Society Violent crime in Scotland is down 2.4% compared with last year. Incidents of common and serious assaults have fallen by 2.7% and 5.2% respectively. Source: Police Scotland. 22% of…
It has been an unprecedented political year, and 2017 will also be full of high drama â globally, across Europe, in the UK, and nearer to home in Scotland. Politics…
There was major interest and debate last week about a UK Government paper on Scotland â the McCrone report â which was written 45 years ago. The McCrone report was…
Society Scots are more likely to gamble than people in the rest of the UK. In 2016, 66% of Scots spent money on gambling compared with 56% in England and…
Last week a Rubicon was crossed as the House of Commons voted 494 to 122 â a government majority of 372 â to give a third reading to triggering Article…
A number of events happened in the last week that brought home the passing of time and what really matters in life â and how we understand it (or not)….
Society The number of people killed or injured on Scotlandâs roads is at an all-time low. Last year, road accidents claimed 146 lives. In 2016, there were 181 deaths, and…
The past is a powerful force and that is even more true in the strange times we are living in. Take the waves of reaction and revulsion emerging last week…
1. British conservatism has been one of the most successful political philosophies and political parties the world has ever known. As we speak, it is engaged in the latter stages…
At some point in the 80s, during my stint as an undergrad at Glasgow University, my philosophy tutor, the late, great Dudley Knowles, said that upon retirement he intended to…