Category: Culture

Castlebay, Barra Crovie Alan Fisher For me, Scotland is too big a place, too packed with memories to narrow down to one favourite spot. I love the National Library in…

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…

All human communities benefit from seeing a positive portrayal of themselves in the culture within which they live. It is affirming. It tells you, implicitly, that you belong, that you…

In last Sunday’s London Marathon, one runner took pity on another and helped him over the line. A repeat performance in the general election? Dream on.. . Is Trump going…

Kenneth Roy The students missed their chance to bring down the crumbling house Bob Smith Charles Kennedy Walter Humes How can you tell when politicians are lying? The Cafe Bill…

Federico Garcia Lorca is best known in the English-speaking world as the author of plays where characters struggle to express sexual love in a repressive atmosphere; an atmosphere which is…

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. – Walter Bagehot (Victorian journalist). The…

George Chalmers Mother Hugh Kerr Theatre Bob Huggan Sadly, Bob Huggan – a great friend of SR – died recently. We have republished this shorter version of an article he…

World commentary Alan Fisher Wrong moves in Afghanistan Norman Fenton The frog and the scorpion Thinkpiece Jill Stephenson The myth about university education Life of George George Chalmers Paris daze…

Kenneth Roy’s article ( 14 November ) on punditry struck a chord. But ‘pundits’ inhabit the world their readers do, a world that now demands simplistic easy answers to complex…