Megrahi and after 3
After greetings from Megrahi, I sent him the R & A’s Christmas card
John Cameron
Thursday 17 May
What does ‘Tutti Frutti’ say to us now?
Bob Cant
The great ‘Chariots of Fire’ was the purest hokum
John Cameron
Hook in America 3
Down with everything: the new American mantra
Andrew Hook
Tanned and smiling, Mr Blair arrives among us
Ronnie Smith
Villages of Scotland
3. Thornhill
Islay McLeod
Wednesday 16 May
Could MacBirt be the head of Scotland’s state broadcaster?
Tom Gallagher
The care of the dying in Britain
Jennifer Wilson and others in The Cafe
Hook in America 2
Forget democracy. In November, money may be the winner
Andrew Hook
Such a lovely lunch. But, then, the words ‘Rat Line’
Michael Elcock
Villages of Scotland
2. Lochwinnoch
Islay McLeod
Tuesday 15 May
The girls on the bridge: Part 1
The suicide letter: ignored until it was too late
Kenneth Roy
We need to teach our students how to write
Katie Grant
In defence of J K Rowling and other rich people
Marian Pallister and others in The Cafe
Hook in America 1
Political debate has been effectively shut down
Andrew Hook
Good morning. My name is Alan, and I’m a Tweetaholic
Alan Fisher
Villages of Scotland
1. Ratho
Islay McLeod
Essay of the Week:
Easing the pain of the Church
R D Kernohan
Thursday 10 May
Ghosts on the platform at Achnasheen
Kenneth Roy
The answer to apathy: a new passion for the lives of ordinary people
Eileen Reid
The way things were: the care my dying mother got
Michael Elcock
Easy work: you just fail everybody
Robert R Calder and others in The Cafe
Helen Mirren is right. The UK has become brutal and cruel
John Cameron
Politicians of the week
Bob Smith
Wednesday 9 May
A complaint from the first minister and our reply
Kenneth Roy
Scotland may be a politically illiterate nation
Walter Humes
Politicians ‘must listen to the people’? Maybe they should be leading instead
Robin Downie
J K Rowling should part with half her cash
David McGill and others in The Cafe
Seal Team 6 gives the world a glimpse into Bin Laden’s mind
Alan Fisher
Images of Glasgow’s east end
Islay McLeod
Tuesday 8 May
Delusions of power as democracy goes to the dogs
Kenneth Roy
Was the editor right to abstain from voting?
Anne Bonnar and others in The Cafe
The system is broken. Real local government is long overdue
Michael Pugh
The art of the debate has given way to manufactured conflict
Bill Mitchell
Living in a queue: airport ordeals I have known
Jill Stephenson
Essay of the Week:
Damnably difficult questions about modern art
Douglas Hall
Thursday 3 May
A few good reasons for not voting today
Kenneth Roy
I’m running a zero campaign. Can I do better than my 33 votes last time?
Hamish Mackay
The shallow rhetoric of the Olympics has been designed to fool us
Walter Humes
In South Dakota, it could soon be legal to murder a doctor
Alan Fisher
A world in which each new life is unwelcome
]ohn Cameron
The fire and humour of the UCS work-in are still with us
Chris Bartter
The tree I’ve just planted on a dump
Finulla McCloskey
Wednesday 2 May
The disturbing truth about a company embraced by Nicola Sturgeon
Kenneth Roy
We need to start thinking about the second chapter
Fraser Matheson
How is Spain to restore hope to its young people?
Bob Cant
A wee donation to charity doesn’t justify the drop-off charge
Andrew Sanders
I have to admit that Donald Trump was kind to me
Jill Stephenson
Tuesday 1 May
Named and shamed for the company I keep
Kenneth Roy
The true motives for Rupert Murdoch’s change of allegiance
Bill Wallace and others in The Cafe
The people who cared for my mother hadn’t a clue who she was
Marian Pallister
Is it fair that people can once again be fired for being old?
John Cameron
He may be privileged and elitist, but he’s the last man standing
Alan Fisher
Agape in New York
Gerard Rochford’s poem for May
Thursday 26 April
An amusing guy and the company he keeps
Kenneth Roy
Public debate should be a lot better than ‘Question Time’
Eileen Reid
I made my way to the first floor for a huddle
Walter Humes
We have the capacity to be a European leader in renewable energy
Andy Hall
Let the spoken word be heard plainly and clearly
R D Kernohan
Wednesday 25 April
The suspicious bill for Scotland’s biggest security operation
Kenneth Roy
I have thought of a way of making Ryanair popular
Quintin Jardine
Kenneth Roy’s mean-spirited attack on generous Mr Gilbert
Alan Campbell and others in The Cafe
Where should we start in our quest for happiness?
Michael Elcock