Rebecca McQuillan

From shock to anger, John Swinney’s handling of the Murrell fallout has sharpened scrutiny of SNP governance — and raised doubts about whether…

The left is split and continues to fragment. Jeremy Corbyn’s new political vehicle Your Party, has even spawned its own breakaway movement. The…

The evidence that social media use is harmful to young people is overwhelming. The UK Government’s social media ban for under 16s won’t solve…

Well, you can say one thing for Andy Burnham – he appears to believe his own hype. “This result will bring about a country that works fairly for everywhere and for everybody,” was his high-flown promise on winning the Makerfield by-election. It was...

Visitor numbers to the Highlands are booming and many tourists wild camp. As cooler climates like Scotland’s become ever more attractive to…

Tourism in Scotland is changing. The main talking points for visitors, besides the natural beauty and the friendly folk, used to be the weather, the midges and the ropey service, from the rigid opening hours to the vegetarian-shaming. But those old...

Voters are staying away from the polls in their millions. This disaffection is giving those who do vote more influence than they would otherwise…

Could a simple change to the laws on voting make society fairer? It might seem an odd time to raise this question, with no major elections due for years, but democracy is in trouble. The patient is deteriorating. Disaffection is spreading and figures...

Heart failure can creep up on people. “I never thought there was anything particularly wrong with me,” is how one patient, a man in his sixties, explained to me what it felt like before he was diagnosed. Like many people, his early symptoms – feeling...

In a world full of avoidable problems, humans are at least getting better at one thing: supporting wildlife. Lots of individuals are taking it on themselves to change their little bit of the world to make it hospitable for wildlife, challenging the...