Marissa MacWhirter

I tried Scotland's first floating sauna boat, here's what it's like Would you plunge into a freezing loch in October? Marissa MacWhirter tests out the HotBoat Floating Sauna at Taymouth Marina.

Scotland's first floating sauna boat is worth checking out - there is something quite mystical about jumping in a loch in the autumn (yes, it is cold).
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'Relationships are reciprocal. If you stop showing up for people around you, they very well might stop showing up for you'

@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social on self-care becoming shorthand for self-indulgence

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Stop protecting your peace and go to the pub instead, says Marissa Stop 'protecting your peace' and make time for your friends, writes Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter.

Have we taken self-care too far, asks Herald columnist @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

'Any other city in Europe would be celebrating these lanes, would be using them as facilities, we would be bringing them to life with bars and cafes...'

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I refuse to stop reading in public no matter how 'performative' it is, writes Marissa I thought everyone had suffered through Yanagihara's A Little Life, but now I look around suspiciously and wonder if it was all performative.

To pull a concept from one of my favourite Kurt Vonnegut novels, Mother Night (1961), we are who we pretend to be. Reading books does, in fact, make you a reader. ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Charity at risk after City Property issues £800K dilapidations bill for former unit Turning Point Scotland has received a £805,000 dilapidations bill for its former 218 Bath Street premises. The charity disputes the calculation,…

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I tried Glasgow’s top iced matcha lattes, here’s the truth about the Gen Z craze Once reserved for monks and nobles, the vegetal yet delicate matcha tea has been whisked away from ceremonial consumption and dumped straight into a…

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The fight to save a Scots Abbey on the market for less than a family car Culross Abbey has been central to village life for centuries, hosting christenings, weddings, and funerals. Its sale has sparked anxiety among…

The Kirk is reshaping itself around fewer charges and fewer buildings, but aiming to leave “well-equipped spaces in the right places” to carry out its mission. Culross Abbey, beautiful though it is, no longer meets that test. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Matcha has become a booming market worth more than £45 million in the UK alone

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Thanks, @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social has answered my question without me having to try a #matcha at all!!

"...a fascinating choice for a group who want to remove any and all foreign influence from the UK! I guess American right-wing politics don’t count." - @garbageday.email 📸Gordon Terris

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'Her gimmick is to promote misogynistic and disgusting views on women for clicks and cash.

'A virtue signalling campaign to ban the Bang Bus won’t solve the problem'

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Banning Bonnie Blue and her disgusting Bang Bus would be a mistake || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social

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Inside the high street blood test boom as Gen Z take health into their own hands Are high street blood testing clinics the new craze to sweep the high street? Herald feature writer Marissa MacWhirter heads to Bloodtek in Glasgow…

Last week, I visited Glasgow's newest high street blood clinic, Bloodtek, for a full body MOT to find out more about the private testing craze popping up all over the internet and the UK... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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'Blood clinics, like the one I visited earlier this month, have been popping up on high streets across Scotland'

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"I am so fed up with this circular firing squad and I fear for the future of our creative scene."

Some essential reading in this opinion column from Marissa on Scottish cultural organisations and the growing pressure they are coming under from activists and campaigns.

Puritan politics puts our arts institutions at risk, writes Marissa MacWhirter A blurry video of three people speaking to two hi-vis clad Police Scotland officers, published on June 26, is where the Art Workers for Palestine…

Premeditated brutalisation? Planned and violent attack? What kind of artist activists would paint their relatively minor scuffle with police with the same brush as the very genocide they are meant to be showing solidarity with? @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Will Glasgow's new tourism push be tacky or tasteful, asks Marissa MacWhirter Glasgow City Council has bowed to business leaders to form the Destination Marketing and Management Organisation, writes Herald columnist Marissa…

No matter how the DMMO decides to sell the city, I do hope they choose ambition over a bland non-serif font slapped on a pink background. ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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I'm looking for wellness/health/lifestyle in Scotland stories for an exciting new chapter of my role at @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Got a story? Email me at marissa.macwhirter@newsquest.co.uk 💌 #journorequest

Puritan politics puts our arts institutions at risk, writes Marissa MacWhirter A blurry video of three people speaking to two hi-vis clad Police Scotland officers, published on June 26, is where the Art Workers for Palestine…

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Who will staunch the flow of fake Labubus now, asks Marissa MacWhirter The decline in the number of trading standards officers in Scotland puts consumer safety at risk, says Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter

It was an otherwise typical day at The Barras when I heard it. “Get your Labubus! Ten pounds!” shouted a familiar voice. The voice of The Barras itself. It was the cigarettes-tobacco-Viagra man. ✍️ @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Scottish Borders Council made the controversial decision to axe a class from Heriot Primary. Now the community is fighting to protect its future

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A knee jerk decision from Borders Council threatens to change the direction of life in Heriot.

From today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social a deep dive into the delicate balance required to keep a rural village thriving.

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Victoria Infirmary is a lesson in how not to develop flats, writes Marissa MacWhirter Ever since Sanctuary Housing acquired the 9.5-acre site in the heart of Battlefield nine years ago, the development has become a…

Once a sentimental place where people said goodbye to their loved ones, the old Victoria Infirmary has been transformed into a dizzying liminal space of beige brick and rose gold cladding, complete with a Starbucks. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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I'm all for a congestion charge in Glasgow if we have A FUNCTIONING AND AFFORDABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM in place, but alas....

'The entire concept that young people should be paid less than older people, just because of their age, is entirely absurd'

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Stop paying young people less just because they are young. @heraldscotland.bsky.social ✍️

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'How Spider-Man made me late for work' 🕷️

@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social on how Spider-Man filming has highlighted differences and similarities between Glasgow and New York

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Council boss under pressure to aid stranded residents after Glasgow tenement collapse Nearly a month after a tenenment collapsed at Albert Cross in Pollokshields, local politicians are calling for action to aid stranded residents.

Residents were evacuated nearly a month ago, and still haven't been able to access their belongings.

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