Land of the
forgotten sex
Kenneth Roy
Airbrushed from history, or objects of misogynism on the internet: either way, bright Scotswomen endure a raw deal
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The Midgie
celebrates the great exam success
Fall of the Celtic Tiger
Tom Gallagher
Ireland is waking up to a nightmare and the candour of the country’s agonising is remarkable. Is Scotland capable of such self-examination?
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Alan Fisher
Hope in Niger
Beaten out of
their culture
Alf Young
The generosity of spirit of First Nation Canadians, punished for speaking their language, is deeply moving
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Rear Window
Ian Hamilton QC visits the local shop
The Back Page
Amusements and diversions
This Scotland
‘the people of Saltcoats – a sordid race’
John Galt (1779-1839), ‘The Ayrshire Legatees’
‘Never have I seen desolation less abominable; but desolate it is, Ulva’
George Scott-Moncrieff, ‘The Scottish Islands’ (1952)
‘Inverkip is so rough they put a date stamp on your head when they mug
you so they don’t do you twice in the one day’
Chic Murray (1919-85)
‘I am glad to have seen the Caledonian Canal, but don’t want to see it again’
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), ‘Letters’
‘Dundee, a frowsy fisherwife addicted to gin and infanticide’
Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-35), ‘Scottish Scene’
‘Wick is the meanest of men’s towns, set on what is surely the baldest of God’s bays’
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), letter
‘If Dingwall was in its ordinary state, it must be an excellent place for sleeping a life away in’
Henry Cockburn (1779-1854), ‘Circuit Journeys’
‘If justice were done to the inhabitants of Inverness, in twenty years’ time there would be no-one left there but the Provost and the hang-man’
John Telford (early 19th century)
Our archive
Wednesday 4 August 2010
The enduring legacy of John Smith
Barbara Millar
They can only pray for rain
Alan Fisher
Tuesday 3 August 2010
In the defences of the secret state, there is suddenly a gaping hole
Kenneth Roy
Suntans and the Loch Wobegone Effect
John Forsyth
They didn’t eat yesterday, they aren’t eating today
Alan Fisher
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