Sceptical Scot
Why Norway plays more freely than Scotland
Norway didn’t win but getting to the quarter finals was a huge achievement for a country of just over 5 million people. That is the same population as Scotland. What, asks William Kemp Bruce, is…
Mind the (implementation) gap: Neurodivergence in Scotland
A key theme running throughout the evidence was the stark gap between Scottish Government policy and practice
Let’s end public subsidies for commercial conifer tree-planting
The RSE sets out its new report calling for a radical rethink of tree planting in Scotland…It makes a series of recommendations for how public financial support for tree planting in Scotland can be reorganised…
Lies, damn lies and education stats
“For the Scottish government to claim that this supersedes PISA – as they do in their statement today – is either disingenuous or evidence of dismaying statistical ignorance.” (Prof Lindsay Paterson)
Zombie Scotland must wake up to its future
“…suggestions of a return to ‘a government of all the talents’ with bells on and other ideas should form part of an honest Scottish/British conversation about the years ahead – and the best policies and…
Sceptical Scot shuts up shop
The co-editors announce the closure of Sceptical Scot on its seventh anniversary….
Editorial: More ambition, Scotland!
‘We end a year of sadness and sorrow with hope that 2021 will raise the overall level of ambition in Scotland, not just in terms of defeating the virus, but of paving the way for…
A platform for young journalists
Thanks from us to you for backing our CrowdFunder for young journalists – and festive greetings.
A great escape through the photographer’s lens
‘As the world went into the turmoil of the Covid pandemic, I felt lucky to be out of the eye of the storm, in the beautiful area of Wester Ross.’
Sceptical Scot crowdfunder: investing in young writers
Sceptical Scot breaks new ground with our first fundraiser and our first venture into print. The two go together.
The Road to Tobha Mòr
Why Gaelic matters: ‘Standing on the ‘Atlantic edge of Europe’, facing the ocean from a South Uist beach, Professor Hugh Cheape felt his world rearrange itself: “Conceptual clichés of periphery and centre flipped over and…
