Columnists
Bishop Anne Dyer: Making Christmas more meaningful at the end of a stressful year
Alex Bell: Future of nationalistic Britain set to be opposite of global statesman Germany
Iain Maciver: Spitting Image lampoon harpoon sure to skewer Johnson and Trump relentlessly
Dan O’Donoghue: Keir Starmer is worrying about the wrong red wall
Chris Deerin: Johnson taking tips from Trump to wreak revenger’s fantasy on national institutions
David Knight: Universities can no longer wash their hands of students’ antisocial behaviour
The Flying Pigs: Gigantic mahogany-panelled monstrosity might be at heart of broadband problems
Jim Hunter: An empire Scots built and benefited from
Catherine Deveney: Dance’s beauty and perfected movements are a shocking counterfoil to power abuse
Scott Begbie: When Action Man starred in the Wes Craven version of Toy Story
Alex Bell: Less podium and more talk needed with both ‘oracle’ leaders running out of road
James Millar: Tories must offer more than sound bites
Iain Maciver: Numbers rule our lives these days – but if it helps the postie deliver, it’s worth it
Helen Brown: Visits to the dentist as rare as hen’s teeth
Chris Deerin: Impermeable self-belief of upper class a perilous trait as revolution gathers pace
Len Ironside: Bid to break the law risks shattering trust
David Knight: NHS delays are leaving thousands in an agonising trap of delay, pain and anxiety
The Flying Pigs: Thank goodness, then, grouse shooting is excused from namby-pamby measures
Catherine Deveney: A mother’s love for a serial murderer who was also capable of rescuing injured birds
Alex Bell: When climate catastrophe begins, there will be no time to start playing catch-up
Iain Maciver: Just because we think we know, doesn’t mean we do. Are you listening, Boris?
David Ross: New right to buy guidance game-changer
Chris Deerin: High-voltage jolt of personnel and policy would surely work wonders for Holyrood
