Susan Dalgety

Edinburgh, Malawi, Scotland

Columnist and Writer at The Scotsman

Co-editor of The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht @TheScotsman column on Saturday @edinburghpaper on Monday. On @X too often.

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Articles

FWS portrait is a worthy cause for a city crowdfunding project - Susan Dalgety

1 week ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland, cheer as they leave the Supreme Court in London following the landmark ruling against the Scottish GovernmentIt happens occasionally – the Liberal Democrats on the city council come up with a good idea. Their latest wheeze, suggested by Cllr Lewis Younie, is for Edinburgh citizens to donate cash to city projects.
Mosquitoes in Scotland add to the misery of midges - Susan Dalgety

1 week ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

The first thing I pack when I head off to Malawi for work or Greece for my holidays is mosquito repellent. I am allergic to the little horrorsnote-0. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting...
‘Protect the dolls’? Why we need to protect children from school gender scandal

1 week ago | scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

‘Protect the dolls’ has become this season’s must-have slogan t-shirt for celebrities. Actor Tilda Swinton and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal have been spotted wearing one, and since the Supreme Court ruled that a person’s sex is determined by biology, social media is awash with the hashtag #protectthedolls.
Sanity restored on schools sanitary provision after ruling - Susan Dalgety

2 weeks ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

A landmark judgement by the Court of Session ruled that all Scottish schools must provide single-sex toiletsSchool toilets are never the most pleasant of environments. How can they be? They are there to cater for the sanitary needs of children and adolescents, a place where a girl can deal with menstruation in private and where boys can compare their physique away from prying eyes.
Throwing the book (festival) at John Swinney - Susan Dalgety

2 weeks ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

Nicola Sturgeon and Val McDermid at a book event in DecemberFirst Minister John Swinney is fast following in Nicola Sturgeon’s footsteps and becoming a mainstay at book festivals, but he has a long way to go before he matches Sturgeon’s appearances. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Starmer and Swinney aren't gender extremists, just incompetent cowards

2 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

Call me naïve, but I had expected some sort of mea culpa for the debacle over sex and gender that our politicians have presided over in recent years. Last week’s Supreme Court ruling could not have been clearer: sex in the 2010 Equality Act means biological sex, and even with a gender recognition certificate, a man remains a man for the purposes of the law.
Now it seems we’re all going to have to keep clocking on until we hit 70

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Susan Dalgety

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Supreme Court judgement is a victory for common sense

3 weeks ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

Published 21st Apr 2025, 07:00 BSTSusan Smith and Marion Calder, right, co-directors of For Women Scotland with campaigners celebrate outside the Supreme Court in London after terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act were ruled to refer to a biological woman and biological sex (Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire)My usual Wednesday mornings are as dull as they are predictable. Check my emails, read newspapers, finish off half-completed work tasks that should have been done a fortnight before.
Now it seems we’re all going to have to keep clocking on until we hit 70

3 weeks ago | edinburghnews.scotsman.com | Susan Dalgety

Working from home on a MacBook Air is not possible if you are nurse, builder or retail worker (Photo: Adobe)Gone are the days when people could look forward to a cosy retirement pottering about in the garden before settling down to watch Pointless. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
£600,000 a year? How state-funded feminism has let Scottish women down

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Susan Dalgety

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