THE SCOTTISH REVIEWERS I. Barbara Millar [click here] II. Andrew Hook [click here] THE POSTBOX [click here] OPEN NOW! The Scottish Review Bookshop [click here] You can now order ICS…
Islay McLeod’s Scotland Behind the scenes at the theatre Not many theatres started in a tent pitched in their founder’s garden. On 19 May 1951 John Stewart did just that…
The polite society II Niceness is not enough Walter Humes Readers may be astounded to learn that I was recently described as ‘that unkind observer of human frailty’. And there…
The death of a great newspaper by a thousand cuts Kenneth Roy If one of Scotland’s highest-profile organisations suddenly announced that it was making all its staff redundant and inviting…
The man who kissed the Primavera Magnus Linklater It is not often you get the opportunity to stand in front of a great painting and know that a little bit…
NAME ME Table 6: Miller Caldwell Table 1 Mairi Clare Rodgers: Are lads’ mags the cheap rags we deserve? [click here] Table 2 Walter Humes: Yes, I did go on…
A journey through Fife Table 5: Douglas Wood Most will recognise the blue signs showing a bicycle and a white number in a small red rectangle. They are springing up…
Child-friendly Table 2: Dr Chris Holligan Chris Holligan is a senior lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland Table 1 Arthur J Bell: No German lessons here…
Spectator Arts, media, sport Distracted Kenneth Roy on golf, Greta and God During last weekend’s coverage of the women’s open at Sunningdale, I should have been concentrating on the scarily…
The Canoe Boy Scot of the Month: Barbara Millar profiles Alastair Dunnett, one of Scotland’s greatest journalists, who was born 100 years ago this year Mungo Dunnett waited until his…