John Mclellan

After difficult births, Edinburgh’s two keenly awaited new music venues have much in common and a closer relationship at an early stage of…

Labour's VAT on fees, the SNP's removal of charitable rates relief and the Greens' hopes of an extra tax all add up to an existential threat to many independent schools

With the SNP pressing for a second independence referendum, someone needs to stand up for the Union

With days to go in a dreary Scottish Parliament campaign, few voters could pick their MSP out of a line‑up – yet Edinburgh faces big changes,…

The silver lining in very dark clouds for Conservatives is the blue wall across the Borders, writes John McLellan

First Minister John Swinney says Edinburgh Council must take the lead on its transport projects, but even before the election the SNP is already…

If next year’s local elections produce a repeat of last week’s Scottish Parliament results, Edinburgh could be under the control of a hard-left…

A left-wing crowd-pleaser, the current mayor of Greater Manchester would make a formidable opponent for the SNP if he manages to become Prime Minister

Good old-fashioned investigative journalists, like Russell Findlay, will seek out slighted, ignored and ripped off people who want revenge and witnesses keen to protect their reputations

When it comes to housing, most attention this week has been on one big house in Saughton, and how the new resident of HMP Edinburgh’s remand wing…