Former Scottish first minister also reflects on gender recognition and the Covid crisis in new memoir

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the bombshell moment she knew her decades-long friendship with Alex Salmond was over for good in the latest extract from her new memoir, Frankly.

Nicola Sturgeon has had something of an epiphany in recent days - she shouldn't have pushed so hard on her calamitous gender reforms.

Scotland’s former leader addresses conflict with Salmond and rumours of a lesbian affair, but stops short of full disclosure

Here, The Independent looks at the key takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s explosive memoir, Frankly

Former Scottish first minister also reflects on gender recognition and the Covid crisis in new memoir

Many of her admirers gloss over her desire to break up the UK as Scotland’s first minister. But in her memoir, it plays a starring role, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Scotland’s first female leader was one of its most popular politicians, yet her independence policy also made her one of the most polarising