As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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The woman who walked Wales
LYNNE WALSH introduces us to Ursula Martin, who, on being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 32, decided to set off on a 3,700-mile trek, around her beloved Wales
Ursula Martin (right) at the finish line
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THE list of things that conspire to make me an incipient Grumpy Old Woman grows longer, especially around March 8.
The insistence on “celebrating,” for one. We don’t have equal pay! Cause for complaint, rather than celebration, I think.
And another thing, people who “battle” illness, especially cancer. They’re always brave, they’re always fighters, they “overcome” or they “lose the fight.”
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