Alan Simpson

There is something quite comical about a man in his 60s wearing a suit like Sir Keir Starmer telling under-16s about the perils of the internet as…

I recently came across the bizarre but fascinating fact that the internet weighs approximately 60 grams. Quite how that figure was reached is beyond me but the scientist that came up with it clearly doesn’t sit on social media all day, although...

The term Clyde-built used to be synonymous with excellence, with yards on the river once building one third of the world’s merchant vessels. Yards ran virtually the full length of the river, from the fringes of the east end of Glasgow all the way...

This summer’s wildfires show we may now need the same kind of hard-hitting shock tactics that once kept us out of quarries and away from power…

Back in the day, public information films were a regular thing on TV screens and were guaranteed to put the fear of God into any youngster with the misfortune to watch them. From Charley the cat warning us not to play with matches, to the Grim Reaper...

'Andy Burnham’s plan may not be the answer but at least it’s something and that’s more than what there is at the moment', writes…

The row over funding for lifeline air services to Scotland's islands shows that rural communities are consistently ignored by Holyrood and this…

Around five decades ago, council housing made up more than half of all homes in Scotland with many areas enjoying a strong community spirit that has…

A morning roll may be a staple of breakfast but we should be aiming higher in celebrating the best Scotland has to offer, argues Herald columnist…

Repeated failure to dual the A9 is a betrayal to hard-pressed and long-forgotten rural Scots, argues Herald columnist Alan Simpson. .