Glasgow Cool of Art: 13 books of fire at the Mackintosh Library, by Johnny Rodger, The Drouth, 2022, pp 170.  For all their remarkable persistence, cities are made from fragile components. Buildings, roads, railways, pavements, sewers, canals, bridges, parks, telegraph poles… every part of the great glorious mess demands constant human attention otherwise it will […] Source

The new Adam Curtis documentary ‘Trauma Zone’ is about the build-up to the Putin era. Its premise is the idea that for a very long time everyone in that society knew that nothing really worked anymore but there was nothing they could do about it. “In 1992 Russia began an experiment in extreme capitalism…” As […] Source

I only ever met Robbie Coltrane once. That was in 2005, when I interviewed him for the Herald newspaper a week or so before he opened in Peter McDougall’s short play, The Brother’s Suit. We met in the now long closed BBC Club, a stone’s throw from BBC Scotland’s then HQ on Queen Margaret Drive […] Source

SOLAR panels cause confusion in UK Government circles. Truss, along with her Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena, wants to ban solar panels on certain (normally agricultural) land in England – 58% is the figure being restricted. Source

One of Edinburgh’s most famous streets is set to be significantly revitalised by an exciting range of independent retail businesses which are due to be opening their doors during the next few months. Source

A RECORD amount of renewable electricity was generated in Scotland in April, May and June of this year. Source

THE UK climate minister Graham Stuart says drilling for more oil and fracking is green. Yes, that is what he stated. Sure enough, we are all locked in a bubble with dystopian government spokespersons. Source

SCOTTISH protesters have glued themselves to the tarmac outside Downing Street to demonstrate against a Tory government “choosing profit over human life”. Source

Marks and Spencer is planning to close one in four of its biggest stores selling clothess and home goods as its plan to tackle a “difficult economic backdrop” ramps up. Source

CHANCELLOR Kwasi Kwarteng held undisclosed meetings with senior executives of Saudi Arabian firms when he was business secretary, according to documents obtained by The Guardian. Source

THE distiller runs Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries in Moray. …

Nicola Sturgeon's full speech to the SNP conference today (Monday October 10). …