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RUTH Marr (Letters, April 6) is quite right to remind us that there is much good work being done in Scottish classrooms. While clearly there are some real challenges facing our schools, not least the scourge of austerity, education is not failing and indeed deserves more praise than criticism, criticism that is often ill-founded. It is frankly a fairy story to believe that Scotland used to enjoy a "world-beating" system. For one thing, international comparisons are of very recent construction. The Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) tests were only introduced in 2000. It ...

Kevin L. Jones February 26, 2021Updated: February 28, 2021, 7:43 pm Mike Burkett (left) and NOFX. Photo: Fat Wreck Chords Mike Burkett, better known as Fat Mike of the punk band NOFX, loves his leather sheets. At the mere mention of them during a recent video interview with The Chronicle, he jumped out of his chair to grab one and show it off. “It’s like a duvet, and it’s lambskin. It’s awesome. I won’t go anywhere without it,” said the NOFX singer and president of Fat Wreck Chords as he draped the blanket over himself from his home in Los Angeles, where he splits his...

OUR leaders at Westminster and the Scottish Government would appear to be under the impression that we are all sitting happily at home awaiting their next pronouncement regarding the easing of the seemingly never-ending lockdown restrictions. In reality, most of us are actually seething with rage and frustration at their apparent reluctance to take advantage of the best chance of getting us back to normality – vaccination. The current shilly-shallying over vaccination passports is a case in point. I could be wrong, but surely it is a bit pointless to vaccinate people and then expect the...

Share this article Share this article HOUSTON, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobius Risk Group affirms commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practice and markets by joining the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). Armed with decades of experience, a trove of data, market-leading analytics, and a proprietary C/ETRM, Mobius joins IETA alongside dozens of companies committed to market-based climate initiatives to advance the clean energy transition in a sensible and scalable way.  "We're excited to be a member of an international group of business leaders ta...

THE vacuous nature of contemporary politics is neatly summed up by Sir Keir Starmer saying “Labour needs to rebuild trust” ("Sir Keir Starmer: Labour has a lot of work to do to regain ground in Scotland", The Herald, January 22). If he feels we can’t trust his party he needs to elaborate on why this is, just what acts detrimental to the electorate has his organisation perpetrated that he feels led us to not trust them? He himself encapsulates the divide in society when a millionaire with the lifestyle associated with that leads the party that was created to look after the working cl...