OSCAR ONE-THREE

Holyrood’s New Year Political Pledges

IT’S THAT time of the year again when we make

This is now

Tom Morton on how his political position has changed since September 2014

Voice from Europe

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS over, another year of fine folk loading up

Letter from America

An American Perspective

Wee Ginger Dug

Mystic Dug’s predictions for 2017

‘We’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns’

A secular Scotland is in everyone’s interests, says humanist chief

Those lonesome Brexit blues

I WASN’T feeling so well a while back and couldn’t

Pass the claret!

Switching from whisky to Bordeaux, Tom Morton discovers the solution to Brexit for Scots: Actually, we’re French!

What’s on January

St. Hilda Sea Adventures offer unique taste of stunning Scottish

Power and powerlessness

THERE were what seemed to be an uncommon number of

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Revolution, according to this theory, is best seen not as

Better than a Lump of Coal

DURING December an infographic illustrating the increase in foodbanks across

Carrozzeria Carnage

Grouse Beater is an essayist, filmmaker and troublemaker

Scottish Scenic Routes

How an inspired project is helping enhance our spectacular countryside

Nigel Tranter a great Scot

IN 1989, a full eighty years after his birth Nigel

Learning to Cook the Root Camp Way

STROLLING through the woods close to the shore front on

COLD KILLS

FOR NAPOLEON’S retreating Grand Armee the Russian winter of 1812

HYPOTHERMIA

So if you suspect someone is suffering from hypothermia dial

In the Shadow of the Rock

SINCE time immemorial this great Rock has dominated the point

iSpy

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

Sobering Thoughts

IN DECEMBER 2014 Scotland’s drink-drive limit was lowered. Two years

Protecting Our Pets

ARE WE OVER-VACCINATING?

Education Reform Must try harder

WHEN I think about the Scottish Government’s proposed education reforms

A Not So Perfect Spanish Day

JOHN, and his wife, Mary, having managed to stay married

Peat, Profit and Paternalism

EVERY time I set foot on the Isle of Lewis

Seekin Kin

MajorBloodnok, Agony Aunt

Heed my wisdom or I’ll set the Supreme Court on you

Personal Astrologer to the Great, the Good and the Dear Green Place

FROM MY astrological divinations last month, I observed that the

Politichuckle

Kick the Cat

iScot Letters

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