A selection of articles written for print and online - ranging from culture and reviews, to politics and crime.
Dial Medicine for Murder
Two serial killing doctors – Shipman and Adams – come under the microscope in the RCPE’s latest lecture
NHS Ayrshire and Arran will ‘require further loans’, MSPs hear
NHS Ayrshire and Arran has warned it may be unable to meet Scottish Government demands to balance its books within two years
Many people ‘unaware of their own contribution to pollution’
Persuading the public to help tackle air pollution is “one of the main challenges” facing the Scottish Government, according to environment minister Roseanna Cunningham.
Barriers to employment for disabled people remain despite ‘talk and ambition’
Initiatives to support disabled people into work need to be clearer and more person centred, the head of employability for the Scottish Government, Adam Reid, has told a Holyrood conference.
Health board reprimanded for poor hospital discharge
NHS Dumfries and Galloway to pay for care home fees after failing to involve patient in decision
Man sentenced in Edinburgh High Court for armed robbery
A failed robbery of a local shop brings a sentence of 2 years for a troubled Scottish man.
#GE2017 Counting begins in Edinburgh
As a controversial Brexit looms, who will win the 2017 General Election?
D. E. Stevenson: Prolific Edinburgh Author Finally Commemorated
A prolific Edinburgh writer finally gets recognition: Move aside Robert Louis, it’s D.E Stevenson’s time in the spotlight.
Five places in Edinburgh to change your view of the city…
For years I have been discovering Edinburgh through the eyes of a local, with the lens of a tourist. But this city, my home, is bustling with attractions from the historic, the quirky, and downright mind-blowing.
Review: Gregory Alan Isakov at Mash House
Nestled down on Hastie’s close and hidden by the wild Cowgate, The Mash House hosted the Johannesburg born and Philadelphia raised indie folk singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov.
Campaigner ‘defends Cowgate’ in court
If Simon Byrom appeared fatigued at Edinburgh Sheriff Court this morning, then it was because he has spent just over a week living in a self-constructed treehouse, hanging from a branch from a firmly planted tree in Edinburgh’s Cowgate area.