Kick the Cat

Voice from Europe

Alyn Smith is one of Scotland’s six Members of the

‘It’s Labour for me... but not in Scotland’

Independence the priority, says ex-MP Huckfield

A Perfect Storm

Small Business, Europe and Competitive Advantage

‘Arc of Prosperity’ ...it’s back

SOME EIGHT years ago at Harvard University Alex Salmond, then

Letter from America

An American Perspective

Wee GingerDug

They’re all so pretty ... VACANT

Ben Thomson The Legacy

BEN THOMSON could fairly be described as an ideas man

Doing Middle Class

POSSIBLY the worst example of cringe I remember was on

Sticky Aberdeen the new Birmingham?

Tom Morton spends a weekend watching the Granite go all arty and rock’n’roll

Fit To Lead?

IN JANUARY 2017 a new President will take the reins

Scotch and Spirit

David Hayman’s TV series on whisky brought back some memories from a quarter of a century ago for Tom Morton

Simon Community Scotland

MORE than 34,000 people are classed as ‘homeless’ in Scotland

The Gift

Betty’s husband, Archibald Peterson, raised his eyes from the letter

Investigating Allan Pinkerton

A WHILE back I got involved researching the life and

Craft Beer Revolution

New Craft Beer Festival to launch in Edinburgh

Food for thought

IT’S BEEN long said that ‘breakfast is the most important

Smokes, Slaves, and Sugar

When Glasgow ran the World

The madness of men

SIR ISAAC Newton was not a man to readily admit

Cuban Reels

Cuban Film Festival launches extended 2nd year in Glasgow

St Kilda

This poem appears in Nae Flooers by Ann MacKinnon Published

A Nation Decides

‘OCH, it’s quite simple,’ said Alex Sharkey, ‘yes or no

iSpy

IN THIS high-tech digital age, we’re all reporters and photographers

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

I understand that the UK Government is intending to offer

OSCAR ONE-THREE

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Letters

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