For the many people among us who look forward to a 2022 with depressed resignation about the state of our democracy, there might be some comfort to be drawn from…
Society 48% of the public feel that community spirit in their local area is strong. When taking the UK as a whole, however, just 27% feel that a strong community…
Last week’s announcement by Lord Hall, chairman of the BBC, of new investment for Scotland, including the establishment of a new channel, was welcome. It goes some way to remedying…
What an intriguing choice for COP26: Glasgow, the one-time Second City of the Empire. I wonder what today’s citizens think of global warming and climate change. ‘When was the last…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: WEE a small quantity; small ‘Wee’ is so familiar…
‘John Stonehouse, My Father: The True Story of the Runaway MP’, by Julia Stonehouse (Icon Books) The story goes that once upon a time, a Labour MP having embezzled cash…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: HAIRST Harvest Hairst, like many Scots words, differs from…
It may appear a wee bit odd for Scottish Review to publish anything about George Orwell. But there are good reasons for a re-examination of his influence today, even in…
Editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language are kindly supplying us with a Scots word of the month. This month, the word is: CHOWS Small coal Hogmanay â itself a term of…
A visit to Scotland is often enjoyable. Sometimes it can be life-changing. In September 1924, an American nurse, Mary Breckinridge, arrived at the Edinburgh headquarters of Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland…