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Scottish Politics Posted on27th March 202327th March 2023

Humza Yousaf profile (2016)

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

Scottish Politics Posted on27th May 202228th November 2022

What’s happened to Scotland’s local democracy?

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

Scottish Politics Posted on3rd January 20223rd January 2022

Don’t Mourn , Occupy!

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

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on24th October 20213rd January 2022

COP26: Scotland’s pioneering tradition can help solve the climate crisis

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

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on13th September 20213rd January 2022

The politics of traffic are a dead-end: why it’s time to replace the M8

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

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on13th August 202125th August 2021

Scotland’s choice: oil or freedom?

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

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on16th July 202116th July 2021

Summer Detours 3: Shitting in the Cathedral

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

Scottish Politics Posted on16th July 202116th July 2021

Summer Detours 2: Reconsidering Scotland’s Deep South

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

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on16th July 202116th July 2021

Summer Detours 1: Under the Bridges

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

Scottish Politics Posted on16th February 202116th July 2021

Beyond Red Morningside

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

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