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Posted 04 Aug 2021, by Kate Cowcher In May 1967, a painting of men cutting down trees arrived in Dunoon, the small seaside town on the Cowal peninsula, in the west of Scotland. The painting was by the Tanzanian artist, Samuel J. Ntiro, and was posted from Dar es Salaam by Ntiro himself to T. G. Henderson, Argyll County Councils Director of Education. Ntiros painting, Chopping Wood, had been bought by the renowned writer Naomi Mitchison for a council-funded initiative called the�...

The accident of where you were born, who your family is and what kind of economic and social circumstances you’re born into has a really massive and material effect on what possibilities there are for your life and for your community,” explains Dr Naomi Roux, a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town. South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, where a huge amount of the nation’s wealth remains concentrated i...

SCOTLAND has the best public gardens in the UK with one that aims to save plant species threatened with extinction top of the pile, according to new consumer research. A public vote has placed Logan Botanic Garden, at Port Logan near Stranraer, one of the four Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh sites which is home to some of the worlds rarest plants, as a clear number one in the study. And half of the best ten are in Scotland with Dawyck Botanic Garden at Stobo in the Scottish Borders, another ...

Mum of childrens home suicide teen says there were several failures behind daughters death Kirsty McGregor, 13, died three months after being taken into care at Dunclutha Children’s Home in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, in 2016. 04:30, 16 JUL 2021 Kirsty McGregors parents spoke at an inquiry into her death Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use you...

PREMIUM Stewart Daniels from Cairneyhill was surprised and delighted to spot the words “Free” and “Solicitor” so close to each other on a sign. He imagines it is not a regular occurrence. Cartoon capers GLASGOW has always been an epicentre for the dramatic and unpredictable. Just ask any shell-shocked survivor of the city’s fabled night bus. Though as we’ve been reporting, the Dear Green Place has become even more epic and adventurous now the latest Indiana Jones flick is filmin...

How can it be that the response of the Prime Minister’s office to an allegation of rape in parliament house was to background journalists negatively about her partner? And that this bullying and re-victimising of the victim did not excite, at the very least, a police or judicial inquiry? Ballina Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader. Photo David Lowe. ‘I think I’ve done my apprenticeship,’ independent Ballina Shire Councillor Sharon Cadwallader says after seventeen years in the role and anno...

Scots teachers concerned about ‘superheads’ plan that could lead to demotions Other teachers may be forced to work in schools other than the one where they are currently employed in if a new school leadership model gets the go-ahead. 04:30, 10 JUL 2021 Updated Castlehill Primary School Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide conte...

Mum of teen who took her own life in childrens home quizzes staff over warning signs Kirsty McGregor, 13, asked for a school tie and was seen with red marks on her neck the day before she took her own life, a Fatal Accident Inquiry has heard. 04:30, 1 JUL 2021 Updated A Fatal Accident Inquiry is examining Kirsty McGregors death Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething w...

Mum of teen who took her own life at childrens home asks why interest in suicide was missing from notes Kirsty McGregor, 13, died three months after being taken into care at Dunclutha Children’s Home in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, in 2016. 04:30, 30 JUN 2021 Updated Kirsty McGregors parents spoke at an inquiry into her death Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went ...