“Immorality and Unseriousness. These are the two defining traits of today’s leaders. Today it’s not the most capable who rise but the least scrupulous…” In the first of four 2025 BBC Reith Lectures titled ‘A Time of Monsters’, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today’s […] Source

The decision to raise a formal objection was put forward by Councillor David Gordon. …

Moray Council has confirmed that fresh interment booking slots will not be available in the region for three weeks. …

Structure fell into river below on Sunday. …

DOZENS of jobs have been lost after a timber firm axed five Scottish sites … Source

An urgent ‘do not consume’ warning for a Scotch whisky distillery’s products has been issued by Scotland’s standards agency Source

A number of jobs are at risk at an Angus firm Source

SCOTLAND has signed a co-operation agreement with the UAE which is set to strengthen its international space industry links. Source

THE Alba Party have launched their “It’s Still Scotland’s Oil – use it or lose it” campaign, urging the Scottish Government to “get off the fence” and back North Sea drilling. Source

“What the hell is Richard Demarco doing?” Many have asked this question over the decades; now, he is asking it himself. He is asking it now because, after years of trying, he has finally found a permanent, secure home for his archive. This vast Gesamtkunstwerk (‘total work of art’) of artworks, photographs, documents, posters, and […] Source

The American novelist Sinclair Lewis famously said, “When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” This is true of Britain too. This week saw the release of something called Christian Fellowship for Reform, a bizarre hybrid of White Christian Nationalism and Reform’s rancid politics. A video featured […] Source

Caverslee Burn, In the Footsteps of Joan Eardley (Almost). The walk began well. The path was dry, dusty and wide. Sheep and cattle grazed amiably in the fields, and a lone hare galloped away at my approach until it disappeared into a drystane dyke. Or seemed to. Hares know a trick or two when it […] Source

Tougher rules could see those involved in anti-social behaviour lose their bus passes. …