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Douglas Wood The bonspiel that never was Get the Scottish Review in your inbox free of charge The Scottish Review library is now open [click here] 13.01.10 Issue no 193…

Murray Ritchie Still on track for independence Murray Ritchie is former convener of the Scottish Independence Convention The literate Christmas gift Call Islay on 01563 530830 with your credit card…

Thursday 14 August A tense stand-off has developed on the edge of Gori. The Russians were expected to pull out and hand control back to the Georgians, but it appears…

How did we get here? The Present Tense II Walter Humes pays tribute to a writer of dystopian vision The death of one of my favourite authors, J G Ballard,…

My great-aunt was an avid watcher of late night snooker well into her 90s and was always able to give the form on her favourites – the then-youngsters Stephen Hendry…

Give me a missile crisis any day The Present Tense I Kenneth Roy on a long day’s journey into night As a boy, I remember being convinced one day that…

Spectator Arts, media, sport When Archie became Douglas Barbara Millar risks watching an episode of River City Two friends from deepest Birmingham once told me they never missed an episode…

The Scottish Reviewers Look at me – I’m worth 50 quid Barbara Millar On the same evening that Prince Charles enjoyed a royal knees-up to celebrate his 60th birthday and…

The Scottish Reviewers I The two faces of the BBC Andrew Hook WEEKEND INBOX STOP PRESS Kenneth Roy on the uncertain future of a great newspaper [click here] THE POLITE…

Alan Fisher’s World No-one here believes this war is over [go to page 2] INBOX Islay McLeod’s Scotland Net losses: my day with the fishermen [click here] Kenneth Roy’s Week…