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Booker Prize – masterful Scottish working-class story Shuggie Bain wins in most diverse year...
by Stevie Marsden, Tutor in Publishing, Manchester Metropolitan University
Stevie Marsden, Manchester Metropolitan University
Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain has won the 52nd Booker Prize....
Letter from Scotland
More than two million of us, nearly half the population, have been placed under “lockdown” until 11th December. It’s a last desperate effort to...
Scot Douglas Stuart wins the Booker Prize 2020
Shuggie Bain wins 2020 Booker Prize
· Douglas Stuart is the second Scot to win the prize, following James Kelman in 1994
· This novel is based on Stuart’s...
Government to fund devices to keep care home residents connected
New government funding has been announced to provide around 1,400 care homes in Scotland with digital devices to connect those receiving care with their...
Letter from Scotland
We have paused to see what the virus will do next. I sense a feeling of uneasy calm and weariness.
We are settling into...
Newly named gritter will display remembrance logo
A brand new 32 tonne gritter which has just taken to the roads, is to be called Scotland's Bravest Gritter, and it will feature...
Equal Protection from Assault Act is law from today
Legislation that gives children the same legal protection from assault as adults comes into force on Saturday 7 November 2020.
The Children (Equal Protection from...
Letter from Scotland
As I write, the swings and roundabouts of the American electoral system are slowly working out whether Donald Trump should continue to live in...
New report by shows improvement in gender equality in Scottish theatre
Stellar Quines and Christine Hamilton Consulting published a new report today which analyses numbers of women in creative roles in subsidised theatres in Scotland...
First Minister pays tribute to Sir Sean Connery
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has paid tribute to Sir Sean Connery, who has died in the Bahamas, aged 90.
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Actor Sir...
Is Scotland poised to phase out oil now?
The international race is on to see which countries will lead the transition into a new age of eco-friendly alternative energy sources.
And while...
Letter from Scotland
Our masters are telling us we will have to learn to live with this Covid creature though all the dark months of winter (the...
Scottish Government offer one-off support grants
The Scottish Government announced today that more funding will be made available for businesses affected by the extension of temporary restrictions to slow the...
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 – the box office is open now
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 will run from 7 to 14 November 2020.
The ESFF again brings the world’s best short film to Edinburgh:...
Prime Minister says Brexit will be based on ‘no deal’ – what the Scottish...
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that any trade talks with the EU are at an end.
This is the text of the...
Millions for Scotland’s scientists
The UK Government is backing Scotland's most promising scientists with funding of £12 million.
This finance is intended to take innovation and help turn it...
Letter from Scotland
I was stopped in my tracks this week by the shocking statistic that one in three children in Glasgow were living in poverty, even...
Letter from Scotland
The autumn school holidays were originally to allow children to help bring in the potato harvest. “Tattie howking” it was called.
Nowadays, it’s done...
Coronavirus – the evidence
Just before the First Minister made her statement to parliament this afternoon, an evidence paper from the Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith, Chief Nursing...
The Balmoral Introduces ‘The Curfew Club’
The Balmoral is offering guests the perfect antidote to restrictions on the hospitality industry with a curated range of after dark experiences.
The Balmoral, a...
Coronavirus – National Records of Scotland figures for Week 40
The National Records of Scotland have reported the number of deaths involving Covid-19 for Week 40 - 28 Sept to 4 October 2020.
As at 4 October...
Redmill – relatives told numbers were the same as Saturday
A relative of one of the residents at HC One's home in East Whitburn has contacted us about the complete lack of communication from...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The Scottish Government has issued figures today of the number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The...
Scotland’s population reaches a record high
Scotland's population rose to 5.46 million in 2019 which is a record high, according to the statistics released by National Records of Scotland today....
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The First Minister has announced figures today of the number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours at...
Girlguiding Scotland begin media literacy campaign today
The leading charity for girls and young women, Girlguiding Scotland, launches a new campaign today to support their members to deal with sexism and...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The Scottish Government has issued figures today of the number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The...
Iconic Scotland will open the Great Tapestry of Scotland Centre
She starred in The Avengers, Sapphire and Steele, and Absolutely Fabulous, but Joanna Lumley reveals that it's a couthy wee Angus town that gives...
Letter from Scotland
The UK Government’s Internal Market Bill is causing a good deal internal strife in the United Kingdom.
The SNP’s Drew Hendry told the House...
SAY Award – Judges announced to pick Shortlist
Today the Scottish Album of the Year Award judges were announced.
https://twitter.com/SAYaward/status/1311679805063036935
They will now pick the Shortlist of 10 albums and the winner of...
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