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‘If Fergus Ewing stands as an independent, SNP will be driven to despair’

10 April 2025
‘If Fergus Ewing stands as an independent, SNP will be driven to despair’

‘If Fergus Ewing stands as an independent, SNP will be driven to despair’

10 April 2025

Fergus Ewing has been fiercely critical of the SNP government's delay and bungling in their failure to achieve targets for upgrading the A9.


Five years after Covid tourism gloom, now we could be taxing them

03 April 2025
Five years after Covid tourism gloom, now we could be taxing them

Five years after Covid tourism gloom, now we could be taxing them

03 April 2025

There may be some merit in it, but it is a penalty on visitors also, says our columnist.


‘Precious city centre green space has for too long gone to waste’

27 March 2025
‘Precious city centre green space has for too long gone to waste’

‘Precious city centre green space has for too long gone to waste’

27 March 2025

It might be easy to forget about the Northern Meeting Park, suggests our columnist.


How many photos do you have on your phone?

20 March 2025
How many photos do you have on your phone?

How many photos do you have on your phone?

20 March 2025

In the digital age, rare and precious photos have faded away, according to our columnist Colin Campbell.


Work is there at a decent rate for those who want to do it

13 March 2025
Work is there at a decent rate for those who want to do it

Work is there at a decent rate for those who want to do it

13 March 2025

Every day in early January and frequently at other times this winter I passed men doing hard, difficult and unpleasant work in freezing temperatures.


How many 20mph limit zones are in the wrong places?

06 March 2025
How many 20mph limit zones are in the wrong places?

How many 20mph limit zones are in the wrong places?

06 March 2025

Columnist Colin Campbell thinks the location of some of the Highlands’ 20mph limits doesn’t make sense.


What sort of Highland hospitality would Donald Trump deserve?

27 February 2025
What sort of Highland hospitality would Donald Trump deserve?

What sort of Highland hospitality would Donald Trump deserve?

27 February 2025

Columnist Colin Campbell says what he think a US President and First Minister John Swinney meeting would look like.


Highland prisoners better fed than hospital patients?

20 February 2025
Highland prisoners better fed than hospital patients?

Highland prisoners better fed than hospital patients?

20 February 2025

When I wrote about the "five star hotel" experience I'd had in Raigmore I was referring to the care and treatment I'd received - not the food.


MP who beat the odds revels in last great job of his life

13 February 2025
MP who beat the odds revels in last great job of his life

MP who beat the odds revels in last great job of his life

13 February 2025

Our columnist Colin Campbell meets our MP Angus MacDonald.


‘An absurd argument from the opponents of assisted dying’

06 February 2025
‘An absurd argument from the opponents of assisted dying’

‘An absurd argument from the opponents of assisted dying’

06 February 2025

Those of us who are at a fairly advanced age are liable to take much more interest in the assisted dying issue than younger folk, says our columnist.


‘Tourist tax must not be used just to fleece our welcome visitors’

30 January 2025
‘Tourist tax must not be used just to fleece our welcome visitors’

‘Tourist tax must not be used just to fleece our welcome visitors’

30 January 2025

Columnist Colin Campbell asks: What are tourists being taxed for? Bringing money into the economy, providing jobs, keeping businesses open?


Enthusiasm for vaping has fag-end similarity to 1960s

23 January 2025
Enthusiasm for vaping has fag-end similarity to 1960s

Enthusiasm for vaping has fag-end similarity to 1960s

23 January 2025

I would be thoroughly dismayed if my youngest offspring took up vaping, almost as much as if they started smoking, says out columnist.


‘SNP at Westminster are now a virtual irrelevance’

16 January 2025
‘SNP at Westminster are now a virtual irrelevance’

‘SNP at Westminster are now a virtual irrelevance’

16 January 2025

It is not a good time to be an SNP politician at Westminster, says columnist Colin Campbell, show asks: What is your purpose? What are you there for?


‘Care service falls short as regulations rule the roost’

09 January 2025
‘Care service falls short as regulations rule the roost’

‘Care service falls short as regulations rule the roost’

09 January 2025

The rules they apparently are governed by have to take priority over actual needs, our columnist’s relative discovered.


Good luck remains prime factor for a healthy year ahead

02 January 2025
Good luck remains prime factor for a healthy year ahead

Good luck remains prime factor for a healthy year ahead

02 January 2025

While Inverness’s Raigmore Hospital is under pressure, columnist Colin Campbell talks to a veteran nurse.


Befrienders’ stalwart volunteers are a gilt-edged gift at Christmas

19 December 2024
Befrienders’ stalwart volunteers are a gilt-edged gift at Christmas

Befrienders’ stalwart volunteers are a gilt-edged gift at Christmas

19 December 2024

Many people will feel a special magic on Christmas Day, but it can also induce a strangely piercing sense of loneliness, says our columnist.


‘Real chance for Victorian Market to take its place at the heart of city life - and even death’

12 December 2024
‘Real chance for Victorian Market to take its place at the heart of city life - and even death’

‘Real chance for Victorian Market to take its place at the heart of city life - and even death’

12 December 2024

The Inverness market is still some distance short of being thrilling but at least its fortunes have taken a marked upturn, says our columnist.


‘Reckless boozers take up bed space in Raigmore’

05 December 2024
‘Reckless boozers take up bed space in Raigmore’

‘Reckless boozers take up bed space in Raigmore’

05 December 2024

There will be no age limits on those who take up hospital beds because of alcohol, says our columnist.


If Highland Council wants big tax rises, cut out the vanity projects

01 December 2024
If Highland Council wants big tax rises, cut out the vanity projects

If Highland Council wants big tax rises, cut out the vanity projects

01 December 2024

Taxpayers want officials to concentrate fully on delivering the basics, says our columnist Colin Campbell.


‘Assisted dying can offer the best possible way to depart’

21 November 2024
‘Assisted dying can offer the best possible way to depart’

‘Assisted dying can offer the best possible way to depart’

21 November 2024

I'm at an age when this becomes of considerably more relevance, says our columnist Colin Campbell.


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