Ask your average mobile-carrying person in the street what they think ‘5G’ stands for and they might very well confuse the term with the gee-gees. In fact, what represents the Fifth…
Chip War sounds like a follow-up book to the Glasgow ice cream wars. Rather, it is an exhaustive account by Boston Massachusetts historian and associate professor, Dr Chris Miller, of…
All the talk of a new Scots pound brings to mind Scotland’s traditional monetary values that, some would say, are perhaps rather old fashioned and ill-suited to a digital era….
‘Fake news’, my financier friend sipping his favourite fine malt in one of Edinburgh New Town’s swanky wine bars, exclaimed without warning. He was commenting on the online phenomenon that appeared…
As we all attempt to cope with a post-pandemic economic crisis driven by soaring energy prices, a quite shocking social indicator reveals that three-out-of-four charities are currently falling by the wayside. Latest…
Scotland and with it Scots must not forget how, as western Europe’s poorest nation, it created our modern world and everything in it. This is the view of historian Arthur…
Could Scotland be on the cusp of establishing this small but smart nation into a fully-fledged North European commercial gateway, one fit for the Digital Age? We’re already attracting significant…
The next time you happen to be strolling along Princes Street mulling over that well-earned cuppa, take a moment to contemplate the bold claim that you could shop more efficiently…
As a fully paid-up subscriber to the online Chic Murray appreciation society, courtesy of Facebook (oops, now calling themselves Meta), I’m well aware of how the late comedic legend was…
I clearly recall the sunny afternoon when I was taken by Drake Music Scotland’s (DMS) music technology officer, accomplished musician Rick Bamford, to their recording studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh….