EWAN GURR: Scottish drug deaths and food parcels more important than royal ‘crisis’
In Scotland last week, news broke of a projected rise in drug deaths and the distribution of nearly 600,000 food parcels.
EWAN GURR: Former SNP MP pays tribute to team after losing seat in Fife
From almost every vantage point, the Scottish National Party did extremely well in general election 2019.
EWAN GURR: ‘Knighthood for Iain Duncan Smith is immoral – I hope it is revoked’
We are at the dawn of a new decade and, under normal circumstances, that would fill me with feelings of hope.
EWAN GURR: ‘Remember the real reason for the Christmas season’
I recently spoke to a mum at the school gate who told me she called the Jobcentre to ask if she could reschedule a later signing-on appointment so she could attend her son’s Christmas school play.
EWAN GURR: When Christmas equals crisis for those in poverty
On December 1 2017, I decided to start tweeting anonymised encounters I had with people experiencing poverty and charting the difficulties for families living on limited incomes under the hashtag #WhenChristmasEqualsCrisis.
EWAN GURR: ‘Conservatives and SNP lost my vote and respect with hustings no-show’
I attended the Dundee West hustings at St Peter’s Free Church on Perth Road last Thursday.
EWAN GURR: ‘It’s time to ditch the royal family’
The royals have not crowned themselves in glory in recent months.
EWAN GURR: ‘We can’t tackle poverty until we know exactly what it is’
I recently attended an event in Dundee that brought together people from the private, the public and voluntary sectors who work together to tackle funeral poverty.
EWAN GURR: ‘Scotland got tired of the Labour Party’s message’
The one party for whom a bitter night is anticipated at the General Election in December is Labour.
EWAN GURR: Old pal who ‘came back from the dead’ after drug-related attack
Seven years ago, while walking over a crossing at the Westport roundabout, I found my friend John bleeding profusely having been stabbed in a drug-related attack.
EWAN GURR: My dilemma over who to vote for on December 12
Last week was a peculiar one – a melting pot of bipolar conversations with people I either do not know calling me a Tory or people I do know laughing at me.
EWAN GURR: The beautiful side of the game
I don’t think I have ever shared in this column that I am a big football fan.
EWAN GURR: My election prediction is for Conservative majority
On the 12th day of December my true love gave to me... an election win for Boris Johnson.
EWAN GURR: Timex documentary a difficult watch
I found it difficult to watch the recent BBC Scotland documentary The Rise and Fall of Timex Dundee, despite the admirable stoicism and good humour of the largely female workforce.
EWAN GURR: Day Foodbank Mum met Universal Credit director
Milly Graham has had a tumultuous three years, having survived domestic violence, sexual assault and a suicide attempt while fighting back against anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.
EWAN GURR: Desperate circumstances result in suicidal thoughts
I remember the first time I ever contemplated suicide.
EWAN GURR: My enduring love affair with the medium of print
It is 10.05am on a mild weekday and I have just spent 45 minutes foraging through five different newsagents from one end of Dundee city centre to the other in search of three newspapers and two magazines.
EWAN GURR: Unplugging from life at Pluscarden Abbey is the ultimate in relaxation
I have just arrived back from a beautiful place where it felt as if time stood still.
EWAN GURR: Decisions on future must put people before profit
Exactly 10 years ago, I visited India for the first time.
EWAN GURR: Voluntary sector on brink of breakdown
I attended a conference in Glasgow organised by A Menu for Change, a coalition of four charities including Poverty Alliance, Oxfam Scotland, CPAG Scotland and Nourish Scotland.