Opinions

Like thousands of teenagers, my first foray into the world of work was a Saturday paper round. I was only a stand-in, but earning my own money was a great...

There is a super pub near my home, Juniper Green’s Kinleith Mill, where the landlady regularly hosts community meetings, even when the bar is closed. Like a...

The Ne’erday steak pie has barely settled but with the Scottish Parliament election only four months away, on Monday the three main party leaders set out the...

This hasn’t been the easiest of years, but dealing with a serious illness in the family is only what thousands of other people must face. I certainly don’t...

Sometimes a simple idea to improve a neighbourhood can become impossible because of interference, and so it is with the Muir Wood Field Path in Juniper Green...

It’s the season of good will and when it comes to gifts, however small, it’s the thought that counts. So I suppose we should be grateful for the wee present the...

Going on holiday, visiting relatives or travelling for business, Edinburgh people will have had cause to rue the poor state of Scotland’s roads and I don’t just...

Sometimes you do have to ask what planet some council officials are living on, but there are few recommendations so detached from any common sense or public...

A constituent recently contacted me for assistance with his ophthalmology appointment following a cataract diagnosis. Admittedly not life threatening, but...