The tyranny of constitutions

Voice from Europe At the SNP Conference

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.

Neil Ascherson Poland beckons

WHEN I MET Neil Ascherson, one of our finest journalists

Catalonia and the Unmasking of Power

What happened in Catalonia on October 1 is, as the

A week is a long time in politics

It’s the phrase everyone knows and its used to explain

Sinners Still

IMAGINE - it’s the mid-1970s, long before the digital

Wee GingerDug

Arrogance ticking…away

’Cause I’m the Wanderer

So saying, a wee bit o’ Dion and the Belmonts pretty

A rich blend of history and whisky

Islay’s Three Distilleries Path

A Bitter Pill

At the start of the third series of US drama The Wire

The Monstrous Malady of Monotony!

We often complain about being bored, and indeed, among

Dump the Dog Dish!

Modern lifestyles have brought many changes for our

Lessons from Scandinavia

Reflecting on what we could learn for Scotlandr

The Stone of Destiny

Every so often, perhaps every decade or so, interest

All Souls, No Saints…

Picking through the aftermath of Halloween, and mincing

On Another Planet

Sam Mackay lived in a 1970s estate of boxy white houses.

Places of Death

Alex J. Craig reviews Bloody Scotland.

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

Heed my wisdom or I’ll set the Guardia Civil on you

HEID BYLER

‘Heid Byler’ is a clueless crossword. The grid is filled

iScot Letters

Got a picture with a special memory for you? It might

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CHRIS CAIRNS