Scotch whisky brand reveals films starring Harrison Ford alongside distillery team
Highland whisky distillery lays off production staff ahead of merger
Grangemouth No More
Labour in Scotland made very specific promises in last year’s general election about the under-threat plant at Grangemouth. “We would step in to save the jobs at the refinery and to invest in that transition by making an Energy Transition Hub at Grangemouth” said Anas Sarwar. Now we are told that Labour will give £600m […] Source
Adam Tooze on the 2024 Election and American Hegemony
Scotland has no future in Farage’s English nationalist UK
Given the way in which support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Ltd was rising in opinion polling, and gaining uncritical publicity in the media, particularly from a Scottish media which sees the hard right as a bulwark against independence and ‘proof’ that Scotland is not politically so different from England, there…
In Quest of a Film Culture
CINEMA, CULTURE, SCOTLAND: SELECTED ESSAYS BY COLIN McARTHUR, edited by Jonathan Murray, Edinburgh University Press (2024) Colin McArthur is a leading scholar of mid-twentieth century Hollywood cinema, popular American film genres, filmmaking in Europe and British television, and a commentator on the representation of Scotland in film and the institutional culture of film production. I […] Source
The Turd Reich and what it means for Scotland
Moray Council refuses to back Elgin BID in vote
Police trace missing north-east man
Popular Scottish ice cream brand moves production to Yorkshire
Man behind lockdown-sensation ‘Sea Shanty’ to play at MacMoray Festival
To create a better politics for women, the ‘Yes movement’ must be honest about Salmond’s legacy
This is for the women who felt let down in the wake of the trial of Alex Salmond. For those who were hurt by the commentary which followed, and forgotten in the political spectacle which eclipsed the allegations and the admissions of behaviour that many of us would consider unbefitting of a First Minister. It’s […] Source
Locals rage as ‘legend’ Mo the cat banned from Co-op in Scottish village
A British Underworld: Ex-Soldiers Embedded in a Network of Child Abuse and Murder
This article contains extremely disturbing details. The claims made in this piece have already been published prominently in the public domain. These details have been confirmed by police and/or in court. Furthermore, all of the individuals named as perpetrators of abuse in this piece have been convicted of sexual offences. Beneath the surface of British […] Source