Garry Scott

Deputy Editor

I edit The Herald's opinion pages. I also edit the weekend Herald Magazine. I contribute columns on issues surrounding The Herald and media-related issues.

I edit The Herald's opinion pages. I also edit the weekend Herald Magazine. I contribute columns on issues surrounding The Herald and media-related issues.

Latest articles from Garry Scott

Glasgow retakes music capital of Scotland crown as Foo Fighters roar into Hampden

Review: Foo Fighters: Everything or Nothing At All tour 2024, Hampden Park, Glasgow You may have heard of a little tour, called Eras by Taylor Swift, that's doing the rounds at the moment. It called into Murrayfield the other weekend, causing some to worry that Glasgow might be losing its music capital crown to Edinburgh. Last night, at a sun-soaked Hampden Park, the Foo Fighters reclaimed Glasgow's place as Scotland's rightful rock 'n' roll epicentre as Dave Grohl joked that the band had christened their show the Errors tour.

Scotland's precious architectural heritage is at risk

The India building If you want to see the crisis in Glasgow’s architecture first hand, look at the India building. The old warehouse on Bridge Street in Laurieston was one of Ian Mitchell’s choices for The Herald’s list of architecture at risk but before we could even publish the list, part of the building collapsed and it is now in the process of being demolished.

Why The Herald has launched Student Press Awards

There has never been a time in human history when we have had access to so much information. But rather than it bringing light to the world's problems, all too often the digital age has been swept by waves of misinformation, spawning division and confusion.

Watch out: The Americans are gunning for Scotland's single malt crown

You’ve got to love a state that has its own official dessert. Not just traditional treats, like we have with cranachan or clootie dumplings, but one which has been passed into law by the Maryland government following, I’m sure, many heated debates and hopefully a few tastings.

Garry Scott So what did Mhairi Black really mean when she called Westminster toxic?

Mhairi Black, deputy leader of the SNP in the House of Commons, announced this week that she will not contest the next election, describing Westminster as "outdated, sexist and toxic". The claim that the ramshackle House of Commons in London, which dates from 1852, is outdated will probably not surprise many of us who have witnessed its archaic shenanigans.

Garry Scott: Our politicians are rubbish nowadays - or are they?

It's a simple question but the answer might be rather complicated: Have our politicians got worse? As Britain struggles with a cost of living crisis – falling disposable incomes, high energy prices, rising taxes and interest rates – our politicians, north and south of the Border, don't seem to be up to the job.