The strange career of democracy 17.09.09 Issue no 142 MOTHBALLS The bizarre story of a Harris Tweed jacket Kenneth Roy [click here] INDIAN SUMMER IN THE CITY Photo-essay Islay McLeod…
Kenneth Roy Could Mr Salmond be blown away by his own charisma? The Cafe Requiem Anthony Seaton Three cheers for our under-valued public sector The Cafe 2 James Robertson and…
Kenneth Roy A cliffhanger of an end to a classic Scottish detective story The Cafe A reply to David Torrance David Hill Revealing Scotland’s dirty little secret Islay McLeod The…
‘A Scotsman Returns, Travels with Thomas Telford in the Highlands and Islands’ by Paul A Lynn (published by Whittles Publishing) This beautifully-produced book is an eye-opener. It focuses on two…
In the summer of 2020, the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society was planning to hold its annual conference in Princeton, New Jersey. I was delighted because 2020 happened to be the…
‘Arts and the Nation’ by Alan Riach with Alexander Moffat and John Purser (published by Luath Press) This is an unusual and quite remarkable book. Its contents all appeared in…
‘Darien A Journey In Search Of Empire’, by John McKendrick (Birlinn) Seeing this title, some readers may well be responding by wondering whether we really need another book about the…
Kenneth Roy Why is Roseanna’s Catholicism an issue? Islay McLeod Pic of the day Alison Prince Oh, for a crack or two appearing in the worship of purchase The Cafe…
Tough oil is with us. There is no way back to the time of plenty Catherine Czerkawska The problem with euthanasia Works of art are not good for anything. They…
‘His Bloody Project’ by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Contraband) This is one of the 13 novels long-listed for the prestigious Man Booker prize for 2016. Given that the judges had to…