Sir David Butler, the great political scientist and psephologist, has died aged 98. He analysed every General Election in the UK from 1945 onwards and taught us the importance of…
‘Scotland’s Populations from the 1850s to Today,’ by Michael Anderson (Oxford University Press) This is an important book, by a professor of economic history at the University of Edinburgh. But…
My wife and I argue far more about politics than we used to. Trump does that to you. We don’t disagree on the need to remove his corrosive presence from…
‘Without Quarter, A Biography of Tom Johnston’ by Russell Galbraith (Birlinn) Originally published in 1995 by Mainstream Publishing, this new edition contains prefaces by Gordon Brown and Nicola Sturgeon, both…
When four Republican Senators couldn’t find their spines, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the green light to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat before her bench cushion was even…
‘Francis Hutcheson, Philosophical Writings’ (edited by Robin Downie and published by John Donald) First published in 1994, this selection from the works of the major Scottish philosopher Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746)…