Alison Rowat

Glasgow

Senior Politics and Features Writer at The Herald (Scotland)

Journalist with The Herald/Sunday Herald, Glasgow. Personal account.

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Articles

Scotland's Home of the Year: when did it get so highfalutin?

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

The view from the kitchen sink in the modernist Tree House in Broughty Ferry (Image: IWC Media/BBC Scotland) Scotland’s Home of the Year BBC1/iPlayer BACK in the olden days of 2019, the year SHOTY began, it did not take much to impress viewers. A cleverly placed skylight or nicely restored parquet flooring was enough to send us racing to B&Q, ready to recreate the look in our own humble gaffs.
Dream pairing at the heart of Four Seasons remake

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

NEW YORK, APRIL 27: Tina Fey and Alan Alda attend a special screening of the 1981 original The Four Seasons at Paris Theater on April 27. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Netflix) (Image: Jason Menendez/Getty Images for Netflix) There goes the summer. It lasted two days, and very nice it was, too. As if compensating for the clouds returning, The Four Seasons (Netflix) made a comeback.
The Four Seasons: check in to check out classy comedy

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

THE FOUR SEASONS. (L to R) Colman Domingo as Danny, Tina Fey as Kate, Erika Henningsen as Ginny, Will Forte as Jack, and Steve Carell as Nick. Cr. Francisco Roman/Netflix © 2024 (Image: Francisco Roman/Netflix) The Four Seasons Netflix, from today Alison Rowat **** There is some serious tote bag and high-end luggage action going on in this remake of the 1981 film of the same name. Tina Fey knows her audience.
Genius Game: David Tennant takes on BBC's The Traitors

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

Alison Rowat *** David Tennant is not known for being one of life’s shy, retiring types, but even for him, taking the persona of “The Creator” in ITV1’s blingy new reality game show was going some. Was “God” already taken? The job title matched Genius Game’s towering ambition: to knock the BBC’s Traitors off the top perch, no less. It might even be in with a chance - if anyone can work out what the heck is going on.
Disney+ Suspect: Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes review

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

File photo dated 28/09/05 of Matozinhos Otone Da Silva and Maria Otone de Menezes, the parents of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes. (Image: John Stillwell/PA) Suspect: the Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes Disney+ Alison Rowat *** July 7, 2005. A glorious summer’s day. World leaders had gathered at Gleneagles for the G8 Summit, hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair. A “ring of steel” had been thrown around the site.
Nice guys can win: Carney's victory in Canada will give hope to many

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

President Donald Trump points as he arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Image: Evan Vucci/AP) This just in: nice guys don’t always finish last. What a gracious speech by Mark Carney on winning the Canadian election. His victory begs so many questions, including why did we ever let him go back to Canada after his stint as Bank of England governor? And how do you become a citizen of Canada? Asking for a friend.
Scotland's Home of the Year finds a showstopper in Aberdeenshire

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

In Peterhead, Roy and his late wife Julie's love of art deco shone through (Image: IWC Media/BBC Scotland) Scotland’s Home of the Year BBC1 Alison Rowat *** Maybe it’s being up against University Challenge in the schedules, but Scotland’s Home of the Year ain’t half becoming educational these days.
David Tennant on his social media row with JK Rowling

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

David Tennant is quizzed by interviewers on The Assembly (Image: ITV Pictures) The Assembly Saturday/Sunday STV **** “No subject is out of bounds. No subject is off the table. Anything might happen.” So began no celebrity interview ever - until The Assembly came along. Based on a French show, Les rencontres du Papotin, The Assembly had a try-out on the BBC last year when neurodivergent youngsters quizzed the actor Michael Sheen as part of Autism Acceptance Week.
TV review: Travelling happily with an ex? Joys of Race across World

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

As Confucius didn’t say, you don’t have to be mad to take part in Race across the World (BBC1, Wednesday), but it probably helps. The reality show that’s a cross between an endurance test and a session on the therapist’s couch was back for a fifth series, and more of a challenge than ever. Contestants for the £20,000 prize must travel 14,000 km across China and Nepal to reach their final destination in India, all the while managing on the lowest budget yet of £22 a day.
You finale pulled out all the stops but did it work?

3 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Alison Rowat

Penn Badgley plays Joe Goldberg, lover, fighter, killer in Netflix's psychological thriller, You (Image: Netflix) You Netflix, available Thursday *** Ah, how time flies when you are slaying women. Can it only be four series ago that Guinevere Beck, “Beck” to those closest, walked into Mooney’s bookstore in New York to thank the man who had saved her life, only to later kill her? Now here we are, the fifth and final run for everyone’s favourite serial killer, Joe Goldberg.