Published 12 November 2014 · Updated 27 February 2026 · 1 min read
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Some weeks ago, SR received political intelligence from Edinburgh that the SNP administration had decided not to have an inquiry into historic child sexual abuse. We then published a two-part exposé, ‘Scotland’s hidden shame, Scotland’s official silence’. It was reported in last Sunday’s press that the Scottish Government is to have an inquiry after all. We welcome this apparent change of heart.
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Kenneth Roy’s panorama of post-war Scottish life, The Invisible Spirit, is out in paperback from Birlinn later this week. It is not too early to be thinking about that ‘perfect Christmas gift’. This book is not perfect. But, at 544 pages, it should keep you going until Hogmanay. To order your signed copy direct from the Scottish Review, for you or your proverbial friend, click below. 15 quid, post and packing free.
