Jim Hunter: The north of Scotland was left in the dark once before – and state intervention may be the answer again
Promises and pledges come thick and fast as December’s general election approaches.
Opinion
Dr Gail Haddock: A prescription for disaster – why we must all help cut the use of antibiotics
It is just over 90 years since one of Scotland’s most famous sons stumbled on a substance he called “mould juice” and set the world on the path to a medical revolution.
Iain Maciver: The day my wife stood up and slapped the minister in the pulpit
People nowadays are constantly making out they are talking about a curiously rare event and then they talk about it non-stop.
James Millar: Politicians who seek to constrict dreams are bound to fail
That big broadband offer by the Labour Party last week shows they are a party with ambition.
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Derek Tucker: All the signs point to just one thing… It is really traffic lights we need to make the bypass safer
Searching the news for anything not related to the forthcoming General Election, my attention was caught by the announcement that Aberdeen City Council has awarded a £475,000 contract for new signs relating to the city bypass, which has now been fully open for almost a year.
Lindsay Razaq: It’s beginning to look a lot like it’s all started too early again
There’s a standing joke in our family come this time of year about when my sister’s Christmas Tree will go up.
Len Ironside: When hospital is bad for your health – Parkinson’s patients deserve much better from the NHS
My late uncle Stewart was a sign writer with Aberdeen Corporation, as the Council was called then.
David Knight: Medical students must see through the glamour of TV hospital drama if we are to solve our GP crisis
For some reason I started shaking uncontrollably on my hospital bed as I was being examined.
Boris is a Clash fan? Altogether now: ‘If he goes there will be trouble. If he stays it will be double’
Shelley Shingles, Showbiz correspondent and Miss Fetteresso 1983
Kathleen Robertson: When it comes to choosing festive food, why not go for quality over quantity this year?
It has been a sad time in the Robertson household as we had to say goodbye to our beloved Border terrier Breagha in October.
Catherine Deveney: Women MPs’ femininity is invariably part of their aggressor’s problem. Why is that?
In the 1990s there was a kind of cheerful militancy about the unprecedented march of women into parliament.
Chris Deerin: Keep praying for a saint who can restore the halo to our national politics
There’s something unnerving about super-successful siblings, don’t you find?
Iain Maciver: Bonfire night is an utterly dangerous display of historical farce and should be banned
Whether it is because some people in this area are becoming very posh or because the youngsters are becoming tech-savvy, we got a shock the other night.
David Ross: Where poor government takes its toll on the public, angry protest must surely follow
Last month saw two studies of protest in the north.
Lindsay Razaq: Close encounters of the herd kind – animals need protecting from us, not us from them
There’s a cow in the middle of the path and she doesn’t look like she wants to budge.
David Knight: Some older men buy Harley Davidsons, I went for slim-fit pyjamas – and still ended up in A&E
I was feeling sorry for myself while nursing a suspected broken finger in casualty.
The Flying Pigs: For some of our MPs, now is the time to stand down for what you believe in
Struan Metcalfe, MP for Aberdeenshire North (for now)
Dr Miles Mack: If we help people slim their bodies, it will be a weight off their minds too
So, you don’t want to talk about your weight? I’m not surprised and believe me, I share your discomfort.
Catherine Deveney: Lest we forget? I fear we have already
Memories. They swirl for me at this time of year, like fallen leaves.
Iain Maciver : Heading home after pants shopping down south, we went where nobody knows us
Before we headed back to Scotland, we went shopping in Gloucester.
James Millar: Swinson snub could backfire on big guns
The decision by ITV to exclude Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson from their general election debate is a stinker.
Allane Hay: What does it mean to behave responsibly? It is not as clear as you might think
We seem continually reminded these days of the crisis relating to global warming. Switch on the television and we see daily news reports on the growing protests from groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future.
Bishop Anne Dyer: Grabbing a bargain is awfully tempting – but ask yourself who is paying the price
I am a person very careful with money and I love a bargain. I am delighted if I can find something that is cheaper than expected.
Lindsay Razaq: I’m waking up feeling sick every morning – it must be general election time
“There’s a baby in mummy’s tummy,” my toddler tells a fellow shopper in the department store lift.
Ben Dolphin: As nature takes its course, so avenues open to learn more about its wonders
I’d never been THIS close to one before and, inches from my face, everything about it was fascinating – the yellow stripes along its side, the electric blue around its abdomen, the fur-like hair on its head.
David Knight: Is the secret to fixing the whole sorry Brexit saga buried in Union Terrace Gardens?
I wonder what Guy Fawkes would have made of the flames of anger and hatred engulfing our political world.
Susan Brown: November is a month for letting the past and the future change the ‘now’ for the better.
November is a month, perhaps even more than December is, for looking back and for looking forward.
OPINION: Revamped city gallery is height of artistic achievement – but puts me in mind of flats
What a fabulous day for The Arts! I’m sure you will be in attendance at today’s grand reopening of Aberdeen Art Gallery.
Catherine Deveney: It’s not migrants who deserve to feel our anger, it’s those who are exploiting them
The mobile phone has changed life in so many ways but one of the most extraordinary is in the ability to communicate during the darkest of moments, as death approaches.
Dan O’Donoghue: It’s the election no one wanted, but everyone needed
'A Brexit year must be the equivalent of seven normal years', an exhausted MP quipped over coffee yesterday. I think the comment speaks for a nation.
Ron Ferguson: Modern-time role models much needed
Nowadays, when younger school pupils are asked what they want to be in later life, many will reply, “famous”. When pressed about what they would be famous for, there are often no answers. Just famous for being famous.