It’s a Tuesday afternoon in late summer. The end of a school day. In the quiet suburbs of the city’s southside a 16 year-old Glaswegian […] Read More
Category: Scottish Politics
In one Scottish city, a portfolio of iconic public buildings is re-financed to settle a decades-old equal pay dispute; in another, a radical programme to […] Read More
Professor Lindsay Paterson argues that the relative stability of the union in the nineteenth century was underpinned by a gendered understanding of society. In that […] Read More
When delegates convene for COP26 next week they will do so in a city that is still, despite the best efforts of planners and developers, […] Read More
Depending on who you listen to, Glasgow is either uniquely well suited to play host to COP26, or outrageously ill-prepared. Amid growing political rancour ahead […] Read More
By the end of 2021 the city of Glasgow will become shorthand for a landmark moment in human history; one way or another. As things […] Read More
Shit — imagine huge immovable mountains of the stuff, caked into the stones or rushing forth in biblical torrents. A great leveller, tramped in by […] Read More
On crossing the border at Deadwater into Scotland, the signage is surprisingly dull. Scottish Borders and the Forestry Commission offer a muted welcome in fonts that resemble Comic Sans. Turn around, however, and […] Read More
If, like me, you’ve visited New York on the cheap, you may be aware that the Waldorf Astoria contains a Starbucks in its lobby – thereby allowing pretty much anyone to wander […] Read More
In 1968 a Labour MP sat down to co-author a pamphlet entitled ‘Don’t Butcher Scotland’s Future’ – a strident rebuke to the nascent force of Scottish nationalism. This […] Read More