Props from botched Willy Wonka event raise more than £2,000 for Palestinian aid charity
Glasgow record shop Monorail Music auctioned the props on eBay after they were discovered in a bin outside the warehouse where event took place
Country diary
Country diary: This wee park is a suburban underdog
Pollokshields, Glasgow: Springtime is moving in at this wonderful suburban green space, with long-tailed tits, copious lime trees and calling buzzards
Mother of Emma Caldwell calls for criminal investigation into mishandling of murder case
Margaret Caldwell and her family also want public inquiry into failures by authorities after man finally jailed for 2005 killing
February 2024
Police face scrutiny after man found guilty of 2005 Emma Caldwell murder
Why did it take so long to convict Iain Packer of Emma Caldwell’s murder?
Other lives
Felicity Grainger obituary
The Audio Long Read
‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibillion-pound equal pay scandal – podcast
‘Polar express’: passengers hit out at cold conditions on Scottish train line
The long read
‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibillion-pound equal pay scandal
January 2024
My big move
My big move: leaving Sydney for Glasgow, suddenly I was an old-school migrant again
Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2023
‘We are the talk of the town’: the refugee-led Glasgow charity helping women caught up in asylum system
Rape suspect accused of faking own death extradited from Scotland to US
‘A space with a soul’: children’s ideas help transform Glasgow hospital unit
December 2023
‘Bloody nonsense’: how Glasgow was cut from the Oscar-tipped film Poor Things
The starry new version of Alasdair Gray’s book expunges almost all of its Scottish context. Along the writer and artist’s trail through the city, locals let their feelings be known
Michael Blakemore obituary
Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen
Cumbria police declare major incident after heavy snowfall
Drivers urged not to make unnecessary journeys as cars stuck in traffic and some roads impassable
November 2023
Number of homeless refugees in Glasgow doubles amid asylum backlog
Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry votes to ban use of Confederate flag
My best shot
A dog joins a queue for ice-cream in Glasgow: Douglas Corrance’s best photograph
