George Kerevan

These days the Scots feel as proud of their banks as they once did of the Clyde shipyards — a macho symbol of economic prowess. This explains why the future of Scotland’s financial sector under a possible SNP government has become a hot issue in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament elections on 3 May. The Scottish

Glaswegians are secretly proud of their new, four-lane bridge across the River Clyde, the first crossing to be built in over 30 years. Seen from either end, it looks like half of a McDonald’s ‘Golden Arches’ sign. The city’s spin-doctors insist on calling it the ‘Clyde Arc’ but locals have christened it the ‘Squinty Bridge’,