Category: News

One analogy between the COVID-19 pandemic and total war is that the effects are felt by everyone both at the War Front, in the NHS and social services, and at…

Podcast below, narrated by the author, actor Bill Paterson: The lockdown, current obsessions and a significant birthday brought some memories bubbling to the surface. Fifty years ago, in 1970, the…

It is not necessary to confiscate land; it is only necessary to confiscate rent – Henry George (American economist and writer) The one asset that Scotland knows well about is…

In all the long history of Humanity, no event has been as catastrophic as the Black Death. No tidal wave, no storm, no earthquake, no volcanic eruption, no great fire…

Launching today: a monthly ebook bringing together a pick of articles from the Scottish Review. Read online, download to your tablet, or print off and take it to bed (or…

We all have memories of Christmas past. For me, the childhood excitement of waking to find presents at the foot of my bed, a reward perhaps for enduring the tedium…

The UK has not, and never has been, a political democracy – Gerry Hassan Gerry Hassan is correct: Britain is not a full political democracy even though, perhaps surprisingly, it…

COMMENT The enemy within Anthony Seaton A plug hole called London There is a tapeworm living within the body of the United Kingdom. It fuels itself with our nourishment and…

On 18 April 2023, the newly appointed SNP leader and First Minister announced an 11-month delay in the launch of the controversial Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). I must confess that…

‘We Don’t Stop Playing Because We Grow Old’ – Albert Einstein The Digital Era was supposed to release all of us from the daily grind of work, with the promise…