Beyond Tribal Politics
Independent journalism and commentary on politics, society, culture, climate and Scotland’s future.
Scotland, Brexit and Indyref2
Will England or Scotland determine the outcome of the UK referendum on our European Union membership? Scotland, together with Northern Ireland and…
Inventing the Future: a world beyond neoliberalism
Is a future beyond neoliberalism possible? Justin Reynolds begins a new series of reviews of recent books that seek to imagine an…
Scenes from a broken Spanish marriage
Spaniards go to the polls nationally on December 20 – just over three months after Catalans voted in a parliament with a…
Britain in Europe: confusion or delusion
David Cameron’s last-minute demand for EU treaty reform on the free movement of labour means this month’s summit won’t reach a deal…
Istanbul: epic in its details
Orhan Pamuk tells the epic story of Istanbul, scene of many of his previous books, over the past four decades as it…
Overloaded, under stress: Forth Road Bridge
Who’s to blame for the closure of the Forth Road Bridge? No-one, or perhaps everyone. George Rosie counts the ways we have…
Greece: denial of human rights in today’s Europe
First of our new student blogs: The eyes of Europe are focused on Syria and the plight of thousands of refugees from…
1707 and a’ that
The recent History Festival re-examined what really happened in – and before and after – the Treaty of Union was signed. Historians…
Defeat Daesh and honour the dead
France and its people have reasserted republican values and proclaimed the primacy of love in the fight against ISIS. But how best…
Ode to Cromarty, Forties, Forth…
Our poetry editor follows humbly in the footsteps of Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy and Blur among many others and pays tribute…
Osbo’s traps for Sturgeon and Swinney
The Chancellor’s humiliating u-turn over tax credits and his shadow’s gaffe over Mao grabbed the headlines but the autumn statement had plenty…
London Overgrown: the ‘rewilding’ of a city
A new collection by electronica pioneer John Foxx imagining the rewilding of London offers a sonic tour through a new green city…