Editorial Team

Modern Scot focuses on clear, factual reporting and analysis of Scotland’s civic, cultural, economic and environmental life.

Featured

Why Wings Over Scotland Is Taking the SNP Referendum-Fund Decision to the Court of Session

More than 1,000 people have funded a proposed judicial review of the authorities’ handling of nearly £667,000 raised through SNP independence appeals. The challenge is separate from Peter Murrell’s conviction for embezzling more than £400,000 from the party and turns instead on what police

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Energy·Featured

Conservatives Plan to Override Holyrood on Nuclear Power, Targeting Powers Scotland Has Held Since 1999

Andrew Bowie says a future Conservative government would legislate so that new nuclear power “can and will” be built in Scotland despite Scottish Government opposition. The powers at the centre of the dispute are not a recent SNP creation: responsibility for consenting major generating

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Following a Global Climate Agenda: Scotland’s £2 Buses to Push Travel Away From Cars

Scotland’s £2 bus cap is being presented as help with the cost of living, but the

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After Scotland Lost Hundreds of Bank Branches, Shared Hubs Are Building a Different Network

The rapid disappearance of conventional branches is now being followed by an expanding system of shared

Oracle Invokes Force Majeure on Major US Project While Scotland Is Moving Government Into Oracle

More than £51 billion in Scottish Government payments passed through Oracle Cloud in its first year.

Featured·Policy and Government

Labour Joins SNP and Greens as Holyrood Votes 84–18 for Scotland’s ‘Right to Decide’

Scottish Labour joined the SNP and Greens to back the principle that Scotland has the right to determine its own future, producing

by Editorial Team

23 September 2026

Policy and Government·Scottish News

John Swinney Signed Scotland’s Local-Integration Reform in 2011. Now He Is Redrawing the System

Fifteen years after putting his name to a reform programme built around local integration, John Swinney leads plans for two strategic health

by Editorial Team

21 September 2026

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Policy and Government

The Great Consolidation of Scotland’s Public Bodies

Scotland’s Public-Sector Reorganisation Now Reaches Local Government Scotland’s public administration is entering a five-year reorganisation affecting health boards, councils, environmental agencies, transport

by Editorial Team

21 September 2026

Economy·Featured

Inside the Digital Kiosks Moving Onto Scotland’s Streets

Planning applications across Scotland describe communications kiosks equipped with defibrillators and advertising screens. Behind that description is a privately operated platform capable

by Editorial Team

21 September 2026

Featured·Transport

Northern Scotland Enters a Week of Nuclear Security and Military Training

An emergency-response exercise at Dounreay will close part of the A9 and stop passenger access at Georgemas Junction on 23 September, while

by Editorial Team

21 September 2026

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Economy·Featured·Fife

Strike at Europe’s Largest and Oldest Grain Distillery in Scotland Puts Diageo Restructuring Under Pressure

More than 100 workers at Europe’s largest and oldest grain distillery are preparing for three weeks of industrial action as Diageo restructures

by Editorial Team

17 September 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Westminster Set India Trade Terms as More Than Half of Scotland’s £3bn Trade Projection Flows From India to Scotland

The Scottish Government presented India as a £3 billion opportunity for Scottish businesses. Its own central model tells a more complicated story.

by Editorial Team

16 September 2026

Environment

A Grangemouth Factory Is Trying to Make Omega-3 Without Catching Fish

SEPA is considering a permit for a new industrial process at Earls Road in Grangemouth that would produce omega-3-rich material from microalgae

by Editorial Team

10 September 2026

Caption: An Edinburgh tram on Princes Street. The city is considering the next major expansion of the network, with proposed routes towards Granton in the north and the Royal

Featured·Transport

Edinburgh Is Preparing to Spend Up to £2.9 Billion on Its Next Tram Expansion

Edinburgh councillors are being asked on 10 September to decide whether the city should advance the next stage of its tram expansion.

by Editorial Team

10 September 2026

Energy·Featured

Scotland Is Becoming a Giant Battery

At the end of March, Scotland had 22 operating battery-storage projects with a combined capacity of 843 megawatts. Behind them was something

by Editorial Team

9 September 2026

Energy·Featured

One of Scotland’s New Grid-Stability Machines Has Changed Hands

A little-known piece of electrical infrastructure in Moray changed hands this week. Foresight Group says it has acquired the Blackhillock Synchronous Condenser,

by Editorial Team

9 September 2026

Transport

Glasgow’s M8 Is Being Physically Lifted Off Its Supports This Weekend

Engineers will close the eastbound M8 through central Glasgow for extended periods between Friday night and Monday morning while they jack part

by Editorial Team

3 September 2026

Environment

Scotland’s Peatlands Are Becoming Financial Assets

New restoration contracts appeared this week for peatland on North Uist and in the Highlands. Behind the engineering work is an emerging

by Editorial Team

3 September 2026

Environment

Third Just Transition Commission Established With Adaptation Remit Until 2031

The Scottish Government has established a third Just Transition Commission, running until 2031. The new Commission will focus on adaptation as well

by Editorial Team

27 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

60% of Scotland’s News Publications Controlled Outside Scotland and Only 8.5% of Scottish-Owned Titles in Google News

Modern Scot’s ownership census has identified 190 Scottish newspapers, magazines and digital news publications. Of the 179 for which ownership can presently

by Editorial Team

21 August 2026

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Dumfries and Galloway·Featured·Policy and Government

New Livestock Movement Laws Tighten As BSE And Bluetongue Hit Dumfries And Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is confronting two separate livestock disease problems at once, with a new case of classical BSE confirmed in cattle

by Editorial Team

21 August 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government

Scotland Declined £20,675 to Restore Five Drug-Wastewater Monitoring Sites

Internal records show the Scottish Government was offered the chance to return five sites to a UK drug-monitoring programme after Home Office

by Editorial Team

20 August 2026

Environment·Featured

SEPA Plans to Stop Sending Draft Pollution Permit Decisions to People Who Object

Scotland’s environmental regulator is proposing to stop routinely sending draft permit decisions to people who have already objected to or commented on

by Editorial Team

19 August 2026

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Community·Featured·North Lanarkshire

DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI plan gets public backing as Flynn repeats disputed 3,400 jobs claim

A £300 million expansion of DataVita’s North Lanarkshire AI data centres is receiving substantial public financial backing while the Scottish Economy Secretary

by Editorial Team

18 August 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

China Is Making the Renminbi Easier to Use in Europe — What It Could Mean for Scotland

Deutsche Bank has become the first non-Chinese bank in Europe authorised to clear China’s renminbi directly. It sounds like a Frankfurt banking

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

Scientists collect carcasses at a wind energy facility as part of research to estimate wildlife mortality. Image: Manuela Huso, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), public domain

Environment·Featured

NatureScot Challenges Wind-Farm Bird Model as Scotland’s Own Records Show 71 Raptor Deaths

A study part-funded by NatureScot models substantial long-term effects from wind-turbine collisions on hen harriers and golden eagles in the Flow Country.

by Editorial Team

17 August 2026

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Featured·Heritage and Arts·Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

Old Scottish Fisheries – A Scotland Once Described By Its Fish

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2016 Long before oil, whisky or tourism became shorthand for Scottish wealth, foreign visitors and Scotland’s own chroniclers repeatedly

by Editorial Team

9 August 2026

Community·Featured

KEEK Launches To Give Scotland A Fairer Way To Be Found Online

Modern Scot has launched the beta version of KEEK, a human-reviewed search engine for Scottish websites built without paid rankings, sponsored placement

by Editorial Team

1 August 2026

Featured·Policy and Government

Open Letter: Scotland Should Not Be Left Behind on Local News

Local news publishers from across Scotland are calling on the Scottish Government to introduce a Scottish Local News Fund, warning that Scotland

by Editorial Team

29 July 2026

City of Edinburgh·West Lothian

Scottish Company Ooni Takes On Global Kitchen Appliance Giants

The Edinburgh-headquartered business began with a portable pizza oven and a £17,000 crowdfunding campaign. Its latest product, developed as Ooni attempts to

by Editorial Team

29 July 2026

Angus·Energy

Montrose Skills Academy Aims To Turn Offshore Wind Growth Into Local Careers

A £1.25 million public investment will help convert part of Montrose Port’s restored Customs House into a specialist training centre, bringing offshore-wind

by Editorial Team

27 July 2026

Cllr Alan Turner with Lynne Duncan, owner of Duncano's in Westhill, at the launch of this year's Aberdeenshire Restaurant Weeks

Aberdeenshire·Community

Aberdeenshire Restaurant Weeks Return For Third Year As Local Hospitality Campaign Continues To Grow

A council-backed initiative encouraging people to dine locally will return this November after attracting a record number of participating businesses last year

by Editorial Team

27 July 2026

Environment·West Lothian

Livingston Recycling Firm Secures £3.5 Million Public Grant For Plastics Technology

ReVentas will expand its Livingston pilot plant as it works towards commercial deployment of a solvent-based process for difficult plastic waste, although

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Environment·West Dunbartonshire

Balloch Castle Ash Shortlisted For UK Tree Of The Year After Surviving Storms, Disease And Crowds

The veteran ash on the southern shore of Loch Lomond has endured hurricane-force winds, a suspected lightning strike, ash dieback and generations

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·Featured·Stirling

Tributes Paid After Councillor Paul Henke Dies Aged 76

The Forth and Endrick councillor, former Royal Navy bomb-disposal officer and author had served the Balfron community for years before his election

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·South Lanarkshire

£27.8 Million Larkhall Leisure Centre Business Case Sent For City Deal Approval

South Lanarkshire Council has submitted the Full Business Case for Larkhall’s replacement leisure centre after the project’s budget more than doubled and

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·South Ayrshire

Spanish Galleon Replica to Open its Decks at Ayr Harbour

The Galeón Andalucía will spend 11 days in Ayr this August, offering visitors a close view of the ships that helped create

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Policy and Government·Shetland Islands

Shetland Sets Terms For Developers But New Charter Relies On Voluntary Cooperation

Shetland Islands Council has approved a development charter intended to secure greater local benefit from major investment, including renewable energy projects. It

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland’s Digital Identity System Runs on Amazon Cloud

ScotAccount now has more than 768,000 registered accounts and processes biometric images during some identity checks. The Scottish Government says the information

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Muckrach Castle is a Category A listed building.

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Scotland’s Endangered Architecture Left Unmonitored For Two Years As Official At-Risk Register Remains Frozen

Historic Environment Scotland froze the official Buildings at Risk Register in September 2024 after a review found that it was incomplete and

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure

Scotland’s Public-Sector AI Map Is Stored on Microsoft Cloud Outside Scotland

The Scottish Government has awarded a Finnish software company a £1 million contract to expand the country’s central AI-governance platform. Saidot says

by Editorial Team

24 July 2026

Community·Scottish Borders

£1.5m Tennis and Padel Centre to Open at Galashiels Academy in Early 2027

Three covered artificial-clay tennis courts and two padel courts will be built beside the new Galashiels Academy campus, creating the first year-round

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Featured·Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire Establishes Annual Dolly Parton Day After Delivering 230,000 Children’s Books

The first official celebration will take place on 25 September, marking the growth of a locally funded reading programme that sends a

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

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Community·Featured·Perth and Kinross

Officers Begin Daily Perth City Centre Patrols

Police Scotland has assigned officers to weekday city-centre patrols, while new council enforcement staff are expected to extend coverage across Perth and

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Orkney Islands

Orkney Dialect Takes Centre Stage at Kirbuster Farm Museum

Tom Rendall and Neil Leask will explore farming words, weather, poetry and Norse-rooted place names during a free event at one of

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Community·Featured·Orkney Islands

Norman Rendall Retires After 20 Years at Orkney Council Headquarters

The senior caretaker has been thanked for two decades of work keeping the council’s School Place offices running behind the scenes. Senior

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Economy·Featured·North Lanarkshire

Public Grant Helped Bring Post Office Back to Motherwell After Three-Year Gap

The new branch opened on Brandon Parade East in March, creating four jobs and restoring postal, parcel and cash services to the

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

North Ayrshire·Transport

Arran Road Improvement Programme Under Way as Summer Closures Continue

The first daytime closure on the B880 String Road entered its second day on Thursday, with further work planned at Machrie, Dougarie

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts

Kenneth Branagh to Defend Highland Estate from American Billionaire in New Paramount+ Drama

Laird will place an inherited Scottish estate at the centre of a battle over foreign wealth, family power and control of the

by Editorial Team

23 July 2026

The networking day brought together leaders and volunteers from different areas across the Western Isles

Community·Na h-Eileanan Siar

Volunteers and Leaders Join Forces to Widen Opportunities for Youth

Volunteers and school leaders from Lewis, Harris and Benbecula have met in Stornoway to examine how distance, limited local provision and the

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

Aberdeenshire·Heritage and Arts·Moray

Nolan Blockbuster Places Scotland’s North-east Coast Before Global Audience

Findlater Castle, Sunnyside Beach and Culbin appear in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which opened with worldwide ticket sales of almost $264 million.

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

Midlothian Councillor Ellen Scott, on the left, and Depute Lord Lieutenant Harriet Dalrymple visited Wallace and Susan Clark at their home.

Community·Midlothian

Gorebridge Couple Mark 60 Years of Marriage

Wallace and Susan Clark have celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary at the Birkenside home where they have lived for more than half

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

First Minister thanks emergency services at scene of Cairngorms wildfire

Featured·Highland

Cairngorms Wildfire Enters Second Week

Around 10 square kilometres of land have been affected across Glenmore and Abernethy, while emergency crews warn that the incident remains active

by Editorial Team

22 July 2026

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Economy·Featured·North Lanarkshire

If the AI Bubble Bursts, What Happens to Scotland

Editor’s Note: This investigation concerns more than the financial risk of an AI bubble. Data centres depend upon AI companies, while much

by Editorial Team

20 July 2026

City of Edinburgh·Community·Scottish News

Liberton Fire Station Rebuild Begins in £10 Million Project

The 50-year-old station has closed and crews have moved to a temporary base while a replacement is built over the next 15

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

Featured·Heritage and Arts·Highland·Scottish News

The Quiet Charities Buying and Saving Scotland’s Written History

Two newly published annual reports reveal how private charitable funds are helping Scottish libraries, archives and museums buy historic documents before they

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

Featured·Infrastructure·Orkney Islands·Scottish News

Drilling Milestone Brings Orkney’s First Transmission Link Closer to Shore

Horizontal drilling beneath the Caithness coast has been completed at Dounreay, preparing the mainland landing point for a 53-kilometre subsea electricity cable

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government·Scottish News

Data Centres Abroad are Leaving Scotland a Warning

Communities living beside the world’s expanding data-centre industry are reporting contaminated reclaimed water, continuous industrial noise, pressure on electricity systems and rising

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

Aberdeen City·City of Edinburgh·Energy·Featured·Fife·Scottish News

Eight Energy Decisions Scotland Cannot Afford to Ignore

From grid connections and pumped storage to North Sea consent and household bills, decisions now approaching will determine whether Scotland builds an

by Editorial Team

14 July 2026

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Angus·Economy·Featured·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish News

No Scottish Boat Won a Tuna Licence. Twenty-Nine English Boats Can Fish Scottish Waters

A brief exchange in the House of Commons exposed an awkward fact about one of Britain’s newest commercial fisheries. Torcuil Crichton, the

by Editorial Team

13 July 2026

Featured·Highland·Policy and Government·Scottish News

The Highlands Are Being Redrawn Before the Public Can Object

More than 230 distinct development bids have been placed before Highland Council, including proposals for about 21,600 homes. Modern Scot’s analysis finds

by Editorial Team

11 July 2026

Featured·Glasgow City·Infrastructure·Scottish News

After 25 Years of Private Operation, Daldowie Returns to Scottish Water With a £460m Investment Question

When Scotland’s largest sewage-processing facility at Daldowie returned to public control on 1 April 2026, it marked the end of a 25-year

by Editorial Team

10 July 2026

Environment·Scottish News

The Forth’s Lost Oyster Beds Are Being Brought Back to Life

The Firth of Forth once held one of Scotland’s great natural food systems. Long before modern conservation language, before “blue carbon” and

by Editorial Team

9 July 2026

Featured·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Orkney Islands·Scottish News·Shetland Islands·Transport

Island Livestock Resilience Cannot Stop at the Farm Gate

On Islay, farm resilience is a daily concern. It is the feed that has to be secured before weather or ferry disruption

by Editorial Team

9 July 2026

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Community·Dumfries and Galloway·Featured·Scottish News

The Galloway Feastival Growing in the Shadow of James Clerk Maxwell

Glenlair is better known for science than for summer festivals. The estate near Castle Douglas is associated with James Clerk Maxwell, the

by Editorial Team

9 July 2026

Heritage and Arts

Platforms, Piers and Quiet Crossings: A Dreamier Way Through Scotland’s Summer

Scotland’s summer is not only made of the biggest stages and the busiest streets. Some of its best days begin at a

by Editorial Team

7 July 2026

Economy·Scottish News

How the Scottish Government Helped Price Scots Out of Their Own Land

Something has shifted under Scotland’s feet. The land has not moved, but the way it is valued, sold and contested has changed.

by Editorial Team

13 June 2026

EDITOR'S WATCH COMMENTARY

The Wolves at Scotland’s Public Water Door

Scotland’s water system is entering a new six year settlement that will shape bills, infrastructure, private contracts and industrial access from 2027.

by Editorial Team

8 June 2026

Energy·Featured·Scottish News

The Paper Trail: Scotland’s Oil, Net Zero, Grid And Data Centre Transition, 1850 To 2026

For more than a century, Scotland’s energy story has been written in coal, shale oil, crude oil, gas, pipelines, refineries, ports, platforms,

by Editorial Team

8 June 2026

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Featured·Infrastructure·Scottish News

Scotland’s Data Centres And Grid Projects: A Council By Council Guide (Maps & Tables)

Modern Scot has begun mapping Scotland’s proposed, planned and possible data centre sites alongside the grid infrastructure that may make them possible.

by Editorial Team

7 June 2026

EDITOR'S WATCH COMMENTARY

An Open Letter to Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s says white eggs have a lower carbon footprint than brown eggs and is moving its own brand egg range away from

by Editorial Team

5 June 2026

Economy·Featured·Glasgow City·Scottish News

Scottish EV Maker Munro Plans New Plant as Industrial Demand Grows

Munro, the Scottish maker of all electric 4×4 utility vehicles, is reported to be planning a new UK manufacturing plant from 2027.

by Editorial Team

3 June 2026

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EDITOR'S WATCH COMMENTARY

Modern Scot Responds: The Green Economy Headline Scotland Should Audit, Not Swallow

A Guardian article reports that the UK net zero economy is worth more than £100 billion a year and supports more than

by Editorial Team

2 June 2026

EDITOR'S WATCH COMMENTARY

Scotland Must Not Build a Digital Future It Cannot Escape

AI data centres are being promoted as engines of growth, innovation and green technology. Scotland should ask a harder question before giving

by Editorial Team

2 June 2026

Environment·Highland·Scottish News

The Cairngorms Farmer, the Carbon Land Rush and the Scottish Hillsides Being Bought for Offsets

A tenant farmer’s warning about land prices in the Cairngorms has become part of a wider Scottish argument over carbon markets, natural

by Editorial Team

1 June 2026

Featured·Highland·Infrastructure·Orkney Islands·Scottish News·Shetland Islands

Scotland’s Space and Defence Sites Face Fresh Scrutiny After US Israel Technology Proposal

A draft American defence provision would create a formal US Israel defence technology cooperation initiative covering drones, missile defence, cyber, artificial intelligence,

by Editorial Team

1 June 2026

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EDITOR'S WATCH COMMENTARY

The Map That Proves Scotland Does Not Control Scotland

Scotland now hosts a layered network of military, nuclear, aviation, space, and environmental pressures. Some of it is historical and deeply woven

by Editorial Team

30 May 2026

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Aberdeenshire·Angus·Argyll and Bute·Featured·Highland·Infrastructure·Moray·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish News·South Ayrshire

The American Military Network Scotland Hosts

American military activity in Scotland no longer looks like the Cold War bases once found at Holy Loch, Edzell and Machrihanish. It

by Editorial Team

29 May 2026

The Scottish Parliament building with reflection in water Edinburgh Scotland

Featured·Policy and Government·Scottish News

100 Things an Independent Scotland Could Choose To Do

Independence would not decide Scotland’s future policy. It would decide who gets to decide it. Scotland’s present problem is not that it

by Editorial Team

28 May 2026

Community·Featured·Scottish News

New Ebola Emergency Is Distant From Scotland, but the Route In Is Clear

A new Ebola emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international

by Editorial Team

20 May 2026

Economy·Featured·Scottish News

Google Fires a Warning Shot Over Scotland’s Digital Future

Google says its new Android developer verification rules are intended to make phones safer. Scotland should still pay attention, because a country

by Editorial Team

18 May 2026

Featured·Highland·Infrastructure·Scottish News

Twenty Eight Scottish Monuments in the Crosshairs of a New UK Power Corridor

A proposed 400kV overhead line from Caithness to Beauly has been presented as essential to Scotland’s net zero electricity system. But Historic

by Editorial Team

16 May 2026

King Charles III, accompanied by Queen Camilla, reads the King's Speech in the Chamber of the House of Lords PA

Featured·Policy and Government·Scottish News

The King’s Speech and Scotland: Where The Real Risks Lie

The King’s Speech set out a large Westminster programme on energy, Europe, immigration, housing, digital identity, public services and national security. Modern

by Editorial Team

13 May 2026

Lochmaddy, known in Scottish Gaelic as Loch nam Madadh, meaning “Loch of the Hounds”, is the birthplace of Rev Dr Roderick Macleod MBE

Argyll and Bute·Community·Featured·Heritage and Arts·Na h-Eileanan Siar·Scottish News

Western Isles Tribute Marks Passing Of Gaelic Scholar Rev Dr Roderick Macleod MBE

Rev Dr Roderick Macleod MBE, a former member of the first Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and a noted Gaelic scholar, minister, writer

by Editorial Team

12 May 2026

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Featured·Policy and Government

Biodiversity Is Becoming Law in Scotland

For years, biodiversity policy in Scotland largely existed in the language of targets, strategies and environmental ambition. Nature restoration was encouraged, discussed

by Editorial Team

6 May 2026

Economy·Falkirk·Scottish News

Grangemouth’s Next Industrial Test May Begin With The Chemicals Behind Medicine

Celtic Renewables has joined a UK consortium backed by more than £7 million to develop bio based solvents for pharmaceutical manufacturing. The

by Editorial Team

5 May 2026

Policy and Government·Scottish News

Why The FOI On John Swinney’s International Affairs Speech Matters

A Freedom of Information release on John Swinney’s international affairs speech does not prove hidden wrongdoing. What it does show is something

by Editorial Team

5 May 2026

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Energy

Scotland’s Energy Future Will Be Decided By The Grid, Not Just The Turbines

Jacobs has been appointed to an eight year framework supporting Murphy’s SSE portfolio. Behind the corporate language sits a larger Scottish story:

by Editorial Team

4 May 2026

His Royal Highness at Customs House with members of the Pert Bruce Construction team

Angus·Energy

A Royal Visit, A Working Port, And Scotland’s Energy Future

The Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to Montrose Port gave Angus a ceremonial moment. Behind it sits a more important question: whether one

by Editorial Team

4 May 2026

Argyll and Bute·Energy·Orkney Islands

Scotland Has the Waves. Now Come the Hard Questions.

A new intervention from marine energy advocates argues that wave power should become one of the United Kingdom’s next major clean energy

by Editorial Team

4 May 2026

Scottish Sites We Love

Walk Highlands

Founded by Helen and Paul Webster in 2006, the Walk Highlands website features more than 2,200 awe-inspiring, spectacular walking routes all over

by Editorial Team

30 April 2026

City of Edinburgh·Scotland Image Gallery·Scotland, In Focus

Edinburgh: Stone & Shadows

Edinburgh reveals itself most precisely when the light begins to fall. In Edinburgh: Stone and Shadows, Stefan Lenz works with a rare

by Editorial Team

20 April 2026

Environment·Scottish News

Scotland’s Climate Intelligence System and the Quiet Rise of Data Led Governance

Across Scotland, a new layer of decision making infrastructure is taking hold inside local government. It does not campaign, it does not

by Editorial Team

3 April 2026

Scottish Sites We Love

Flowers Grown in Scotland

Flowers Grown in Scotland is an exemplary website dedicated to showcasing the richness of Scotland’s floriculture directly from the fields of local

by Editorial Team

16 February 2026

Scottish Sites We Love

The Scottish Yarn Festival

Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Scottish Culture at the Scottish Yarn Festival In the heart of Perthshire, the Scottish Yarn Festival, previously

by Editorial Team

15 February 2026

Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

History of the Plague in Scotland

“History of the Plague in Scotland,” authored by L.A. Barbe in 1919, offers a meticulous account of one of the most devastating

by Editorial Team

21 May 2025

City of Edinburgh·Policy and Government·Scottish News

Edinburgh Joins Core Cities — But What’s Really In It?

Edinburgh has become the 12th member of Core Cities UK, a group that claims to champion urban policy change—but critics might ask

by Editorial Team

9 April 2025

Scottish Sites We Love

Buchanan Bespoke Shoemaking

Buchanan Bespoke stands as a paragon of Scottish craftsmanship, rooted deeply in the proud heritage of traditional shoemaking. Their website offers a

by Editorial Team

16 February 2025

Scottish Sites We Love

Folklore Scotland

Folklore Scotland is an enchanting portal to the mystical and mysterious aspects of Scottish culture, making it a treasure trove for anyone

by Editorial Team

16 February 2025

City of Edinburgh·Scottish Sites We Love

Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA)

In the digital age, access to scholarly information is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and innovation. The Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA),

by Editorial Team

16 February 2025

Scottish Sites We Love

Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA)

If you’re keen on delving into the dynamic world of Scottish theatre or simply looking for a cultural deep dive from the

by Editorial Team

17 January 2025

Scottish Sites We Love

Project Mapping – Scotland’s Trains

In the fascinating world of rail network mapping, Andrew Smithers’ Project Mapping stands out as a rich repository and a critical platform

by Editorial Team

17 December 2024

Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

A Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language

In his seminal work, “A Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language,” Francisque-Michel embarks on a scholarly exploration of the intricate tapestry that

by Editorial Team

21 October 2023

Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

Clan Bruce

“Clan Bruce” by T. Innes presents a historical exploration into one of Scotland’s most illustrious and legendary families—the Bruces. Originating from the

by Editorial Team

24 May 2022

Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

The Old Scottish Wine Trade

“The Old Scottish Wine Trade,” authored by L.A. Barbe in 1919, offers a meticulous exploration of Scotland’s historical involvement in the importation

by Editorial Team

15 May 2022

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