Shona Craven

WE were promised enchantment when the fabulous new Perth Museum opened in the spring. It seemed fitting that its debut exhibition, Unicorn, would tell the story of Scotland’s national animal, from its mythical origins to the present day. An equine face complete with iridescent spiral horn peeked out from the top gallery, high above the swish new secure room that houses the Stone of Destiny.

THE contrast between the two papers could not have been starker. Saturday’s Daily Express led with “PM, please promise to change ‘cruel’ law”, quoting the terminally ill broadcaster Esther Rantzen, who is seeking to “gently” remind the Prime Minister that he promised to make parliamentary time to debate the issue ..

"NOT being treated as terror-related” is an odd phrase, when you think about it. We only hear it when something objectively terrifying has occurred. “Isolated incident” is another one. Such statements from the police should go some way to reassuring the public that while a horrendous incident has occurred, it has been a senseless one-off.

Keir Starmer had little difficulty making the decision to be dishonest with the public when it mattered the most ...

‘LABOUR’S winter fuel savings to be wiped out by £4bn benefits bill” declared a headline in last weekend’s Sunday Telegraph, the implication being that this was bad news ...

ARE you a “working person?” I thought I was, but now I’m not sure.

IT’S easy to be wise after the fact, but if I’d been setting up a cybersecurity firm I don’t think I would have called it CrowdStrike...

IN an ideal world, he says, Keir Starmer would include the scrapping of the two-child cap in this week’s King’s Speech. Unfortunately, he says, doing so is no longer affordable. It’s not clear if he appreciates the specific irony of having committed to this course of action only to later U-turn on unforeseen affordability grounds.

A GENERAL Election presents a double disadvantage to whoever is leading the Scottish Government...

THE timing could not have been better. As a fire raged at an electronic waste facility near Paisley, campaigners piled up electronic waste outside the Scottish Parliament as part of a push for stronger circular economy legislation.