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Help us give kids a better Christmas

NORMALLY I might apologise for mentioning Christmas when we are barely into November.Read

Why are we last to know of power line decision?

IT has been widely reported this week that the Scottish Government has made up its mind on the Beauly to Denny power line - but it is waiting for an opportune moment to go public.Read

Soldier story is the only reality TV

TELEVISION is the ultimate escapism. But every now and again it brings us as face to face with brutal reality as we are ever reasonably going to come.Read

Stirling strikes the right balance

RADIO Scotland’s Graham Stewart yesterday described many Scottish town centres as “ghost towns” in his Morning Extra phone-in show.Read

10 things to do with an old copy of the Stirling Observer

EARLIER this week, I got talking to an older reader in the checkout queue at Tesco, writes ALISON LOWSONRead

New project really is the bees knees

EVER since I read that the worrying decline in bee numbers was somehow linked to the decline of Planet Earth I’ve been looking to do something to help.Read

Observer poll gets Holyrood politicians talking

OUR website has certainly been setting tongues wagging at Holyrood this week.Read

Kitchen secrets of my Gran’s generation

DURING the Second World War my late, lamented gran, her three sisters and all seven of their children moved back into their grandparents’ house while their respective husbands fought overseas.Read

Virtual doctor saved trip to GP surgery

I USED nhs24.com for the first time last week ... and was mightily impressed by the speed and efficiency of the whole process.Read

What really makes us Scottish

SIFTING through thousands of emails this week, I came across this little gem entitled “A pure dead give-away that you’re Scottish”.Read

Head’s up on City’s very own Iron Lady

AS part of my on-going efforts to get out and about, I took up Dr Elspeth King’s kind invitation to visit the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.Read

Castle project will be crowning glory

ONE of the nicest things about taking over the reins at the Observer is that I’ve received dozens of kind invitations to get out and about to see the City.Read

Charity shop cash is beating cancer

IN Wednesday’s Observer we ran a story about Stirling’s two Cancer Research UK shops raising more than £3,000,000 since they opened in Murray Place more than 20 years ago.Read

Standing up to threats of Sudan’s fashion police

WHAT are you wearing today?Read

I’m back playing for the home team

TAKING over the reins at the Stirling Observer has filled me with excitement and trepidation in equal measures.Read

Stories about what YOU have achieved are what make me feel most proud

NOTHING else quite replicates that feeling when, sometimes against all the odds, that last story is slotted into the page and an editor gets his paper “put to bed”.Read

Bankers are getting away with it – all over again!

JUST when you think that we’ve learned lessons from the excesses of Sir Fred Goodwin and his fat cat pals, up pops another mind-boggling story of a banker’s over-inflated remuneration.Read

Variety’s the key for a weekend to remember

SPENT last Friday with a well-known sporting family in Dunblane – no, not you know who, but the rugby-playing McKenzies!Read

We’ve all got to work hard to maintain a sense of community in our daily lives

FULL marks to all the shops and businesses who have been taking part in the Observer’s Shop Local campaign.Read

Definition of a Scot?

WHAT does it mean to be a Scot? There’s an interesting answer to that question doing the rounds.Read

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