Bylines Scotland

Support independent bookshops, for if we don’t use them, we’ll lose them | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/society/books/independent-bookshops-vital-to-local-communities/

A survivor of violence in the Congo warns of how quickly aggressive, dehumanising language can escalate into brutality | Nadine Tunasi
https://bylines.scot/politics/world-politics/i-survived-being-called-a-cockroach-thats-why-i-know-words-can-be-dangerous/

More than a victim – a Palestinian artist on the right to love, to be hurt, and to be an ordinary human | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/edinburgh-fringe-interview-just-another-ordinary-love-story/

Three contrasting events illustrate the array of speakers at the 2026 Edinburgh Book Festival, directed at challenging your way of thinking | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/books/review-edinburgh-book-festival-2026/

Two women from different backgrounds describe their experiences of studying journalism in Scotland with the support of Migrant Women Press | Jennie Kermode
https://bylines.scot/society/culture/finding-a-voice-in-a-new-culture/

The only ones who should have the power to say no to an independence referendum are the Members of the Scottish Parliament | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/opinion/scotlands-future-must-be-scotlands-choice-alone/

Located by the town of Mey in Caithness, the Saint John’s Pool project was initiated in 1988 as a damp patch at the bottom of a field. Since then, it has turned into one of the best small bird reserves in Europe.
 | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/my-scotland/saint-johns-pool-and-loch-a-bird-watchers-paradise/

As the politics of fear, exclusion and division dominate the news cycle, I return to the image of family through the image of a shared meal: who gets invited, who feels welcome, what is served, and whether there is room for people who do not look, think or believe like us | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/at-my-table-an-ode-to-inclusion/

On secondhand wardrobe day, a reflection on the role of charity shops in the UK | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/my-scotland/more-than-a-secondhand-wardrobe/

From a natural haven to an exciting trail with stunning sights, Loch Leven is an explorer's paradise | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/my-scotland/falling-in-love-with-loch-leven/

The oldest whisky distillery in Caithness, the Old Pulteney Distillery celebrates its 200th anniversary this year | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/the-old-pulteney-distillery-a-200-year-highland-tradition/

Edinburgh International Festival opens with Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise, a groundbreaking symphony that is also this year’s theme | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/edinburgh-international-festival-review-all-rise/

As summer heat overwhelms the planet, are humans programmed to fail to react to slow, incremental threats, like the frog in the old story? | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/opinion/the-boiling-frog/

Donald Trump’s intervention with FIFA to enable a suspended USA player to take part in a World Cup tie destroys the integrity of the rules | Jonathan Fox
https://bylines.scot/society/culture/red-card-to-fifa/

Alaa Shehada’s performance in Edinburgh’s Fringe is the story of an epic journey – an odyssey – across a bridge from the West Bank to Jordan

On Friday we could change your mind | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-fringe-review-the-bridge-from-horror-to-humour/

Vibhinna Ramdev’s revision of her 2023 play further questions her disconnect with her own people in India and her colonial-related identity

 | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/arts-entertainment/edinburgh-fringe-interview-why-english/

A horrific Belfast attack sparked Scottish riots. How a hunt for a single suspect devolved into collective punishment | Motaz Amer
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/a-crime-has-a-suspect-and-racism-targets-everyone-else/

Violence across Glasgow left many residents afraid, especially those from ethnic minorities – Glaswegians must choose unity and reject hate | Sadia Sikandar
https://bylines.scot/society/a-night-of-fear-a-call-for-unity-glasgow-must-reject-hate/

Springburn Pool in Glasgow is set to reopen bringing a vital community asset back to life | Sadia Sikandar
https://bylines.scot/society/springburn-pool-set-to-reopen-after-major-refurbishment/

Scottish Labour leader abandons Holyrood constituents for a peerage and job in UK Government | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/opinion/sarwar-shows-scotland-his-true-colours/

Scotland's globally recognised flag can trace its birth all the way back to one, small village in East Lothian | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/society/history/athelstaneford-mother-of-the-saltire/

I sat down with Matilda Tsappis, co-owner and head sommelier at Killiecrankie House to talk about her life in the hospitality industry | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/culture/an-interview-with-sommelier-matilda-tsappis/

The TV drama Believe Me, based on the John Worboys case, is a powerful series that asks serious questions of the police and justice system | Lucas Ross
https://bylines.scot/society/serial-offending-believe-me-reviewed/

Independence supporters have been quick to argue that the recent Westminster instability strengthens their case | Jess Hillary
https://bylines.scot/politics/will-starmers-resignation-be-the-push-needed-for-scottish-independence/

A poem about time, efficiency, inhumanity, and the hope that the time has come for Scotland to build a healthier society | David Murray
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/scotlands-time/

As Fair Tax Week 2026 kicks off, Scotland can lead on tax justice to build our economy, public services and democracy | Duncan Thorp
https://bylines.scot/opinion/tax-reform-sounds-boring-but-its-a-powerful-tool-for-scotland/

An intimate account of the realities of displacement, survival and the determination to hold on to hope amid Gaza’s humanitarian crisis | Naz Saad
https://bylines.scot/news/world/a-life-displaced-mahmouds-story-from-gaza/

A Royal College of Nursing exhibition shows how prison nurses have propelled reform of patient care in prisons | Amanda Wheatley
https://bylines.scot/society/prison-nursing-unlocked-a-history-of-care-and-justice-in-prisons/

The proposed UK social media ban for children under 16 is aimed at the wrong target and, on the Australian experience, is unlikely to work | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/science-tech/protecting-the-platforms-the-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/

Shuttered shops and vacant lots – once the life of a town, city centres are now an empty testimony to the past
 | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/regenerating-abandoned-town-centres/

Noughties Eurodance DJ Basshunter celebrates two-decade anniversary in the heart of Scotland | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/society/arts-entertainment/dreams-come-true-as-basshunter-celebrates-20-years-of-boten-anna-in-glasgow/

Yet another political exploitation of a young man’s death, and why we must resist and refuse to heed the call for rage | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/society/refusing-to-heed-the-call-for-rage/

Tony Blair’s critique of Labour risks muddying the urgent need for climate action in an increasingly warming world | Jonathan Fox
https://bylines.scot/environment/blairs-net-zero-intervention-misses-the-point/

Mental Health Awareness Week has ended: the mental health crisis has not | Frances Nixon
https://bylines.scot/health/the-forgotten/

French healthcare personnel are delighted to have a Scottish patient, but the underfunded NHS struggles by comparison | Martin Roche
https://bylines.scot/opinion/if-you-must-have-a-fall-fall-in-france/

Council override of published retention policies means some ASB complaint records could remain on file for decades | Barbara Grigor
https://bylines.scot/opinion/how-long-is-too-long-north-lanarkshires-anti-social-behaviour-records-under-scrutiny/

It promises a green AI future, but the proposed Ravenscraig data centre exposes key environmental issues and a defect in the planning system | Pilar Girvan
https://bylines.scot/science-tech/hyperscale-data-centres-interrogating-the-green-promise/

The inspiring legacy of Mr Datta, an immigrant surgeon from India who became a beacon of belonging, integration and community | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/featured/mr-datta-the-immigrant-who-became-a-highland-legend/

Scotland may be changing, but there’s a problem that keeps coming back, and we can’t ignore it anymore | David Anderson
https://bylines.scot/society/the-problem-we-never-solved/

Is AI really being used to make our lives better? There are growing indications that its indiscriminate adoption is having negative effects | Nazish Saad
https://bylines.scot/science-tech/the-insanity-of-the-ai-carousel/

Scotland and Canada: two northern nations look to strengthen their European connections but face very different obstacles | Ben Beveridge
https://bylines.scot/opinion/the-nearer-continent-scotlands-european-return-canadas-european-deepening/

Opponents of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act failed to offer a better answer to the ever-growing social problem of disorderly crowds | David Anderson
https://bylines.scot/society/the-problem-we-never-solved-2/

Selina Ivy Robertson's The Participant introduces readers to a whole new world of storytelling and a coming together of genres  | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/society/books/the-participant-opening-a-porthole-to-great-reading/

The International community must act now to prevent another genocide in Tigray, as conflict risks spreading across the Horn of Africa | Anna Gessesse
https://bylines.scot/politics/world-politics/tigray-the-hidden-genocide/

How to explain to foreigners that, to become an MP in Britain, one has to challenge a space warrior for a vote in a sleepy English town? | Tomasz Oryński
https://bylines.scot/opinion/britain-is-a-sensible-democracy-or-is-it/

"You're not robust enough for politics": how sexism and intimidation are forcing women out of Scottish councils. | Jennie Kermode
https://bylines.scot/politics/abuse-and-sexism-in-politics-women-councillors-speak-out/

Benbecula: the portrayal of breakdown in an island community | Amanda Wheatley
https://bylines.scot/society/books/a-discussion-of-graeme-macrae-burnets-bleak-tale-benbecula/

Peter Murrell has admitted to stealing more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party (SNP) | James Jobson
https://bylines.scot/news/former-snp-chief-executive-pleads-guilty-to-embezzlement/

With an intriguing election result for the Scottish Parliament, what happens next and what opportunities are there to influence change? | Duncan Thorp
https://bylines.scot/politics/the-rebirth-of-scotlands-rainbow-parliament/