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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Does the military run the best nature reserves?
DAVE BANGS explains the unintended positive consequences of off-limits military training grounds
MoD exercises on Salisbury Plain; (inset) a Whinchat
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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 Ministry of Defence military lands include many of our best and most intact wild places.
Now hold on! I’m no friend of the armed forces. Let me illustrate.
It’s near midsummer, and dusk is far advanced. I clamber over the gate and make my way along the forest track, accompanied by the soft descending song of willow warblers and the faint calling of a cuckoo from across the wooded valley.
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