Inquiry in Moray demand after historic Spey Viaduct collapse
Job losses pass 200 as timber company closes five more Scottish sites
Urgent ‘do not consume’ warning issued for Scottish island distillery’s drinks
30 jobs at risk at Angus automation firm in post-Christmas cuts
What’s in a name? The SNP and nationalism
There’s nationalism and there’s nationalism. On the Rest is Politics podcast hosted by Tony Blair’s erstwhile Director of Communications Alastair Campbell, First Minister John Swinney addressed the issue of the SNP’s name, or rather, the non-issue. Both previous first ministers, Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon had expressed some disquiet that the…
Scotland signs agreement with UAE to ‘strengthen space industry links’
‘It’s Still Scotland’s Oil’: Alba launch campaign backing North Sea drilling
A Cultural Evacuation: The Demarco Archive Leaves Scotland
“What the hell is Richard Demarco doing?” Many have asked this question over the decades; now, he is asking it himself. He is asking it now because, after years of trying, he has finally found a permanent, secure home for his archive. This vast Gesamtkunstwerk (‘total work of art’) of artworks, photographs, documents, posters, and […] Source
The Offord Apologists
The American novelist Sinclair Lewis famously said, “When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” This is true of Britain too. This week saw the release of something called Christian Fellowship for Reform, a bizarre hybrid of White Christian Nationalism and Reform’s rancid politics. A video featured […] Source
The dangerous stupidity of Keir Starmer
You can say many things about the opportunistic moral vacuum that is Keir Starmer, but he’s not stupid, he just behaves as though he was. The one time human rights lawyer Starmer’s latest foray into deliberate and dangerous stupidity was his plea to European leaders yesterday to curb human rights laws…
Caverslee Burn
Caverslee Burn, In the Footsteps of Joan Eardley (Almost). The walk began well. The path was dry, dusty and wide. Sheep and cattle grazed amiably in the fields, and a lone hare galloped away at my approach until it disappeared into a drystane dyke. Or seemed to. Hares know a trick or two when it […] Source