Booked out
Offered the chance of fame at this year's
Edinburgh Festival, I turn it down
Kenneth Roy


Salmond and showbiz
The former first minister should leave the
stage and find a better role for his talents
Gerry Hassan


Off the rails
The fares are going up – but is the service any better? I've just spent a day on the trains
Rachel Sharp


A nation of snoopers
Scotland's state guardian scheme
will cause chaos
Alison Preuss


Swinney's dire prose
The education secretary has just
failed his higher English exam
Walter Humes


Not a normal person
A revealing and disturbing
portrait of Julian Assange
Jean Barr


A convenience
'The Guardian of the Public
Toilets in Kyle of Lochalsh'
Donald S Murray


Rebel bees
Not satisfied with their new home,
the swarm buzzed off
Islay McLeod


Bob Smith's Cartoons

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