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Marissa MacWhirter

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Marissa MacWhirter is a columnist and feature writer at The Herald, where she covers news, culture, wellness, fashion and lifestyle. She edits The Glasgow Wrap, a Glasgow-focused newsletter she launched in 2024, and previously reported for the Glasgow Times on local news, food and drink, and culture. She holds an MA from the University of Stirling.

Latest articles from Marissa MacWhirter

The launch event for Voi and Glasgow City Council's e-bike scheme in Glasgow

The launch event for Voi and Glasgow City Council's e-bike scheme in Glasgow

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

What use is a cheap Voi bike if you can never find one?

The new Aperol rooftop bar at Edinburgh's Cold Town House

The new Aperol rooftop bar at Edinburgh's Cold Town House

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

Edinburgh pubs want to admit unaccompanied 12-year-olds. But a pub is not a creche

Inside Glasgow’s new Atera bathhouse and wellness club

Inside Glasgow’s new Atera bathhouse and wellness club

I tried Glasgow’s lavish new underground spa – here’s my honest verdict

Demolition work has now begun on the building

Demolition work has now begun on the building

Live in a tenement? Then these are the warning signs you need to know

Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

Sorry, but has Kelvingrove become Britain’s most apologetic museum?

Skylark Brasserie at Marcliffe

Skylark Brasserie at Marcliffe

Aberdeen’s future is uncertain. Its grand hotel is betting millions on it

British Airways is launching direct flights from Heathrow to San José this month, giving Scottish travellers a new connecting route to Costa Rica

British Airways is launching direct flights from Heathrow to San José this month, giving Scottish travellers a new connecting route to Costa Rica

This Costa Rica adventure is worth crossing the Atlantic for

Isla Mortimer, laboratory manager and clinic coordinator and Dr Christopher Leung, clinical operations lead at the Health3 private clinic on St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Isla Mortimer, laboratory manager and clinic coordinator and Dr Christopher Leung, clinical operations lead at the Health3 private clinic on St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Inside the exclusive Glasgow district with 30 private health clinics

Built in 1968, the modernist concrete-and-brick church complex has become a social and visual anchor within Anderston.

Built in 1968, the modernist concrete-and-brick church complex has become a social and visual anchor within Anderston.

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

Glasgow landmark at the heart of an unexpected community ownership revolution

Glasgow's famous Duke of Wellington statue

Glasgow's famous Duke of Wellington statue

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

I love Glasgow but I’m sick of waiting for it to get better and I'm sick of that cone