The Herald's eight-page Arts supplement is included in today's paper. Read the cover story, in which @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social reports from 'Britain’s most exciting place to see theatre': www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games: Can the boss's big dreams cut through the city's... detachment? In-depth interview for @heraldscotland.bsky.social #glasgow2026 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

There are some surprising results in Scotland's first major census of arts workers, finds @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social @brianjaffa.bsky.social

The Easdales are lawyered up. Holyrood might tear up Transport Scotland. SPT just hired a franchising specialist from Liverpool. Let the battle for the buses rage on! Read it in @heraldscotland.bsky.social 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

A riverside theatre in the hills, a town built for slow weekends, and a programme that can rival the cities. Why Pitlochry might just be Britain’s most surprising place to see theatre 🎭 @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

'My vision of Glasgow in 2040: part of a metro, persistent housing crisis, lacklustre student towers, mediocre cycle network. This is what’s left after Scotland’s consultation industrial complex has taken its cut.' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

All this talking instead of building means I’ll probably be having my first facelift by the time a morsel of these consultations enters the real world. We need to put an end to the whole government by press release. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

A great read from the @edinburghminute.com founder Michael MacLeod! Michael helped us launch @theglasgowwrap.bsky.social (thnks for the shoutout!). Helping readers to access local news while building a community is a must for democracy and citizenship. pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/...

With architect John McAslan and council leader Susan Aitken, I visited George Square to see the transformation as it takes shape. Why won't it be ready for the Commonwealth Games? Will the Wetherspoons beer garden return? Read more @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2617101...

'After a painful day spent listening to World Cup songs and against the sprawling chaos of the FIFA-approved stinkers, I realised we have something no one else does' www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦/𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵/𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬

'The official unofficial anthem will be something that happens organically, and it probably won’t rise from the dizzying glut of cringe surrounding us at the moment' www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦/𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵/𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬

We don't need a World Cup song when we already have Flower of Scotland – perhaps the best unofficial football banger of all time, says @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Glasgow’s “Beastie House” isn’t just a brutal child abuse case – it’s a Glasgow child protection scandal. For years, schools, health and social work missed clear red flags while Susanne Millar held statutory responsibility for social work in Scotland’s biggest council.

'I have eight restaurants, and I couldn’t afford to send my kids to private school now' Hutchesons’ Grammar and the slow unravelling of Scotland’s private school model: www.heraldscotland.com/news... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

'The website brouhaha is another great example of For Women Scotland and the gender critical movement using rhetorically loaded lingo with a sprinkling of statistics to cover what is fundamentally a whiny moral-panic argument' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

'This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for politicians to do something heroic for Glasgow' www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for politicians to do something heroic for Glasgow - rip out the motorway entirely between J16 and J17 and rebuild the surface as a street-level boulevard, says @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

'The Union Corner fire in March was the latest in a pattern of fires in Glasgow over the years' Glasgow is a mess and it isn’t about money || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opin... 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴

'The sun is shining, the bins are smoking, the streets are starting to sink and burst water mains are sending jets of water skyward like a Yellowstone geyser. It’s finally starting to feel like summer in Glasgow.' www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

'I’m just using my Alan Cummingness' Scotland’s most influential arts figure of 2026 speaks to Marissa MacWhirter www.heraldscotland.com/news... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

For eight weeks this summer, Scotland’s largest city will be taken over by a new, unofficial mascot: the Scottie dog www.heraldscotland.com/news... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

The test of the next government will be to come to terms with the fact that their way of working is doing more damage than their strained budget. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2608...

'What we have in Scotland is a powerful, elite group that makes decisions in conferences that force actual artists out in the streets to protest or to circulate petitions and provoke parliamentary scrutiny' www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

Powerful people exist everywhere. But Scotland is unusual because so much gatekeeping flows through so few centralised, ambiguous structures. My reflections on the 50 powerbrokers shaping culture in 2026 for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2606...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social first Arts Power List is out – 50 people shaping Scotland’s culture in 2026, from funders and festival bosses to artists and agitators. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Here are the 50 powerbrokers shaping what Scotland consumes in theatres, galleries, concert halls and in film and television www.heraldscotland.com/life... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

Blown away by the response. Huge thanks to everyone who spoke to me >> a must read if you want your finger on Scotland’s creative pulse @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

'Each day, around 125,000 enforcement letters warn households they must pay £180 for BBC services. 'It is one of the most absurd traditions of British life, one that gets increasingly bizarre and hard to justify as time goes on' www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

“Glasgow has always punched above its weight when it comes to art, culture, and music. But with street art, that world we are involved in, there is nothing like us in Scotland right now.” @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Been digging into Scotland's grassroots arts for quite some time for @heraldscotland.bsky.social . You can read the first feature here & in the Mag this weekend 🎨 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Scotland’s artist basic income sounds good on paper. But without fixing Universal Credit clashes, Creative Scotland’s paperwork and council‑owned landlords hiking rents, it won’t save the sector. ✍️My column for @heraldscotland.bsky.social : www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

Inside the chic new indoor club at the centre of Glasgow’s booming padel and pickleball scene www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social 𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵

Should advertisers be allowed to advertise with a mural? Or does that erode Glasgow’s standing as a destination for renowned street art? Does it matter if the work is going to a local artist and helping them pay the bills? ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2600...

'Much of the infrastructure rhetoric in the city divides motorists and cyclists. Potholes, and our mutual fear and loathing for them, could finally bring us all together.' www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

Sustained under-investment in the road network began around 2014. That was the last year the roads were properly funded, and we have been in a structural deficit ever since. ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social #glasgow #potholes www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2599...

#Potholes #Glasgow Opinion article by @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2599... @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social @magnatom.bsky.social @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social @hollybruce.bsky.social @anthonycarroll.bsky.social @jonmolyneux.bsky.social

Can Glasgow really become a 24-hour city? @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2595...

It is amazing how quickly a city can metabolise destruction. ✍️ Dispatches from the first day of Glasgow Central High Level's phased return @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Review: Tickets for Vittorio Angelone's tour - You Can’t Say Nothing Any More - are flying off the shelves, and no wonder says reviewer @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @vittorioangelone.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

I would highly recommend getting tickets to see Vittorio Angelone if you can ! @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

The library card is the only one in my wallet whose limit I can max out with wild abandon. This week's column about saving the public libraries for @heraldscotland.bsky.social ✍️ www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...

Public libraries are pretty punk. They are non-commercial, non-clinical third spaces where anyone can go to warm up, use the wifi, go to the bathroom, and have untapped access to a world of books – all for free, says @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

'The Si! Spa sits where the Ayrshire Coastal Path begins, promising to deliver one of the best spa experiences the region has to offer' @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social visits Scotland's newest coastal escape www.heraldscotland.com/life...

'Glasgow was already battered and bruised - this fire has torn the heart out of city' Between the smoking hole where Union Corner used to be, and the shrouded halls, the view from up here is anything but postcard. Dispatch via @heraldscotland.bsky.social ✍️ www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenew...

"In his statement, Watt positions himself as a victim and neglects to acknowledge how his decision-making put people's livelihoods at risk. 'Heartbreak' is not accountability." www.heraldscotland.com/opin... @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social