Euan Mccolm

Death of a 78-year-old woman in her own home should remind some politicians of both the threats they face and the potential consequences of colluding with activists

Death of a 78-year-old woman in her own home should remind some politicians of both the threats they face and the potential consequences of colluding with activists

A letter sent last week to Amnesty International UK by lawyers acting for a sexual violence support centre funded by JK Rowling was so ferocious that one almost pitied the recipients.

With new PM Andy Burnham in place, if Michael Marra is chosen to succeed Anas Sarwar, it will give party a sliver of hope, despite its current deathly pallor

With new PM Andy Burnham in place, if Michael Marra is chosen to succeed Anas Sarwar, it will give party a sliver of hope, despite its current deathly pallor

It begins with a damaged rug from John Lewis and ends with a joyous afternoon in the pub in the company of a woman with whom I once communicated only through lawyers.

‘Queer Milk’ is a perversion of the beautiful, natural process of breastfeeding by mothers, yet is the sort of thing now defended by politicians and activists who condemn critics as bigots

‘Queer Milk' is a perversion of the beautiful, natural process of breastfeeding by mothers, yet is the sort of thing now defended by politicians and activists who condemn critics as bigots

As the paperback edition of her memoir Frankly hits bookshops, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she’s working on a crime novel about a former First Minister with a dark secret. With speculation rife about how close Sturgeon will sail to the truth, columnist Euan McColm imagines that fiction debut with his extract from ‘The Intolerably Long Goodbye’

As the paperback edition of her memoir Frankly hits bookshops, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she's working on a crime novel about a former First Minister with a dark secret.