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6 days ago
'Many people I know find shopping in Primark to induce crippling anxiety, but I love it. There is an art to having a good shop at the high street staple' ||
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Fantastic article by Marissa. Once you've read it make a donation to womens aid, please,they do amazing and often unseen work and they really need all of our help to keep going.
womensaid.org.uk/donate-now/
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Frontline women’s services are in free fall leaving countless vulnerable people at risk. This is the conversation that should be topping the agenda regarding women’s rights.Culture wars are a distraction, austerity is the key threat.
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Anti-trans 'activism' is a distraction from real women's rights issues, says Marissa
The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/holyrood/25602340.anti-trans-activism-distraction-real-issues-facing-women/
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10 days ago
'Celebrating the exclusion of 0.44% of the population from Rape Crisis while the organisation is in freefall (and probably won't even exist in 10 years because of funding cuts) is performative' ||
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👇 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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10 days ago
Excellent piece by my
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I really struggle to understand what these anti-trans people have ever done for women in Scotland. The fight that matters to me is the one that ensures women aren't immolated or strangled by men in their lives. ✍️ @heraldscotland
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Bravo
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- calling it out
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Anti-trans 'activism' is a distraction from real women's rights issues, says Marissa
The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/holyrood/25602340.anti-trans-activism-distraction-real-issues-facing-women/
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M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, ✍️
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M&S leaving our town centres marks the end of a middle-class dream, writes Marissa
We should be used to it by now, but the announcement that Marks & Spencer is abandoning another Scottish high street is still a gut punch.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25584779.m-s-leaving-town-centres-marks-end-middle-class-dream/?ref=li
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Scotland's first floating sauna boat is worth checking out - there is something quite mystical about jumping in a loch in the autumn (yes, it is cold).
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I tried Scotland's first floating sauna boat, here's what it's like
Would you plunge into a freezing loch in October? Marissa MacWhirter tests out the HotBoat Floating Sauna at Taymouth Marina.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25571850.tried-scotlands-first-floating-sauna---verdict/
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The Herald
about 1 month ago
'Relationships are reciprocal. If you stop showing up for people around you, they very well might stop showing up for you'
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on self-care becoming shorthand for self-indulgence
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The Herald comment & analysis
about 1 month ago
Have we taken self-care too far, asks Herald columnist
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Stop protecting your peace and go to the pub instead, says Marissa
Stop 'protecting your peace' and make time for your friends, writes Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25531407.self-care-became-shorthand-self-indulgence/?ref=li
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The Herald
about 1 month ago
'Any other city in Europe would be celebrating these lanes, would be using them as facilities, we would be bringing them to life with bars and cafes...'
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To pull a concept from one of my favourite Kurt Vonnegut novels, Mother Night (1961), we are who we pretend to be. Reading books does, in fact, make you a reader. ✍️
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
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I refuse to stop reading in public no matter how 'performative' it is, writes Marissa
I thought everyone had suffered through Yanagihara's A Little Life, but now I look around suspiciously and wonder if it was all performative.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25513021.refuse-stop-reading-public-no-matter-performative/
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Charity at risk after City Property issues £800K dilapidations bill for former unit
Turning Point Scotland has received a £805,000 dilapidations bill for its former 218 Bath Street premises. The charity disputes the calculation,…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25481898.glasgow-charity-facing-800k-dilapidations-claim-city-property/?ref=li
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I tried Glasgow’s top iced matcha lattes, here’s the truth about the Gen Z craze
Once reserved for monks and nobles, the vegetal yet delicate matcha tea has been whisked away from ceremonial consumption and dumped straight into a…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25482828.tried-glasgows-popular-iced-matcha-lattes-truth/?ref=li
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about 2 months ago
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The Kirk is reshaping itself around fewer charges and fewer buildings, but aiming to leave “well-equipped spaces in the right places” to carry out its mission. Culross Abbey, beautiful though it is, no longer meets that test.
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The fight to save a Scots Abbey on the market for less than a family car
Culross Abbey has been central to village life for centuries, hosting christenings, weddings, and funerals. Its sale has sparked anxiety among…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25469135.fight-save-culross-abbey---market-just-35k/
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The Herald
about 2 months ago
Matcha has become a booming market worth more than £45 million in the UK alone
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about 2 months ago
Thanks,
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has answered my question without me having to try a
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"...a fascinating choice for a group who want to remove any and all foreign influence from the UK! I guess American right-wing politics don’t count." -
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The Herald
about 2 months ago
'Her gimmick is to promote misogynistic and disgusting views on women for clicks and cash. 'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'
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Marissa MacWhirter
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about 2 months ago
Banning Bonnie Blue and her disgusting Bang Bus would be a mistake ||
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Last week, I visited Glasgow's newest high street blood clinic, Bloodtek, for a full body MOT to find out more about the private testing craze popping up all over the internet and the UK...
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Inside the high street blood test boom as Gen Z take health into their own hands
Are high street blood testing clinics the new craze to sweep the high street? Herald feature writer Marissa MacWhirter heads to Bloodtek in Glasgow…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25464073.tried-high-street-blood-test-new-wellness-craze/
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The Herald
2 months ago
'Blood clinics, like the one I visited earlier this month, have been popping up on high streets across Scotland'
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2 months ago
"I am so fed up with this circular firing squad and I fear for the future of our creative scene." Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.
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Premeditated brutalisation? Planned and violent attack? What kind of artist activists would paint their relatively minor scuffle with police with the same brush as the very genocide they are meant to be showing solidarity with?
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Puritan politics puts our arts institutions at risk, writes Marissa MacWhirter
A blurry video of three people speaking to two hi-vis clad Police Scotland officers, published on June 26, is where the Art Workers for Palestine…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/holyrood/25442244.puritan-left-wing-activists-risk-destroying-scotlands-arts-sector/
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No matter how the DMMO decides to sell the city, I do hope they choose ambition over a bland non-serif font slapped on a pink background. ✍️
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Will Glasgow's new tourism push be tacky or tasteful, asks Marissa MacWhirter
Glasgow City Council has bowed to business leaders to form the Destination Marketing and Management Organisation, writes Herald columnist Marissa…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25459830.glasgows-global-tourism-push-can-city-avoid-tacky-tourist-tat/
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I'm looking for wellness/health/lifestyle in Scotland stories for an exciting new chapter of my role at
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Got a story? Email me at
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2 months ago
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Puritan politics puts our arts institutions at risk, writes Marissa MacWhirter
A blurry video of three people speaking to two hi-vis clad Police Scotland officers, published on June 26, is where the Art Workers for Palestine…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/holyrood/25442244.puritan-left-wing-activists-risk-destroying-scotlands-arts-sector/
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It was an otherwise typical day at The Barras when I heard it. “Get your Labubus! Ten pounds!” shouted a familiar voice. The voice of The Barras itself. It was the cigarettes-tobacco-Viagra man. ✍️
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Who will staunch the flow of fake Labubus now, asks Marissa MacWhirter
The decline in the number of trading standards officers in Scotland puts consumer safety at risk, says Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25424478.will-staunch-flow-fake-labubus-now/
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The Herald
3 months ago
Scottish Borders Council made the controversial decision to axe a class from Heriot Primary. Now the community is fighting to protect its future
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A knee jerk decision from Borders Council threatens to change the direction of life in Heriot. From today’s
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a deep dive into the delicate balance required to keep a rural village thriving.
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Once a sentimental place where people said goodbye to their loved ones, the old Victoria Infirmary has been transformed into a dizzying liminal space of beige brick and rose gold cladding, complete with a Starbucks.
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Victoria Infirmary is a lesson in how not to develop flats, writes Marissa MacWhirter
Ever since Sanctuary Housing acquired the 9.5-acre site in the heart of Battlefield nine years ago, the development has become a…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25408935.glasgows-victoria-infirmary-lesson-not-develop-flats/?ref=li
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I'm all for a congestion charge in Glasgow if we have A FUNCTIONING AND AFFORDABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM in place, but alas....
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The Herald
3 months ago
'The entire concept that young people should be paid less than older people, just because of their age, is entirely absurd'
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Stop paying young people less just because they are young.
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The Herald
3 months ago
'How Spider-Man made me late for work' 🕷️
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on how Spider-Man filming has highlighted differences and similarities between Glasgow and New York
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Residents were evacuated nearly a month ago, and still haven't been able to access their belongings.
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Council boss under pressure to aid stranded residents after Glasgow tenement collapse
Nearly a month after a tenenment collapsed at Albert Cross in Pollokshields, local politicians are calling for action to aid stranded residents.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25370912.council-boss-urged-step-glasgow-tenement-collapse/
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You need super powers to get through the traffic in Glasgow this week - so maybe stop driving into the city centre?
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You need super powers to get through the traffic in Glasgow this week
Spidey swinging around Bothwell Street, Tom Holland in spandex. It is no doubt the most exciting thing to happen in Glasgow this summer. It's also a…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25373711.spider-man-made-late-work-glasgow/?ref=li
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The Herald
4 months ago
'We have had people sitting down and looking at the menus, and because of the noise, they say they are very sorry but can’t stay'
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4 months ago
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If your explore page looks like this, perhaps my column about everyone being "convinced" they have ADHD is for you
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One bar has shut its doors and warns its sister venue could be next amid major sewer works in Glasgow City Centre “I have had many sleepless nights because I can see my business is going down the drain,” Nunzio says.
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'Going down the drain': Sewer works wipe out business for city bar
Forced to lay off staff, Glasgow bar owners warn sister restaurant may need to close for good too as Scottish Water road closures are planned to…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25353825.glasgow-bar-closes-due-months-scottish-water-road-closures/
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Marissa MacWhirter
The Herald
4 months ago
You can find every article from the first two days of the series HERE:
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The Herald
4 months ago
'It starts with the dreaded WhatsApp group... 'Before you know it, you’re expected to fork over a £600 deposit or risk looking like a terrible friend'
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Marissa MacWhirter
The Herald
4 months ago
'I think people are actually just realising what they’ve got on their own doorstep and a lot of businesses are seeing that potential'
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“It moves with the times. Ten years ago, you would not have put Pride, Moulin Rouge and Barras Market in the same sentence. That’s pretty exciting, in and of itself.”
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How themed markets bring in a new crowd at the Barras
The dedicated events offered entirely new demographics to experience The Barras.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25325674.night-markets-refreshing-barras-originality/
4 months ago
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Unless you are footing the bill for your swanky, self-indulgent getaway, you should get your head checked. 🙂
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2533...
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It's selfish to expect your friends to fork out for your birthday or hen do abroad
Hen dos, stag dos, and big birthdays seem to revolve around creating content for social media. But unless you are footing the bill for your swanky,…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25338964.now-compulsory-bankrupt-pals-hen-stag-dos-abroad/
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Marissa MacWhirter
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4 months ago
'Flying today is a late capitalist hellscape'
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