Susan Dalgety

West Port, site of Edinburgh's 'sexual entertainment venues', pictured in 2017 (Picture: Jon Savage)

Readers' Letters: Swinney must oppose licensing of strip clubs

JK Rowling

JK Rowling centre: Amnesty apology doesn't solve ‘reputational damage’

Pro-independence supporters march in Glasgow in the run-up to the independence referendum im 2014

What Joanna Cherry's memoir says about the SNP and Scottish culture Jenny Lindsay

Scottish First Minister John Swinney campaigns with SNP candidate Alison Thewliss at The Barras at the weekend (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Voters riding gravy train will back SNP

The BBC apologised to Donald Trump over edits made in Panorama (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Readers Letters: BBC should extend apology to lesbians and gays

Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, is a former Modern Studies teacher (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers’ letters: What next for our education system?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Readers’ letters: Reeves should cut government spending, not increase taxes

The Archbishop of Canterbury places St Edward's Crown on the head of King Charles III during his coronation at Westminster Abbey in 2023 - but how many more such ceremonies will this country witness, a reader wonders (Picture: Victoria Jones/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Start preparing now for the end of the monarchy

When women say they won’t wheesht they mean it Jenny Lindsay

The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht is a collection of essays edited by Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn.

National Library readmits gender essay book in censorship U-turn

The National Library of Scotland has been criticised over its decision not to include The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht in an exhibition

Exclusive SNP ministers urged to reassure library on book censorship row U-turn

The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht is a collection of gender critical essays.

Gender critical book pulled from National Library after staff complain

Mary Whitehouse, as president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, was a vigorous campaigner against what she perceived to be excessive sex, violence and bad language on screen and stage (Picture: Les Lee/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: We must not return to the days of Mary Whitehouse

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Readers' Letters: Scotland must get serious about women

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was 'feminist to her fingertips' (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: It's ridiculous to claim Sturgeon was champion of women

I went to Ukraine and met the women holding the country together

First Minister John Swinney lays a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Stone of Remembrance outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Remembrance in schools should include peace studies

International community must show the same courage as a small Scottish charity Susan Dalgety

After disastrous debate, Biden can’t beat Trump but there is a woman who can Susan Dalgety

Keir Starmer’s arrogant sexism is revealed during Question Time trans debate Susan Dalgety

The four letter word which is the key to growing old successfully Susan Dalgety

The traditionally serene Edinburgh International Book Festival is at the centre of a sponsorship row (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: Writers have a moral obligation to protest against injustice

Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Image: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images.

JK Rowling: 'I regret not speaking up sooner on trans rights'

Author JK Rowling. Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images

Scottish Green candidate calls JK Rowling ‘torn-faced cow’

Writer J.K Rowling poses on the red carpet at the world premiere of the film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in London in March 2022. Picture: Tolga Akmen / AFP

JK Rowling writes essay on 'standing up for women' for book on rights campaign

John Swinney with Kate Forbes as they arrive for his debut at First Minister's Questions at Holyrood

Kate Forbes’ chance to help resolve national housing crisis - Susan Dalgety

Worshipping at Church of Springsteen provides a humane lesson for all Susan Dalgety

Cowardly John Swinney can't keep dodging this simple question: What is a woman? Susan Dalgety

Holyrood’s hate crime law puts devolution in the dock - Brian Monteith Brian Monteith

Jenny Gilruth on a visit to a school in the Falkirk area (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Once rated among the best in the world, Scottish schools are in crisis - Susan D...

Women's rights campaigners set to take on SNP government over drug deaths Susan Dalgety

Old attitudes of male trade unionists against women appear to die hard Susan Dalgety

While you were reading this column, four children died from a mosquito bite Susan Dalgety

Men can be victims of the patriarchy too Susan Dalgety

SNP's conversion therapy plans could criminalise parents of confused children Susan Dalgety

A single issue of The Scotsman provided multiple examples of the Humza Yousaf-led SNP government's failures, says reader (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Examples of Scottish Government's numerous failures on display

Youngsters in care are left to live with Nicola Sturgeon's broken promise Susan Dalgety

Kate Forbes could be SNP leader sooner than you might think Susan Dalgety

St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh

City’s 900th anniversary deserves to be celebrated in style - Susan Dalgety

Cult of gender-identity ideology is destroying lives Susan Dalgety

Our reproductive system is not a pick and mix Susan Dalgety

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf with Justice and Home Affairs Minister Angela Constance (left) and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison (right) arrive for First Minster's Questions (FMQ's) at the Scottish Parliament this week. Susan Dalgety queries the capabilities of Scotland's elected representatives ahead of the 25th anniversary of the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Whether MSPs have the political skills to resolve this mess remains to be seen
In a few months’ time, the Scottish Parliament will celebrate its 25th anniversary. It seems only a few years ago that I was in Edinburgh’s conference centre, w...

The next generation of women is the world's only hope Susan Dalgety

Male violence affects a frightening proportion of women across the world (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Feminists are gathering to find ways to rid the world of male violence

With 1 in 10 men admitting child sex offences, scale of problem demands action Susan Dalgety

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‘Look Up’ awareness campaign will help save children’s lives - Susan Dalgety

More than two-thirds of 11-16 year olds say that boys regularly make toxic comments about them at school

What has happened to make our girls so anxious about daily life? - Susan Dalget...

Feminism and high fashion can go hand in hand – Susan Dalgety Susan Dalgety

Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and successor Humza Yousaf are beyond a joke, reckons reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scottish Government's antics are beyond satire

Margot Robbie stars as living doll Barbie in the eponymous film (Picture: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)

Mhairi Black should be more like Barbie – and stop being a patriarchy ally

Andrew Neil's anger at detransitioned teen's plight can help end gender madness Susan Dalgety

A lost phone has forced me to re-evaluate my whole life Susan Dalgety

Trans ideology is peddling a harmful lie in our schools Susan Dalgety

Children's confidence and happiness are at rock bottom Susan Dalgety

Scottish Green Party MSP Gillian Mackay has proposed a Bill to introduce safe access zones around healthcare settings that provide abortion services (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Abortion is not a healthcare issue

A woman protests against anti-abortion group March for Life's demo in London last September. PIC: Thomas Krych/SOPA Images/Shutterstock.

Abortion is on the rise in Scotland and women need healthcare, not moral outrage

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries