You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Why Scots are losing their British identity. www.thetimes.com/article/f5d5...

Alex Ferguson bankrolls minnow Benburb’s Scottish Cup run to Wick www.thetimes.com/article/3fc4...

Morocco’s Gen Z rebellion: ‘We need jobs but we got a stadium’ www.thetimes.com/article/7b52...

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel www.thetimes.com/article/8bb0...

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel www.thetimes.com/article/8bb0...

The private life of Putin: strippers, lovers and secret sons www.thetimes.com/article/72bc...

Former Soviet media executive among Russia’s suspicious suicides www.thetimes.com/article/b300...

Star law student led anti-Islamic chants at migrant hotel protest www.thetimes.com/article/dd9d...

Poll predicts clear Reform majority and historic Labour defeat www.thetimes.com/article/0ae4...

Putin’s pals bribed Reform MEP. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nicolas Sarkozy to be jailed for five years over Gaddafi money www.thetimes.com/article/b3a5...

Scotland has ‘nothing to show’ for 20 years talking about independence www.thetimes.com/article/8fae...

Revealed: the British ex-soldier accused of killing Agnes Wanjiru www.thetimes.com/article/39b9...

How nationalists are keeping Indy dream alive with cake and tea. www.thetimes.com/article/4567...

Look at all those treats in today’s Alba (in The Times Scotland).

Meet boxing’s 79-year-old TikTok star followed by Usyk and 50 Cent www.thetimes.com/article/a602...

How talking to foreigners can land you in jail in Putin’s Russia www.thetimes.com/article/a2eb...

Boss who leaked medical records of David Goodwillie rape victim avoids jail www.thetimes.com/article/4c9f...

SNP minister ‘grabbed ex-Tory leader’ in seagulls row www.thetimes.com/article/370a...

I’m not remotely qualified to pass judgement on verdict reforms in Scotland BUT I can’t help once again noticing that many of Scotland’s legal commentators have this weird blind spot on how other systems actually work. www.thetimes.com/article/d9a5...

John Swinney faces SNP backlash for going to Trump banquet www.thetimes.com/article/aeec...

I’m at the age when I’m still routinely distressed by the idea of a store where everything costs as much as £1.

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

The publisher leading the literary fightback against Putin’s censors www.thetimes.com/article/d040...

The distinction between “slave trade” and “slavery”, between the trafficking of people and their ownership, seems to have been completely lost in Scottish and UK news journalism. This is a bit of a shame and is going to make it harder for readers to understand the issue. 1/2

Why one third of Scots now own their home outright www.thetimes.com/article/c294...

Prof Tommy Smith co-led Edinburgh Uni’s cross-disciplinary review of slavery, colonialism and racism. It’s a huge peice of work. www.ed.ac.uk/about/race-r...

Has US style right-wing anti-intellectualism arrived in Scotland? A leading black scholar believes so after a Tory MSP described a major peer-reviewed study of historic racism as a “staggering misuse” of money. Mini 🧵 www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...

How Swinney wooed Trump Jr to earn Oval Office shot at whisky deal www.thetimes.com/article/fd7c...

Black professor condemns ‘right-wing attacks’ on slavery research www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...

Charlie Kirk obituary: activist who mobilised youth vote for Trump www.thetimes.com/article/3e59...

Maurice Tempelsman obituary: final companion to Jacqueline Kennedy www.thetimes.com/article/55c9...

“Someone must know this guy” Four year wedding crasher mystery solved www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Trump served with legal papers in £680,000 row with ex-MI6 spy www.thetimes.com/article/96ea...

‘Coalition of the willing’ is failing to translate for Ukrainians www.thetimes.com/article/f159...

White supremacist slogan brandished at rally outside migrant hotel www.thetimes.com/article/e0ca...

Anti-migrant protester who ‘wanted to protect kids’ is a paedophile www.thetimes.com/article/7916...

Russia launches largest drone and missile attack of the war www.thetimes.com/article/82a9...

This is a really uncomfortable reality. Scottish Defence jobs jumped 63% between 2020 and 2024 thanks to Putin’s war. That is before Trump spooked Europe and they decided to buy closer to home, including Clyde ships. www.thetimes.com/article/19b5...

Featuring @scotvoting.bsky.social data and our recent blog You can read it, and other great SES analysis, here: scottishelections.ac.uk/category/blog/

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’ www.thetimes.com/article/b3f8...

Scots split three ways on second independence referendum www.thetimes.com/article/de58...

Jewish Americans turn on MSPs over John Swinney’s Israel stance www.thetimes.com/article/5485...

I’ve listened to every episode of In Our Time. These are the 15 best www.thetimes.com/article/bdea...

Hey, English people have been conflating the England with the UK ever since there was a UK. But I’m endlessly amazed PR professionals blasting out mass distribution emails don’t stop to think about how weird it looks. I mean, they’re supposed to be good at, well, PR. 1/2

I do wonder how many Salmond-style royalists are now left among Scottish independence supporters? >>>> William ‘urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene in Scots referendum’ www.thetimes.com/article/337c...

I’m gutted. >>>>>Melvyn Bragg calls it a day after 1,000 In Our Time episodes www.thetimes.com/article/4f09...

🔺 NEW: A “hot mic” following the Chinese, Russian and North Korean leaders in Beijing recorded President Putin discussing one of his favourite topics: the possibility of organ transplants delaying ageing and death

I have no insight or understanding of the Holyrood toilet cam story or security in general but I must admit I perhaps naively assumed parliamentary and sensitive govt, police, court and defence buildings would be occasionally swept for bugs. www.thetimes.com/article/fb37...