16 April 2014 * SR is taking a short Easter break. There will be no edition next week. Publication will resume on Wednesday 30 April. * Last week’s edition attracted…
This week in SR… 5 February 2014 * Annie Borjesson, who died in mysterious circumstances on a Scottish beach in December 2005, would have celebrated her 39th birthday this week…
We are pleased to be able to report that, following last week’s extended report on the mysterious death of Annie Borjesson, Police Scotland has been in touch to say that…
Will this match be about football or politics? The tweet, the women, the French A case of selective Camnesia Get SR free in your inbox three times a week Click…
Kenneth Roy Law at a crawl (1) Colin McEachran and Clare Donaldson Law at a crawl (2) Bruce Gardner David Cameron Alasdair McKillop Barbara Millar Andrew Hook Gerard Rochford Crawford,…
A telephone is ringing in the darkness and snatches of conversation can be heard: ‘same slate’, ‘still running’, ‘cut-throat’… ‘Okay, Rick, what’s the game?’ ‘Cut-throat’ ‘What’s the object of it?’…
In late 1969, Tam Dalyell picked up a phone message in the lobby of the House of Commons summoning him to the Home Office – Jim Callaghan was peeved. On…
Takeover: Explaining the Extraordinary Rise of the SNP, by Rob Johns and James Mitchell (Biteback Publishing) All books are inevitably overtaken by events but there’s a certain brutality about the…
CULTURE Looking for Mailer Books: Alasdair McKillop There’s something exhilarating about discovering a brilliant, challenging writer, even if he happens to be dead. It doesn’t happen often, so maximum enjoyment…
For a country that has convened national soul-searching summits following touchline scuffles, much of the reaction to the Scottish Cup final violence has been the equivalent of an awkward attempt…