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2025: The year hatred went mainstream

In Netflix drama Beast in Me, character Nile Jarvis tells his biographer: 'No one wants hope. People just want gossip and carnage.'

Elevation of politics over policy is damaging – and the wounds are now clearly visible

Announcement rather than delivery has become a hallmark of this government

Parliament has been a bust – time to fix it

Scotland needs to do better on environmental protection

Closing the gap: why prevention and equitable access to care is vital for Scotland’s Health

The highs and the lows of the last month

Sketch: Blame John Sweeney!

Reform's first electoral breakthrough in Scotland is a wake-up call for Labour

Italy has criminalised femicide. So where's Scotland's Bella Epoch?

We should be grateful for lovers of language - wherever they learn

Friendship must be a political priority

How do you engage in the era of endless scrolling?

The Ming Yang case has exposed a negligent failure on the part of Scotland's two governments

Sketch: Douglas Alexander and Dave Doogan take part in a pomp-off

After nearly two decades in power, the SNP has embraced 'project fear'

In a digital world, our parliamentary politics is out of date

The art of the steal

Patricia Ferguson: I've got the best job in Westminster

Scotland's tourism industry is suffering from being too city-centric

Risk factor: Digital ID threatens our privacy

Tickets, please: ScotRail's not the Orient Express, but it's chuffing decent

That’s Entertainment: John Swinney on-song at SNP conference

Seizing opportunities for Scotland

Growing Scotland's visitor economy

Sketch: MSPs have squawkward conversations

After years of false promises, the SNP still has no route to a referendum