With the SNP’s manifesto launch, we now have a clear picture of how Scotland’s public affairs will be managed over the coming five years. As […] Read More
Any election that is a foregone conclusion is destined to be a mediocre affair. The election for the Scottish Parliament next month will go down in history […] Read More
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
The decline of local government in Scotland is a long and depressing saga. “The cooncil” has long been a byword for corruption, incompetence and political […] Read More
The ability to talk the same language is gone. More and more, we’re divided into communities of concern. Each side can ignore the other side […] Read More
The sense of being part of a movement has long held a compulsive appeal. When the term was first adopted by working class activists in […] Read More
On the day I moved out of my parents’ home I walked into the first room I’d ever rented, considered the daunting prospect of the […] Read More
Globalisation can’t help meaning that we’re all “in the same boat”; but on this noble vessel, most of the occupants can’t help being virtual “stowaways”, […] Read More
The façade of the recently reopened National Portrait Gallery on Edinburgh’s Queen Street could hardly be more opulent. It speaks of an era of massive […] Read More
“With a few notable exceptions, the Scottish mainstream media has not been able to rise to the challenge presented by the growing self-determination movement. When […] Read More