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EU Scottish

Alyn Smith is one of Scotland’s six Members of the European Parliament. He is a member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and Scotland’s representative on the Agriculture Committee

The Oracle SPEAKS

IT’S NOT HARD to see why, when it comes to

Leaving Labour for the SNP

Campaigning with Tories on Indy was abhorrent to me, says MSP Clare

FIT LIKE

I USED to run all the way to school and

Hope Springbanks eternal...

Can you drink whisky with a clear moral and political conscience? What’s the best dram for those “o’ independent mind”? Tom Morton investigates

Wee Ginger Dug

Not your party, but... your cause

A Game Changer for Wales

ADDRESSING the Scottish Independence Convention in Glasgow on 14 January

Making Political Journalisam Relevant

I'VE BEEN thinking about the media. I do that a

London Calling

DO YOU trust the BBC? Most people if asked this

Defence Update

iScot’s Zoe Weir talks exclusively to Martin Docherty-Hughes MP

Indy Prints

SEPSIS the doctor’s dilemma

WHAT DO 18th century philosopher and women’s rights activist Mary

Men’s Sheds: Man Caves

TWENTY years ago a movement was founded in Australia that

A walk on the wild side

Bute’s West Island Way

TORTURE by a Thousand Bites

THE WINTER months have arrived, but for country ramblers and

The HOLLYWOOD Sting

“If you’re going to Hollywood, go for fun ... and get a bloody lawyer!” Sean Connery

I Know What I Like

GLASGOW'S Kelvingrove Museum holds one of the world’s great municipal

The Poet and the Pious Man

WHAT WOULD a man called William Fisher say, if he

MEAL MAKERS

Scotland’s unique neighbourhood food project

Applecross peninsula

IT IS AN ‘unnamed road’ on Google Maps, this stretch

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

iScot Book Review

EDINBURGH’S known around the world as a city of literature

DARE DEVIL

A moving tribute to the heroes who fought fascism 80 years ago

Where is Wilbur?

WILBUR is my best friend. He’s lived in my bedroom

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

I understand that those most in favour of Brexit think

OSCAR ONE-THREE

Mystic Mons Meg

From ancient times colour has been used to predict the

Politichuckle

iScot Letters

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