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People gather for sunrise at Stonehenge on the summer solstice

Paganism is on the rise in Scotland – and that makes perfect sense
LAST week, I stood in the circle of Stonehenge and watched the summer solstice sunrise.

Storytellers took centre stage at Scotland's Refugee Festival. Picture: Iman Tajik

Celebrating ‘eagles’ who fly: The stories of those who made Scotland home

Dominic Raab is overseeing constitutional change by stealth with his Bill of Rights

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Bill of Rights is an attack on the devolution settlement

More detail set to be launched should help inspire campaigners

COMMENT Rush Wishart: Indyref2 is coming and we must prepare

Detail from the cover of The Nicest Girl by Sophie Jo

REVIEW This is a book for people who don't think a book could be for them

Are Crocs going to be back in fashion again, ever?

comment Love Island proves that Crocs could break back into fashion again

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is showing Noel Coward’s Private Lives

Here's seven great things happening in Scotland the next seven days

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

BACK IN THE DAY The worldly Scot who shone a light on the very stuff of planet Earth

'The numbers of many wild creatures in this country are greatly diminishing ... hedgehogs are down by around 90%'. Photo by Alexas_Fotos on Unsplash

LETTERS Underground plan misses the point on carbon – and oxygen – storage

Jacob Collier has won five Grammy awards

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier on 10 things that changed his life

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence. Photo by Russell Cheyne

comment A second independence vote and how the left can find its Red October

Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at last week’s launch of the drive for a second independence referendum

LETTERS It’s time to bust some myths to help scrap the Union

In this aerial view a Brazilian military helicopter patrols an area of the municipality of Atalaia do Norte, state of Amazonas, Brazil

comment David Pratt: Journalist's death a stark reminder of sinister exploitation of Amazon

George Galloway accused US senators of manufacturing ‘the mother of all smokescreens’

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Can all the glitz of streaming drama compare with politics?

This Boeing 767 aircraft pictured at MoD Boscombe Down is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda

comment Immigration, deportation, and what Scotland can do differently

The Diary of Rupert St John-Fontaine (adviser at the Department of Social Affairs)

SATIRE Time to thwart Boris Johnson’s cunning Section 30 referendum wheeze

A congressional staffer wears a rifle shaped pin on his suit during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

THE LONG READ God, guns, and country: America's relationship with weapons and religion

Labour leader Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are both firmly set against indyref2

comment How can English Labour fix its problems? Back Nicola Sturgeon

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC could advise the Scottish Government that a referendum bill is potentially outside its competence

comment Andrew Tickell: Legal routes to blocking indyref2 and other known unknowns

The Labour administration in Edinburgh is likely to be squeezed by their Conservative and LibDem ‘partners’

LETTERS Reality of deals with Tories on Scotland's councils will soon bite Labour

Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing Street

LETTERS As indyref2 approaches, can Yessers really hope for a less popular UK leader?

The anniversary will be celebrated at Edinburgh University

Scottish Women Monday marks the 150th birthday of one of Scotland's greatest ever women

Cumbernauld's town centre is in the centre of a stramash over protection

comment Is it just bad press stopping us protecting Cumbernauld's town centre?

Rupert St John-Fontaine catches us up on his latest diary entries

SATIRE The Tories daring plan for refugees? Repatriate them to the Hebrides

Stewart Lee in Snowflake/Tornado, which will be in Edinburgh for the Fringe

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Stewart Lee's new show brings woke grenades to the culture wars

All the ideas you need to have an action packed week

PREMIUM Seven good ideas to have fun for seven days across Scotland

People gather to watch the hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images).

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: US Capitol riot comes under the microscope at Congress

An exploration of five myths that hoodwink Scots

comment A look at five myths that bedevil the life of people in Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged a second independence referendum in 2023, but Holyrood watchers doubt the timeline

comment Ruth Wishart: A referendum is essential, time for the SNP to seize the day

Edinburgh is creaking under the strain so should Scotland be looking to share the workload around her cities?

The LONG READ How can we save a strained Edinburgh? Strip the city of its capital status

This prequel will be just in time for the series' release on Netflic

review Prequel reignites love for magical series for those who grew up with the genre

Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses Cabinet after narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Why is it only UK democracy that must stop for the Ukraine war?

Keir Starmer's Labour claims to be the 'true' party of British values

comment Andrew Tickell: Lost Labour are desperate to be loved by the feral Tory press

The Scottish Government has committed to holding a referendum by the end of next year

comment Is an independence referendum coming or are we to be trapped in perpetual limbo?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon fired a starting gun on indyref2 in the Sunday National

LETTERS Yes voters can take this action to advance our progress to indyref2

Memories of David Cameron were sparked for Rupert St John-Fontaine

SATIRE ‘Platty joobs’ ends horribly for Cotswolds pig procurers

Imperial measurements are set to make a return

COMMENT Roxanne Sorooshian: Empire strikes back with crowning ‘glory’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to give everyone in the UK £400 to ease fuel costs means the rich will receive a windfall while the poor still struggle

LETTERS Rishi Sunak's 'giveaway’ leaves the poor relying on charity

Environmental lessons learned at school by Emma were made into practical reality on the holiday

TRAVEL Moray Speyside offers glorious family holiday with not a dram in sight

Names of soul legends scrawled on a jotter led to learning about Rosa Parks

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: I'm still trying to find top teacher Lorna Campbell

Baker Coinneach MacLeod with Seoras the dog

INTERVIEW The Hebridean Baker: 10 things that changed my life

Soldiers and officials inspect a wheat grain warehouse in Ukraine that had been hit by a Russian shell

COMMENT David Pratt: You cannot ignore this world food crisis

Verona Comics strikes an impressive balance

Retelling of romantic classic brought up to date in world of comics

Scotland’s Joe Jordan beats Peru’s Toribio Diaz in the 1978 World Cup – back when we used to qualify

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: I can boogie – even after 50 years of watching Scotland

Boris Johnson has been participating in the Platinum Jubilee festivities with his wife Carrie by his side

COMMENT Fairytale jubilee versus grown-up public ethics and a constitution

Viv Gee is set to steal the show

Seven good ideas for seven days in Scotland

The pageantry of the Platinum Jubilee has not been able to hide the facts of the monarchy’s futur

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Four days of God, guns, and bad hats doesn’t do it for me

Energy prices are pushing more and more people into poverty

SPECIAL REPORT April Fuel's Day: Explaining Scotland's energy price rises