Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland: An Exploration of Some of Our Work During the Edinburgh Festivals Edinburgh International Festival Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland is actively campaigning for the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) to enter discussions with its long-standing sponsor, Baillie Gifford, regarding their investment practices. We have been sending messages to artists and the wider […] Source

A TAKEOVER bid for one of Scotland’s biggest engineering firms by a Dubai based business has collapsed after months of negotiations … Source

It feels wrong to be discussing racism and islamophobia in conversations about the murders of the three young girls in Southport last Monday. The focus should be on the victims, their families, the community, and the facts of the incident. Yet, the rapid spread of misinformation and overt racism online means that conversations about six-year-old […] Source

In the wake of J D Vance’s childless cat lady comments in reference to Kamala Harris (yes, I am childless and, yes, I have a cat), I keyed the phrase ‘having children is selfish’ into Google. It wasn’t just J D Vance. I’d been talking with my mother about Jennifer Aniston’s reply to his statement, […] Source

HUNDREDS have marched through Grangemouth demanding that jobs be saved at Scotland’s last remaining Source

THE owner of a 101-year-old fish and chip shop in the Highlands has had to “bite the bullet” and make the hard decision to close the business … Source

Scott Finnie set light to static caravan near Shetland ponies’ stables. …

A community memorial to fishermen who lost their lives at sea has been rededicated on its 20th anniversary. …

LABOUR have been accused of a “virtue signalling exercise” in increasing the windfall tax on oil and gas profits. Source

Electronic music enthusiasts giving online gigs. …

Ten years on from the indyref of 2014 we are commissioning a series of feature articles to ask: is another Scotland possible? This is a time for critical reflection, with enough distance from events to get some real perspective. If you’d like to contribute contact us HERE. Some of the questions being raised include: What […] Source

A TRADE union has warned that oil and gas​ workers may “become the coal miners of our generation” ahead of a rally to protect jobs at Grangemouth oil refinery … Source

Between the drizzle of the new Labour government’s early daze and the summer of sport you may have missed the Spycops inquiry. The public inquiry, headed by a retired judge, Sir John Mitting, is examining how at least 139 undercover officers spied on more than 1,000 political groups between 1968 and 2010. The surveillance was […] Source