The Dinwoodie Interview

THE POST of Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Finance

After the crisis -independence?

IN 1972, the Premier of communist China was famously

700 Years?

And the rest… it’s time to finally declare!

Robert the Bruce, historical accuracy and being Scottish

Human beings are hardly able to agree upon what is happening now, so it seems unrealistic to expect them ever to agree about what happened in the past.

The Functional Reality

Before I went to medical school the word functional

Civil Disobedience in Stromness

“THE INHABITANTS of Stromness did resolve to assert

A Rat’s Tale

A few years ago my husband booked a day trip for us

Ailsa Craig Ratatouille

Ingredients

Step Inside Love

YOU KNOW when you’re Scottish that not only can ye

Newborn State

Whether we like it or not, our lives have changed.

The Hydro Boys Bringing power to the glens

FROM TELEVISIONS to toasters, from fridges to flushing

Rescues

THAT ’S US six weeks intae lockdown now. Dad said it

Talking Tech

AS AN IPHONE user, I have benefited from having the

The nautical nomad…

When we last heard from Bob, he was wandering about New York City en route to a Caribbean cruise. Once back in Dundee, he just about managed to fit in being huckled out of a Jeremy Corbyn meeting, (remember him?), for asking an ‘awkward’ question about the next Scottish Independence Referendum, before preparing for his next jaunt, this time to Asia…

Lorna Mclaren Dunino Den

It’s a place of myth and magic, you’d hardly know was

Another one from the archives…

Is it déjà vu or Groundhog Day? For independistas like

SPELLBOUND ANGELA ROBB

IT WAS WHILE walking her shih-tzu, Pearl, in the park

THE VIRUS REFUGEES ALLAN MARTIN

IN THE GATHERING dusk, a small motorboat chugged past

The Smell of Corruption

Alex J. Craig reviews The Lizard Strategy

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

Heed my wisdom or the herd still gets it

Personal Astrologer to Covid-19

AS YOU will have realised by now, my approach to astrology

Helping YouKill Some Time

Dear Reader While we’re all housebound and looking

BONUSPUZZLEBOOK

1. Clear (war zone) of civilians