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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Nicola Sturgeon’s legal gambit may have upsides for the SNP

    Plus, Westminster’s dispute with the Welsh government over employment shows how devolution needs more nailing down

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Scottish independence
    Sturgeon sets date for fresh Scottish independence vote

    Scotland’s first minister plans to hold ‘consultative’ vote in October 2023

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    News in-depthScottish independence
    Can Brexit be Sturgeon’s game-changer to secure Scottish independence?

    The first minister will on Tuesday flesh out her plan for a new referendum on breaking away from the UK

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Robin Lane Fox
    Heaven on Perth: a priceless collection of rare alpines in Scotland

    Plants from the Himalayas, the Antipodes and beyond are thriving at Branklyn Garden

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Masterpiece London 2022
    How sculpture park Jupiter Artland reached for the stars

    Nicky and Robert Wilson’s collection has grown to almost 40 site-specific outdoor artworks, including Tracey Emin and Cornelia Parker

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Robert Shrimsley
    Sturgeon is spoiling for a fight on independence for Scotland

    The separatist cause is currently stuck, so the first minister wants to shake things up

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Scottish economy
    Scotland’s whisky producers face supply chain and interest rate rise hits

    Distilleries had suffered a drop in revenues in the wake of Covid travel restrictions and Trump’s trade war

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Scottish independence
    Nicola Sturgeon fires starting gun on new Scottish independence push

    First minister says Scotland would prosper outside UK but leaves referendum timeline unclear

  • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
    HTSI
    Welcome to the Boath House, a Highlands hideaway

    The team behind London’s Sessions Arts Club have magicked a 19th-century manor into a gloriously out-of-time hotel

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Chris Deerin
    Ties that bind Scotland to the UK loosen

    The monarchy and other British institutions have faltered but Nicola Sturgeon’s dream of ruling an independent nation is not secure either

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK local elections
    Labour looks to kick-start its Scottish fortunes in Glasgow

    The opposition party is hoping to mount a revival north of the border in local elections next week

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    John Gapper
    Planting trees in Scotland will not fix climate change

    Companies and investors should create fewer northern plantations and restore more tropical forests

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    HTSI
    The local heroes of Balcaskie 

    The East Neuk estate is an arts and food destination at the heart of a Scottish resurgence

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    News in-depth
    Creaking Scottish ferry network undermines SNP’s competence credentials

    Ageing fleet and delays in deploying new vessels lead to mounting public anger on western islands

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    HTSIThe best (seriously) remote retreats
    In the Highlands, a lonely bothy begins a new life

    In an abandoned village at the end of the roadless Ardnish peninsula, a spartan cottage offers shelter, escape from the digital world — and a new model for the bothy movement

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    InterviewVisual Arts
    What makes art collectors leave London for a Scottish castle?

    David Roberts and Indrė Šerpytytė have upped sticks to create artist residencies in a neglected area

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    Sustainable Living Special
    Carbon capture pitches smallholders against big business

    As companies buy up Scottish land to boost their ESG credentials, local farmers feel the pinch

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Did Scotland’s cautious coronavirus approach yield results?

    Although Sturgeon persuaded Scots to be more careful the nation recorded higher deaths per capita than England during recent waves

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    House & Home
    The rush to buy rural homes in Scotland

    Before the pandemic, demand for country houses was low and prices had slumped. Now sales are racing

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    Parkmead Group PLC
    Oil and gas group Parkmead moves into onshore wind

    Rare move into renewables by a small independent North Sea producer

  • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Scotland’s welfare body seeks to prove it can do things differently

    Taking responsibility for social security benefits from Westminster will put pressure on Scottish budget

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    ReviewAlbums
    Heal & Harrow — a chilling album about Scotland’s ‘witches’

    Two musicians tell the true stories of persecuted women from the 17th and early 18th centuries

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Lex
    Community buyouts: people’s ownership is strictly for brave hearts Premium content

    Reaping returns from rural land, as anywhere, creates a challenge regardless of ownership

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Renewable energy
    Big boost to UK offshore wind capacity from Scottish auction

    Half of 25GW seabed rights will use ‘floating’ technology turbine technology for the first time at large scale

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    Tory civil war stokes talk of Scottish party breaking away

    Some Conservatives in Scotland believe it will never regain ground north of the border with Johnson as prime minister

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