Hugh MacDonald joined The Herald's fantastic columnist line-up earlier this year, and has since brought us his musings on the pandemic, Glasgow and being a pensioner.

Life behind palace doors has not been exposed to this degree since the days of the ‘War of the Waleses’.

Supporters flouted coronavirus restrictions to assemble in large numbers outside the clubs' ground Ibrox and also in Glasgow's George Square.

The First Minister warned that the celebrations could jeopardise plans to ease Covid lockdowns.

RURAL medics have backed a petition calling for an Australian-style commissioner to advocate for patients in more remote parts of Scotland.

IN the introduction to his show, Andrew Marr said there was a certain amount of interest in “some television interview or other”, a playful reference to Oprah Winfrey’s box office sit-down with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in California.

Thousands of pounds in extra funding for victims of crime has been announced by the Scottish Government.

THE UK'S statistics watchdog has been urged to investigate claims about coronavirus deaths made by Scotland's National Clinical Director.

The teaching profession has been hit by gaping trainee recruitment shortfalls in maths and science, sparking fears pupils will miss out on vital learning experiences.

By Scott Wright

I READ the article by London-dwelling George Foulkes ("Devolution should change to work for whole of UK", The Herald, March 5) with some interest. I wonder if he did the same before submitting it.

I was very pleased to see last week that the SNP members of the Salmond inquiry were asking much better questions than the week before. One of them asked Nicola Sturgeon if she could explain in what ways she had always done the right thing. Anothe...

DR Jennifer Bute has 'no fear' of the future. Her response to any suggestion she might have is met with suprised laughter.

Judging by recent headlines, you’d think the Battle of the Sexes has already been won.

POPULAR depictions of the fall of the Roman Empire conjure scenes of closing time at Glasgow’s Bonkers Show Bar. It’s not known if Quentin Tarantino ever visited the boisterous Hope Street nightspot but his cult vampire flick, From Dusk till D...

Business leaders in a Highland community have established an office in a cow field and invited a Scottish Government minister to work in it for a day.

Britons are among those least concerned about tackling the gender pay gap right now, with a major new study finding that one in 10 believe reports about the disparities between men and women are “fake news”.

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By Ian McConnell

Name: Neil Bradbrook.

Standfirst: Scots dairies are beating the French – and others - at their own game to become big cheeses on the international stage.

This week Parliament will consider further amendments to the Hate Crime Bill before a final vote on our proposed reforms.

EVER since I can remember, I have wanted to be part of a book club.

WHEN you think there are billions of grains of sand on one stretch of beach alone, it seems hard to believe the world is facing a growing sand shortage, but climate scientists say it is one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st cen...

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THE WOMEN who spoke out about about sexual assault allegations against Alex Salmond  have been “weaponised”, Mhairi Black has said.

PLANS for a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands were revealed this week, with developers hailing the move as a major boost to ambitions to decarbonise the Scottish economy.

TWO teenage rebels don a clown and a werewolf mask, arm themselves with a circus hooter spray gun and whizz around the Southern Highlands on a little Japanese motorcycle.

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries 1918-38

Katie Wright discovers whether you can enjoy the benefits of cold water therapy at home.

A FEASIBILITY study is to be recommended into an undersea tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There have been 390 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

Doctors in Glasgow have told how they worked all night to save the life and and sight of a rock climber after a catastrophic fall.

Douglas Ross has confirmed that the Scottish Conservatives will seek to hold a Vote of No Confidence in Deputy First Minister John Swinney this week.

A SCOTTISH peer has suggested that the country’s legal system may need a rethink in the wake of questions about the impartiality of the role of the Lord Advocate.

THE BBC is looking into hundreds of complaints about an 11-minute discussion about the Alex Salmond affair during Nicola Sturgeon's daily televised update on the coronavirus crisis.

ISLANDERS have blasted the "absolutely unacceptable" cost of lorries delivering vital supplies having to pay nearly five times more than a holidaymaker in a similar sized vehicle to take a ferry.

Former professional footballers who develop dementia that may be linked to heading balls should be entitled to welfare support, a Labour councillor has said.

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has condemned Rangers fans for their celebrations at Ibrox yesterday, warning supporters could face retrospective action from police.

A ward at Raigmore hospital in Inverness has been closed after patients tested positive for Covid-19.

A poll conducted in the aftermath of Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond giving evidence to the Holyrood inquiry has given staying in the Union a majority.

Where Alex Salmond used a legal blunderbuss Nicola Sturgeon used a subtle knife to eviscerate the man she called her one time “bestie”. Steering one degree north of defamation throughout, she turned last week's hearing, which was supposed to be a...

NICOLA Sturgeon might be congratulating herself on managing to wriggle out of answering the tough questions at the Holyrood inquiry, but has she done herself any lasting favours?

THE coronavirus pandemic may be a "silver lining" for ME patients who have spent decades being neglected and even denied by medical science.

IN May 1908 The Times published a court report on a landmark trial, “a wife’s suit for the nullity of marriage on the ground that at the time of marriage the husband was insane and incapable of contracting marriage.” The wife in question wou...

ANN CLEEVES, AUTHOR

IRN-BRU: the people’s ginger. The west of Scotland generic term for a soft drink is apt in this case, as the liquid under advisement is ginger-coloured, or rusty as some see it, in a nod to the iron alleged in the name.

A message from Boris Johnson drops into my Twitter timeline. “Every weekend at home is making a difference” he says, followed by the usual exhortation: Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.

The First Minister's appearance at the inquiry looking into Holyrood's handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond was still dominating Sunday's opinion page pieces. Here is The Herald’s pick of those editorials.

Alex Harvey – The Mafia Stole My Guitar: Released – 1979