is giving the leaders of Scotland's main parties the chance to explain why you should vote for them. Today it's the turn...
View ArticleDavid Whitton: What Scottish Labour would do on skills and jobs
David Whitton has served as the MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden since 2007, and is standing again in the constituency on 5 May. The growing problem of youth unemployment is one that will have to be...
View ArticleFrom earthquakes to royal weddings: Pavement Poem Catcher at work
He cuts a striking figure in his Lindsay tartan kilt, black shirt and jacket with a black beard and long black curly hair straying from under his cap. In his hand is what at first glance looks like a...
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Tories launch election manifesto with pledge to ‘tell it like it is’
Graduates would have to contribute up to £4,000 towards the cost of their degrees, the well-off would have to pay for their own prescriptions again, but some children would be able to leave school at...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 4 April
Scottish Labour yesterday confirmed that it would make a manifesto commitment to ban the cruel practice of setting snares in Scotland if elected on 5 May. The proposal has won the backing of animal...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 4 April
Alex Salmond took the campaign to Highland constituencies yesterday, visiting Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, then Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, before visiting Inverness. Campaigning for a fair deal on...
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Daily roundup: Liberal Democrats, 4 April
Commenting on the Conservative manifesto launch, Liberal Democrat campaign chair George Lyon said: "The Tories have let the cat out of the bag. Now Scottish students know that the price of a Scottish...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 4 April
Following yesterday's Conservative manifesto, Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens said: "The Tories have today issued a manifesto from another Scotland, some delusional Scotland where tackling...
View ArticleWalking through Glasvegas, from consumerism to sustainability
As the trendy band comes out with its new, difficult third album, the urban reality of Glasvegas – as you encounter it, while being an everyday, middle-aged pedestrian – is sometimes quite the...
View ArticleVideo: How to make money by giving away computer games
The computer and mobile games industry is worth billions of pounds a year to the global economy. Scotland has a long-standing reputation within that industry, producing popular titles from Lemmings to...
View ArticleUseful Scots word: heid (again)
By Betty Kirkpatrick Heid, linguistic cousin of English head, has had such an influence on the Scots language that I thought it merited a follow-up article. Those who missed the first article on heid...
View ArticleLib Dems will free up Scottish Water money to create 100,000 jobs
Tavish Scott launched the Scottish Liberal Democrat manifesto today with a pledge to use money generated by part-privatising Scottish Water to help create 100,000 new jobs. Mr Scott, the Scottish Lib...
View ArticleNever safe: the MI5 agent who thwarted 50 or more IRA killings
By Charles Lavery As "Agent Carol", he faced down danger on a daily basis and once leapt through a third-floor window to escape a Irish republican hit squad. He saved countless lives and wrote a book...
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