So Morgan McSweeney has resigned (not been sacked), and No 10’s Director of Communications Tim Allan has followed him out the ...

Absorbing what passes for commentary about the astonishing moment that has just passed, in which the putative leader of ...

On Wednesday 4th February, after 8 full days of deliberation, the jury have acquitted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie ...

AI DATA CENTRE PROPOSAL GOES TO EDINBURGH COUNCIL TOMORROW This is an email I’ve just written and sent to every Edinburgh ...

This is from Drilled. The Drilled podcast, launched in 2017, now has an audience of more than one million listeners worldwide, and is consistently among the top 100 science podcasts ...

In the aftermath of yesterday’s high drama with Anas Sarwar’s thwarted attempt to dethrone the Prime Minister, it’s worth looking at where we are and what it means for Scottish ...

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Bella is delighted to be part of the Pass the Mic 2026 Opinion Writing programme. Pass the Mic is an essential project to diversify the media in Scotland. The programme runs from March 2026 – ...

We are living through a scandal that eclipses anything we have seen in the post-war era, a set of shocks to the British establishment from which it may not recover, explored briefly here: Britain, ...

At an exciting launch in Glasgow tonight where Sam Richards (CEO Britain Remade. Ex No10) will lay out his plans for new nuclear power in  Scotland: “Looking forward to speaking at the ...

The response of the media-political class to the Mandelson scandal has been insightful. It veers from the ‘who could have ...

Why Some Scandals Cut Through Certain political scandals resonate because they tap into strong, pre-existing narratives. The Profumo affair of the early 1960s, for example, was connected with a ...