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29 Dec, 2019
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Alasdair Gray: Renowned Scottish artist and writer dies aged 85
Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray has died aged 85.
Latest News
Greens condemn Scottish Government investment given to weapons companies

The Greens have condemned investment from the Scottish Government which has been given to some of the world's top weapons companies.

Dani Garavelli: Something of the knight about Iain Duncan Smith

One of the most powerful documentaries of 2019 was Growing Up Poor: Britain’s Breadline Kids. Directed by Jezza Neumann, it allowed a handful of children to give first-hand accounts of life on the financial margins.

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Glasgow has ‘more food banks than McDonald’s restaurants’

Scotland's largest city has more food banks than McDonald's restaurants - despite having the third most branches of the fast food chain in the UK.

Euan McColm: Who can consign the Jeremy Corbyn era to the dustbin of history?

The last thing Labour needs is continuity in its quest for a leader who isn’t embarrassed to be a patriot, says Euan McColm

Sport Update
Michael Smith: Hearts are losing poor goals and not scoring any. It’s a recipe for disaster

Hearts player Michael Smith recognises that something drastic has to happen in the second half of the season after months of “rotten” performances have left the Gorgie club in the doldrums. And, with major changes required to turn things around, the Northern Irishman admits that January cannot come quickly enough.

Edinburgh 29-19 Glasgow: 1872 Cup all square after Darcy Graham super show

Edinburgh levelled the 1872 Cup series in front of a record-breaking crowd of 27,437 at BT Murrayfield as wing Darcy Graham bagged a brilliant brace.

Kristoffer Ajer: Foreign players won’t come to Scotland

It might be said that Kristoffer Ajer has been at the winking eye of a storm this week. All because of a pile-on from the football fraternity of Aberdeen, and indeed many among the wider commentariat, about the actions of the Celtic defender to a challenge from Sam Cosgrove that earned the striker a red card last weekend.

And finally...
Was Robert the Bruce the founder of a Scottish navy?

A retired naval architect who leads tours of the Clyde’s shipbuilding heritage is on a quest to unearth possible links between Robert the Bruce and a nascent Scottish navy.

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