On stepping off the airport bus it was clear that central Belgrade was in lock down. A vast chunk of the city centre was off-limits. […] Read More
Category: Culture
In this podcast to accompany The Case for a Scottish Media (out September 2015) Christopher Silver explores the key issues that Scotland will have to […] Read More
I’m too young to remember the 1980s, though given the result of last week’s election that might not actually matter. What I want to talk […] Read More
When I found myself, somewhat unexpectedly, in the midst of a referendum campaign for Scottish independence, the above phrase became a kind of mantra. I’d […] Read More
Scottishness and Britishness are not the constitution. They are cultural ideas and they have meaning, positive or negative, today, just as they would under a […] Read More
For many, 2014 will be remembered for little that is astonishing or newsworthy. Instead a year may or may not be recalled based on the […] Read More
Dear Scotland… When you wake up on Friday, don’t change. A lot will have changed by then, obviously. A line will have been crossed, you’ll […] Read More
For these new ideas we need people who work with their hands. Who else wants to learn about the origin of things? Those who see […] Read More
Scotland is bristling with a will to experiment. It’s shrugging off an older, staler incarnation of itself and tentatively seeking out new possibilities. This process […] Read More
The biggest challenge that the Yes Campaign faces, in every sector, is that of not casting Scotland, or Scottish culture, as victim. In an effective […] Read More