Seven Days

REVIEW

Rivet Boy is an ode to one of Scotland's greatest landmarks

Historical insight into the building of an icon of Scotland
RIVET Boy is an ode not only to one of Scotland’s greatest landmarks but also to children forced to grow up too fast due to circumstance

Today is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Dr John Witherspoon

BACK IN THE DAY Scottish Founding Father’s US legacy should be acknowledged

Most people think of the Mediterranean as a summer holiday venue

TRAVEL 'Are cruises for old people?': Today they can suit anyone's tastes

Acclaimed theatre-maker Ramesh Meyyappan’s latest work tackles the emotive subject of deafness and dementia

EXCLUSIVE Distinctive dramatist's work continues to go above and beyond

Cecil B. DeMille is regarded as one of Hollywood's heavyweights

REVIEW Review: New book chronicles Hollywood history with style

Shell announced record breaking profits this week

COMMENT Obscene profits and dodging windfal taxes – you can be sure of Shell

Outlander has had a positive effect on Scotland, encouraging many to visit the country

THE BIG READ The Outlander effect: How hit show continues to fuel a love of Scotland

Antony Blinken said Washington's ties with Beijing is America's 'most complex relationship'

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: China-US relations soured by balloon incident

Three years after Brexit, only Government ministers and British columnists are still rooting for it

COMMENT Britannia waives the rules – in a land shorn of Hope and Glory

Nadhim Zahawi was sacked last week

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Zahawi’s use of intimidatory legal bullying needs to be slapped down

Gran Canaria has the perfect mix to be savoured

TRAVEL The old and the new combine with echoes of Scotland in this Spanish island

Oliver Cromwell’s time as supreme ruler of Great Britain lasted until September 3, 1658

BACK IN THE DAY A lesson we can take from Oliver Cromwell’s Union

Scotland's NHS is struggling

LETTERS The crisis our hospitals are facing is okay for some

The Scottish Parliament passed the Hunting With Dogs (Scotland) Bill

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Bill bemusement and a brick wall’s front-row seat

Colin MacIntyre has a relationship with his roots that has helped to produce fantastic work

INTERVIEW 'I’ve never done this before': Colin MacIntyre talks Celtic Connections and his roots

Tom Nairn was an intellectual titan

THE BIG READ Beyond the giant: What the independence movement can learn from the life of Tom Nairn

The British state hangs by a thread

COMMENT The weak spot in the British state has been known for a long time

Suella Braverman confirmed last week she had ditched many of the recommendations made by those who examined the disgraceful Windrush debacle

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Entitled Tory inequity is in clear view no matter where you turn

Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan star in The Banshees of Inisherin

COMMENT Mike Small: We must turn lens on ourselves as Irish talent steals the show at Oscars

A stay in this beautiful area is always welcome, especially at this Port of Menteith hotel, finds Robin McKelvie

TRAVEL 'One of Scotland's most beguiling corners': Welcome to the Trossachs

The UK has talked itself into a corner over GRR

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Why the UK Government has talked itself into a corner over GRR

Woman passing destroyed homes after Russian missile strike Kyiv

SPECIAL REPORT David Pratt: Ukraine’s war without end rumbles on

Max Your Money: Earn It, Grow It, Use It is a great start for young people wanting to learn about finances

REVIEW Max Your Money review - A new and essential guide to money for young people

It was in 1707 that John Dalrymple died at his lodgings in Edinburgh, apparently from an apoplexy that may have been brought on by his huge efforts in trying to achieve the union of the Scottish and English Parliaments

BACK IN THE DAY Why the nine of diamonds is known as the curse of Scotland

A glorious legacy of the Industrial Revolution is Birmingham’s network of canals

TRAVEL From Balti restaurants to art galleries, England’s second city has a lot to offer

TS Eliot wasn’t much a mensch

REVIEW The Waste Land by Matthew Hollis review - guided walk through loneliness and despair

Scotland could very well vote to rejoin the EU before it votes on leaving the UK

COMMENT How ironic it would be if a Brexit referendum came before an independence one

The UK press savage the Sussexes in a way they never dared with Louis Mountbatten

COMMENT As the ‘Firm’ tears itself apart, the time of dutiful deference is coming to an end

Were I in Harry and Meghan’s shoes, I would do the same – and ditch all the royal rubbish Caption

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Scotland can lead the way by weaning ourselves off this soap opera

Detail of the cover of A Scatter Of Light by Malinda Lo

REVIEW A Scatter Of Light: A purposeful romance that just feels like summer

Saint Columba of Iona is one of Scotland's better-known saints

HISTORY Dedication of Arbroath to highlight one of Scotland's forgotten saints

A member of the public holds an umbrella while looking across the Thames to the Palace of Westminster

COMMENT No one gave Westminster supreme power – so why should it silence Scotland?

Former prime minister Gordon Brown (left) and Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in Edinburgh for the launch of the former PM's New Britain paper

COMMENT Yes movement's stars are beginning to align after epic own goal by Unionists

Edinburgh University has been at the centre of controversy over the Adult Human Female film

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Scenes at Edinburgh film screening were like Iran or North Korea

A fan reacts while watching the Fifa World Cup match between Netherlands and the USA

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Cosying up to England's World Cup team is no Unionist plot

Tourists rest in the shadow of the Acropolis which towers over the Greek capital Athens

TRAVEL Walking with Plato's ghost in Athens, the city hoping to regain its Marbles

Quentin Pruvost took the pictures for Inland Voyage

REVIEW 'The world is dull to a dull person': Following in wake of a Scottish legend

Matthew Arthur Williams says that his stubbornly analogue artistic processes remain ‘really crucial’ to his understanding of its continuing power in the present digital age

The deeply affecting Dundee exhibition exploring Black, queer identity

Arms smuggler Viktor Bout on his arrest in Thailand in 2010. The Russian was freed last week as part of a prisoner swap with the US which saw detained basketball star Brittney Griner released by the Kremlin
authorities

FOUR CORNERS What is really behind Russia's prisoner swap with America?

GB News has led the charge to bring American political media culture to the UK

the big read The GB News agenda is unravelling fast - despite the backing of senior Tories

Christina Saunders Robertson was famous in Russia where she achieved high distinction as a portrait painter in that country’s imperial court

back in the day The story of the Scot who became an artist to the Russian Tsars

Roza Salih tells The National the 10 things that changed her life

interview Glasgow Girl Roza Salih on the 10 things that changed her life

Cameron House on the banks of Loch Lomond is looking braw after its massive rebirth
last year

travel Forget hygge – get coorie around Loch Lomond this winter

comment Coal, coups and conspiracies – our post-truth world is set for a horrific awakening

Serial interventionist Gordon Brown’s latest report to save the Union was a damp squib

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Labour report shows Scotland is too much trouble for Gordon Brown

Pete Wishart’s resignation letter was perhaps a sign that he was jumping before being pushed out

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Snarky letters of resignation betray fiction there are no SNP splits

Scotland and Canada are quite different

LETTERS Comparing Scotland to Quebec is missing the reality in Canada

Bono is surprisingly self-aware in this memoir

REVIEW Surrender by Bono review - Star opens up about fame, philanthropy and religion

With Ian Blackford gone, the SNP need to remind voters why they were elected in the first place Congratulations to the Unionists – they’ve won the argument and left Scotland in a state of limbo

COMMENT Mike Small: Scotland’s fate has driven me to despair

This sugar-spun spy story is a second serving of genius

REVIEW This sugar-spun spy story is a second serving of genius

The inside story of a genuine Scottish classic hints at what Local Hero is really about

CULTURE Local Hero – the inside story of a classic Scottish film

Media outside the UK Supreme Court in London, waiting for the decision by Supreme Court judges

COMMENT The Supreme Court's judgment may change nothing but eyes have been opened

An Iran fan holding a shirt in memory of Mahsa Amini

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt's Four Corners: Bullfighting bans and Iranian protest movements

The Scottish Flag Trust are aiming to renovate a building to celebrate Scotland's national flag

BACK IN THE DAY Waving the flag for our Saltire - the project to celebrate Scotland's national flag