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.
Columnists
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.
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.
Campbell Gunn: Making snowsports work in Scotland was always going to be an uphill battle
The first snows of autumn have fallen on the Highland hills. And the news has encouraged many a keen skier to start checking their equipment for the coming winter, in hopes of a good season.
Lindsay Razaq: All prejudice is deplorable but racism is among the worst – and should be treated that way
“This my daddy,” my two-year-old declares proudly with an appropriately theatrical accompanying gesture.
David Knight: Napoleonic strategy in towel Waterloo, and putting our trust in a ‘King’ of sorts…
I was gazing skywards from my customary sunbed position outside our lovely rented holiday villa, with its quaint country-style wall, garden and little gate.
Eleanor Bradford: We’re left waiting for NHS funding answers
Recently I unexpectedly became a “mystery shopper”.
The Flying Pigs: Nae point reliving past glories, and even less in dwelling on previous knock-backs
Jimmy Hollywood, Sandilands’ most eligible bachelor
Jim Hunter: Are we too divided now for politics ever to return to ‘normal’?
Time was when election outcomes depended (or were thought to depend) on competing parties’ claims to economic competence.
Catherine Deveney: Shamima Begum is only a threat to our democracy if we fail to look after her interests now
Of the many books piled in corners of my house as a child, there was one whose illustrations charmed and delighted me most. She may have died in the 1960s but even today, Mabel Lucie Attwell’s illustrations remain iconic.
Iain Maciver: No wonder they describe her as the Olympic flame of ferries – she never goes out
When Mrs X said that someone we knew from a long time ago wanted her to do the clicking at his October wedding, I thought good for her.
James Millar: There is a party with all the answers on Brexit after all it turns out – a Roman toga party
Fundamentally, Brexit is not about meaningful votes, legal chicanery and the ego of politicians who want an amendment named after them.
Derek Tucker: Scexit answers to inform indyref2 decision
Bruised, battered and bewildered. And it’s not over yet.
Lindsay Razaq: Keep children’s career horizons open but make sure they’re not being set up to fail
“When I grow up, I’d like to be…”
The Flying Pigs: Boris has truly united the Tories – even Francois can see May’s EU deal was better
Struan Metcalfe, MSP for Aberdeenshire North
Len Ironside: Smacking never did you any harm eh? Think again and support the ban
At last Scotland has become the first in the UK to join other more enlightened countries like Sweden, Norway, Austria Finland and Denmark and banned the smacking of children.
David Knight: MND looks an almost impossible puzzle to crack – but hopefully clues will soon be revealed
I'll never forget a chilling conversation more than 30 years ago which still haunts me today.
Chris Deerin: Golf is a delightfully ridiculous game – very much like life itself
This week, the dog and I have spent a considerable amount of time watching golf.