The India building If you want to see the crisis in Glasgow’s architecture first hand, look at the India building. The old warehouse on Bridge Street in Laurieston was one of Ian Mitchell’s choices for The Herald’s list of architecture at risk but before we could even publish the list, part of the building collapsed and it is now in the process of being demolished.
To say the Scottish Government's new Hate Crime Bill has divided opinion is something of an understatement.
There has never been a time in human history when we have had access to so much information. But rather than it bringing light to the world's problems, all too often the digital age has been swept by waves of misinformation, spawning division and confusion.
You’ve got to love a state that has its own official dessert. Not just traditional treats, like we have with cranachan or clootie dumplings, but one which has been passed into law by the Maryland government following, I’m sure, many heated debates and hopefully a few tastings.
What makes a great columnist? It's a question we wrestle with constantly while trying to make sure we have the best columnists in The Herald.
Mhairi Black, deputy leader of the SNP in the House of Commons, announced this week that she will not contest the next election, describing Westminster as "outdated, sexist and toxic". The claim that the ramshackle House of Commons in London, which dates from 1852, is outdated will probably not surprise many of us who have witnessed its archaic shenanigans.
It's a simple question but the answer might be rather complicated: Have our politicians got worse? As Britain struggles with a cost of living crisis – falling disposable incomes, high energy prices, rising taxes and interest rates – our politicians, north and south of the Border, don't seem to be up to the job.
You can't please all the people, all the time. Here at The Herald, though, we do try - which is why the Coronation of King Charles III has caused much debate on the editorial floor.
