DOUBTLESS there are many noble lessons to be drawn from The Simpler Life (Channel 4, Tuesday-Wednesday), a reality series in which 24 people adopt an Amish lifestyle to see if it is good for their health. Yet all I could think of as the gaggle arrive...

A LEADING Scottish architect has revealed he is putting his name forward to be the next chairman of Glasgow School of Art and believes he can help reinstate its global reputation as one of the best art schools in the world.

FOR Victoria Robb this Mother's Day will feel extra special when she gets to hug her three-year-old daughter as it comes as she celebrates the end of her treatment for breast cancer.

MINISTERS have come under fire for sanctioning tax avoidance as state-controlled ferry company CalMac used the same loophole as P&O to escape paying National Insurance contributions worth £46m.

Is Gordon Ramsay prime time BBC1 fare? It is the question you assume someone asked before commissioning Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars (BBC1, Thursday, 9pm).

I DON’T know, one minute you’re the furlough hero, you’ve given the nation the chance to build a gazebo, learn Mandarin and bake sourdough bread and the next you’re reputation’s toast.

Silence, as a political asset, is woefully neglected. Think of Clement Attlee bluntly advising a truculent comrade, Harold Laski, that a “period of silence” on his part would be welcome.

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She was, she says, elected by accident. Margaret George, perhaps cruelly dubbed “Scotland’s laziest councillor”, has decided not to run again this May.

THE choreographed attempt to diminish the decline of Glasgow’s most iconic boulevards is underway. Perhaps, having observed the dozens of boarded-up shopfronts and For Sale signs that currently disfigure Sauchiehall Street, you might think that it�...

THE damning findings of the spending watchdog included a “multitude of failings” in the delivery of two new ferries for Scotland.

A SENIOR Tory MSP says political parties should be stripped of powers to make Holyrood debates less “constrained and scripted”.

Industrial action which was set to close schools and nurseries across Glasgow for two days has been called off.

Russia has announced a change in strategy as its troops are set to focus on taking control of the east of Ukraine.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died at the age of 50, the band confirmed.

Energy developer Parkmead has swung back into profitability following a tripling of revenues driven by surging gas prices.

By Ian McConnell

A GRANDMOTHER who suffered a life-changing stroke is being "left to rot", her daughter has said.

In an exclusive interview with The Herald, Alex Salmond said he had no regrets about appearing on RT

THE first national lockdown was supposed to "save our NHS", but two years on there are more Covid patients in hospital than ever before.

By David Thomson

Planning delays are driving property investors away from Glasgow to other Scottish cities, a business boss has claimed.

LIVESophie Ellis-Bextor, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, tomorrowOh, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, there may be others playing in Scotland this week, but how many of them kept us going through lockdown at the height of the pande...

A IS for accents. “There’s nothing quite like hearing a Scottish singer in a Scottish voice break their heart in three minutes,” Colin Murray announced on his 5 Live show on Monday night. “Or the Ulster R being heard in a Snow Patrol song or ...

DWS Infrastructure, the German investment giant, has taken a big step forward in its quest to acquire Stagecoach by snapping up nearly £100 million of shares in the Scottish bus giant, writes Scott Wright.

WATCHING opposition MSPs fulminating at Holyrood over the cost of two ferries rising by 300 per cent (“FM accused of ‘throwing Mackay under the bus’ over ferries fiasco”, The Herald, March 25) I could not help reflecting on the irony of them ...

SHOULD Duncan Dornan, Glasgow Life’s head of museums and collections, ever have a spare moment to stand and stare – highly unlikely, given his busy schedule overseeing the long-awaited reopening of the city’s world-famous Burrell Collection –...

Mary Queen of Scots has continued to fascinate since her execution in 1587. Plays, operas, and endless studies have been written about the glamorous Stuart queen who seemed to have everything in her favour, except for good advisers and a sense of sel...

This easy, buttery lobster thermidor is surprisingly easy to make, and takes less than an hour. I have used a smoked Dunlop cheddar which gives a beautiful smoky taste to the meat.

A Glasgow artist is preparing to ride Scotland’s first ‘Wall of Death’ in front of a live audience to raise funds for the rescue effort in Ukraine, the homeland of his late father.

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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Partygate and the second anniversary of lockdown on March 26, 2022.

IT is a centuries old tradition that began as a way of allowing the gentry to demonstrate their wealth via the ingredients on their plates. Now it seems the great British breakfast in all its varied forms is being altered to make it a more modern, he...

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The much-anticipated National Strategy for Economic Transformation was finally launched by the Scottish Government on March 1st. Those in attendance in Dundee and present online might have required a pinch and a punch to believe it was really happeni...

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The Oscars are taking place this weekend. Find out when, how to watch in the UK and how they differ from the Golden Globes.

Here is everything you need to know about the UK clock changes in 2022.

The majority of track has been laid to take the tram to Newhaven as the scheme enters the final phase of construction works.

A FORMER SNP activist and policy adviser has apologised after making an offensive comment about the Home Secretary.

THE Scottish Tories have blamed the Government for a public peeing pandemic after urination crimes in Scotland nearly quadrupled in the space of a year.

Vladimir Putin has compared Russia to JK Rowling as he accused the West of "trying to cancel" his country.

DISGRACED former Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is coming under pressure to answer questions over his role in the botched Ferguson Marine ferry deal.

BIDDING has opened for two green freeports to be set up in Scotland – after a compromise was struck between ministers at Westminster and Holyrood.

Councils should cancel the money owed for unpaid school meals, the Scottish Greens have said.

The boss of Scotland's largest teaching union has announced he will stand down in the summer.

PROPOSALS for a Northern Ireland style parades commission in Scotland have been criticised by both the Orange Order and campaigners against anti-Catholic bigotry.

A COUNCIL is set to spend around £128 million over the next 12 months as part of a move to improve council homes and build new affordable homes.

JOANNA Cherry has become the latest SNP figure to say a second independence referendum may not happen next year.