Catherine Deveney: Brittany finds barrier to breastfeeding in most unlikely of healthcare settings
Clive Soley: Sturgeon’s slick presentation cannot paper over the SNP cracks for much longer
Erica Munro: Being cooped up for so long, it’s no wonder feathers have started to fly
Chris Deerin: Nicola Sturgeon’s new indyref2 plan is a sign of her weakness, not her strength
Chris Deerin: Scottish schooling is stuck in the mud – and poorer pupils are paying the price
David Knight: Supermarket shelf stackers should come before teachers in the vaccine queue
Campbell Gunn: Hyper tourism is a death sentence for the goose that laid Scotland’s golden egg
Jim Hunter: I hope we rejoin the EU – it was our bulwark against another war
James Millar: Boris Johnson’s ‘hit-and-hope’ mindset truly is a fatal weakness
George Boyne: A study in resilience – university can be proud of its performance during the pandemic
Catherine Deveney: If the government won’t, then we must all keep the flame of hope alive for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Kwasi Kwarteng: Great whisky that doesn’t cost the earth? Raise a glass to that
James Bream: Would you vote for Jeremy Kyle-style lie detectors at government briefings?
Chris Deerin: Girls just wanna have fundamental equality
David Ross: The hills are alive with the sound of tier-defying tourists
David Knight: Marks and Spencer macarons made me act like a cunning caveman
Erica Munro: My recipe for a happy new year – inspiration, optimism and gallons of soup
Angus Peter Campbell: After a brush with bad times, a new year is a clean start
James Millar: If anyone thinks 2021 is an easy canter to victory for the SNP, think again
David Duguid: Brexit deal has put British hands firmly back on the tiller of our fishing fleet
Catherine Deveney: Letting someone know they matter is the key to thawing loneliness
Boxing Day quiz: Test your knowledge and have some fun with our Connect at Christmas campaign
Campbell Gunn: As Winston Churchill had it, even flawed democracy is still the best of a bad bunch
