I murder hate by flood or field,Tho’ glory’s name may screen us;In wars at home I’ll spend my blood—Life-giving wars of Venus.The deities that I adoreAre social Peace and Plenty;I’m better pleas’d ...

As Trump’s regime deteriorates into mayhem and his health falters, the vision presented at Davos by Jared Kushner is a ...

An Lanntair, the largest arts centre in the Outer Hebrides, has warned of an “immediate and profound” impact if plans to axe ...

It’s a moment of drama that speaks directly to our current nightmare as all of our old shibboleths and assumptions about how the world is constructed melt around us. NATO and the Western Alliance, ...

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Changing Scotland: society, politics and identity.  Edinburgh University Press, 2025.  Paperback £19.99, hardback £90.00 By Dennis Smith David McCrone, Emeritus ...

In the run-up to Burns Night, we’ll be publishing poetry and commentary on all things Bardic. Here’s the Makar, Pàdraig ...

Understandably, the immediate reaction to Robert Jenrick’s dramatic defection to Reform UK has focused on backroom plotting and political theatre, most notably Kemi Badenoch’s decision to sack him ...

This from Democracy for Sale. “Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. We reveal that funders include US ...