Catherine Salmond

Apr 11, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Catherine Salmond

Sign up to the Editor's Pick newsletter and receive our editor's top choices for the week (Image: Damian Shields) For me it was the Glasgow University Guardian and the endless opportunities it opened, including a work experience placement on a national newspaper I would, some 20-odd years later, go on to edit.

Mar 29, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Catherine Salmond

Sign up to the Editor's Pick newsletter and receive our editor's top choices for the week (Image: Damian Shields) It has been months in the making, yet now our Glasgow School of Art Fires series is drawing to a close. I have been blown away by the response we have had to our work which, ten years on from the first fire at the world-famous Mack building, has investigated all areas of what happened – and where things go from here as the landmark remains in ruins.

Mar 21, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Catherine Salmond

Sign up to the Editor's Pick newsletter and receive our editor's top choices for the week (Image: Damian Shields) Should people be allowed to drink alcohol on trains? How does raising a child with a disability shape a father? What influence does Thatcher continue to have on UK politics? Has Scotland cracked the thorny topic of childcare costs?

Mar 7, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Catherine Salmond

Sign up to the Editor's Pick newsletter and receive our editor's top choices for the week (Image: Damian Shields) We have dug deep into the data, sought meaningful analysis and comment. We have offered reflection, while also looking forward. We have celebrated and entertained. We have started conversations we intend to keep having. Over the last week, The Herald team has worked hard to offer a full, detailed and thought-provoking investigation into Scotland’s relationship with alcohol.

Feb 29, 2024 | heraldscotland.com | Catherine Salmond

As a nation we have a complex relationship with alcohol. On the one hand, it is a great source of pride: our world-famous brands for example, its links to our heritage, employment opportunities, tourism draws, hospitality, inspiring entrepreneurialism. Quite simply, from an economic viewpoint, we need to value and encourage alcohol sales, promotion and consumption.