Iona Fyfe

WHAT we need right now is a self-aware, grounded, and focused leader who is willing to reach out across the divide to unify the party. And unify he will. In a tumultuous week for Scottish politics, we’ve heard the phrases "safe pair of hands" and "steady the ship" more than we can count. But it’s the truth.

A thriving culture sector is paramount to the wellbeing economy, so why has the Scottish Government imposed £6.6 million in cuts?

EVEN in her untimely and tragic death, the iconic singer Shuhada' Sadaqat, formerly known as Sinéad O'Connor, is igniting political debate and discourse all around the world.

MP’s have officially approved the Boris Johnson Partygate report with 354 Aye votes against 7 No votes.

POLITICIANS and musicians alike are publicly putting their mental and physical health first and I for one am grateful of the voices of Lewis Capaldi and MSP Kevin Stewart.

HEADLINES were made this week by the announcement that former health minister Matt Hancock is to appear on the 22nd series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Here.

ON Tuesday, July 19, an influential cross-party group comprised of over 100 MPs and peers, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music, published a major report titled Let The Music Move – A New Deal for Touring.

THE words of Morris Blythman (Thurso Berwick) have been running through my head all day, interrupted only by constant media coverage of the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

THIS week as listeners viewed their Spotify Unwrapped statistics on who their most-played artists and bands were, musicians took to social media to describe the all-too-familiar feeling of mass exploitation at the hands of streaming platforms, and particularly at the hands of Spotify’s CEO, Daniel Ek.

THIS week, I spoke about a situation I experienced three years ago, when I was propositioned for sex in return for help in securing a festival slot by a man from a well-known Scottish band.