Monday 20 June Referendums, referenda, whatever. Let’s have no more of these gerunds. I am writing three days before the vote. A week ago, driven to distraction by the obvious…
I. Mick North is nice II. Walter Humes is not very nice Which one is the great dictator? The Scottish Reviewers More from Kenneth Roy Kenneth Roy on the uncertain…
This must be a wonderful time for psephologists and political commentators, but for many people it is just plain confusing. We are being asked to make major decisions on our…
‘Fake news’, my financier friend sipping his favourite fine malt in one of Edinburgh New Town’s swanky wine bars, exclaimed without warning. He was commenting on the online phenomenon that appeared…
Could Scotland be on the cusp of establishing this small but smart nation into a fully-fledged North European commercial gateway, one fit for the Digital Age? We’re already attracting significant…
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I’m sure many readers will have sympathised with Kenneth Roy’s views on scare-mongering public health officials, though we should remember that much of the mongering is by his profession, who…
When descending to Edinburgh airport over the Firth of Forth, you may have noticed to the right of the flightpath an uninhabited island, connected by a causeway at low tide…
I seldom go to church these days, but when I do, it’s a bit like returning to a once loved home. I may not want to move back in, but…
June 2015 Home Subscribe Free Become a Friend I first became interested in rugby injuries in 2002, when my 14-year old son broke his cheekbone during a game, leaving him…