HIGH street chain Bodycare will disappear from UK high streets after administrators announced the closure of its remaining stores … Source

The Bagpipes: A Cultural History, Richard McLauchlan, Hurst and Company, £20. Review by Vivien Williams Richard McLauchlan’s The Bagpipes: A Cultural History sets out to do something both audacious and overdue: to present the story of the bagpipes not as a narrow antiquarian subject, but as a sweeping cultural history that bridges myth and fact, […] Source

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has called for changes to Westminster’s oil and gas regime. Source

WHISKY distillery chiefs have called on the UK and Scottish governments to keep up the pressure on Donald Trump on tariffs after the US president departed the UK with no sign of an improved deal emerging. Source

Hopes for a new party of the Left in Britain appear to have broken down as splits appear just as they attempt to launch. One simple element of disagreement is the very nature of the project and its structures. How democratic should it be and how should it be organised? Some groups, such as the […] Source

The trauma economy: When lived experience becomes commodified content. Bella readers will be familiar with Darren McGarvey’s work, as a musician, public speaker, and award-winning author. You can read his writing for Bella here. His previous writing includes Poverty Safari (Luath), which won the 2018 Orwell Prize, and The Social Distance Between Us. His latest […] Source

More than 300 artists and makers taking part this week. …

ALL jobs at a landfill and waste business in Falkirk are at risk of being lost as the firm which runs it has entered administration … Source

On the day that an independent inquiry by the United Nations concluded that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, over 750 Scottish cultural organisations, collectives and artists have backed a cultural boycott of Israel amid growing international efforts to isolate the country. The moves are called for in […] Source

A bed and furniture business has continued its growth by moving into a larger shop. …

Teachers must be given time and resources to improve collaboration, a meeting has heard. …

SCOTCH whisky giant Diageo is facing opposition from 50 residents over its plans to demolish the Talisker Distillery in Skye … Source