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Director warns social media is rewriting fascism's history ahead of film screening
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (882+ words) IT SCARES Catalan director Judith Colell that many people now appear to believe that Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and even the Nazis were “not so bad”. That’s one of the reasons she has made a film based on a little-known…...
Shattering the myth of Scottish exceptionalism will allow us to move forward
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (813+ words) DENIAL is a hell of a drug. Yes, from an electoral point of view, Scotland had become very different from the rest of the UK. From that, though, came Scottish Exceptionalism, hanging like a perfumed cloud over towns, villages and…...
Greens launch bid to regulate AI over warning tech firms 'gambling with our lives"
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (592+ words) THE Green Party have launched a bid to regulate AI giants following warnings that tech firms are "gambling with our lives". It comes after industry insiders claimed that "the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all…...
New indyref would be taken over by lies and scare tactics like 2014’s
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (563+ words) TWO recent polls showed that if a new independence referendum was held, Yes would win the day. Scotland would be free from Westminster’s arrogant dictatorship. My, my, what a joyful thought. But while this would be quite possible in a…...
Rural Scotland is a gigantic wee country – don't minimise it
1+ week, 1+ day ago (947+ words) ONE upside of my changed life, since the May election, is that I have been able to get some driving practice in. That may sound strange, coming from someone who passed his test 20 years ago. It may be relevant to…...
Keir Starmer leaves a disgraceful legacy behind
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1235+ words) TO paraphrase Shakespeare’s Scottish play, nothing became Keir Starmer quite like the announcement of his decision to leave parliament. The pettiness of making the announcement on the very day on which his nemesis (and successor) Andy Burnham was facing his…...
The history of kissing is more complex than you might think
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1075+ words) KISSING is a serious business for Professor Katie Barclay. A native of Lanarkshire working in Australia, her new popular history, The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, published this month, gives readers an overview of 1000 years of the cultural…...
When Labour lose, those responsible get job of putting things right
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (782+ words) ELECTIONS – even leadership elections – are meant to be exciting. A time for debate about differing perspectives resulting in an agreed choice, then compromise, coming together, moving on. Someone should tell the Labour Party in Scotland. I feel somewhat sorry for…...
Police threat as 'rare plant vanishes' from protected Highland beach
3+ week, 1+ day ago (693+ words) CAMPAIGNERS have said they will call the police over the alleged disappearance of a rare plant from parts of a protected Highland beach on which developers are aiming to build a golf course. The revelation comes from newly published submissions…...
Petition calling for ministers to help historic Skye ferry snowballs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (605+ words) A PETITION calling on Scottish Government ministers to step in to help a historic Highland ferry service has been signed more than 15,000 times. Petitioners’ concerns are for the future of the Glenelg-Kylerhea ferry, a service connecting Skye to the Scottish…...