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In my ongoing, often futile, attempt to avoid Trump and Brexit, I miss important news. Last week I discovered that I’d missed news that the Iraqi human rights activist, the…

My thoughts this week, like many others no doubt, have been dismal. A common thread running through events has been the importance of good governance and the potentially dreadful consequences…

I spent a few days in Aberdeen recently, and I came away with the distinct impression that the city’s energy transition is not going as smoothly as the politicians and…

Just before Christmas, as San Sebastian prepared to relinquish its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture (shared with Wroclaw in Poland), there was a silent demonstration…

Thoughts about apologies prompted by Nick Clegg’s apology for a broken promise (now put to music), Andrew Marr’s apology for putting his hand down a woman’s trousers (not put to…

30 June 2021 Home Become a Friend As the traditional Marching Season approaches, Sir Tom Devine explores new evidence on contemporary Orangeism in Scotland I first became interested in Orangeism…

Each man’s death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. As the bells rang in the New…

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