The Scotsman

Six months on from its opening, and an eternity from the appearance of that ominous first headline, "Holyrood costs may top £60m", are we any nearer to embracing the new parliament building? Ensnared in almost as much controversy as the building itself is the Wark Clements documentary The Gathering Place, the first instalment of which was shown last night. The cost of this film, paid for by the public, has climbed to just a whisker under £1 million and there is talk of legal action over a possible breach of EU rules on state funding. Everything this building has touched, or been touched by, seems destined for trouble and controversy. But has the eye of the storm not surely passed? Is not the prevailing mood now to look ahead and put the past behind?