The two songsters – Burns and Hamish – were culturally, politically and socially singing from the same page; both taking a strong stance against the social and literary hierarchies of…
The Salmond controversy has garnered huge press coverage. Beyond the actual case itself, this says a lot about the state of Scotland. I am not making any assumptions about the…
Campaign strategists, PR and media types who believe they were put on earth to wield the Sword of Truth â directing us on how to think, feel and vote â…
Three decades ago democracy was the future and carrying all before it. The Soviet bloc was collapsing, the South African apartheid regime was crumbling â and all across South America…
What is a successful nation? I ask, because this was the question our First Minister attempted to answer last month. According to Ms Sturgeon, Scotland is ‘redefining what it means…
I Gustavo Dudamel is one of the most famous classical musicians in the world: his 2016 Super Bowl appearance was watched by over 100 million viewers; 50 million tuned into…
A spectre is haunting the modern world: fascism. All around the world people are talking about and identifying fascists. Newspaper headlines abound in the US such as: ‘Is Donald Trump…
I have been reviewing the Scottish Government’s National Care Service consultation paper for Dundee Pensioners’ Forum, as we hope to be able to make a positive contribution to the setting…
Last year I was asked on a panel what I believed was the greatest threat to the safety and security of this country. I considered some of the immediate and…