Farage in Scotland: The Rough Wooing.
Yesterday a politician from a party with no elected representatives in Scotland ended up squabbling with around fifty students outside …
Tag Archives: SNP
Book Review: Unstated, Writers on Scottish Independence.
The University of Stirling’s Scott Hames has compiled a book of 27 essays about Scottish independence. The essays were written …
Referendum News: How “In-Out” Affects “Out-In.”
Yesterday we learned that lucky old Scotland may have not one but two shots when the European Union is put …
The Hobbit: A Tale for Our Time.
[Scene: Bag End in Hobbiton. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is padding around his front porch. There is a knock on …
Tychy Review of 2012.
So we’ve all made it through 2012 in one piece. Another year the wiser, or else another year more demoralised, …
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’s Independence Referendum.
The Westminster and Holyrood governments have together agreed to hold a legally-binding referendum on Scottish independence before the end of …
Blows for Scottish Energy.
Whilst Scottish manufacturing remains a modest employer and innovator, there is still a lot to be said for Scottish energy. …
Tychy Review of 2011.
With a chain of unexpected revolutions across the Arab world and popular faith in the European Union plummeting, future historians …
Invincible.
1. Scott had been blank with excitement for three days now. The most difficult or perhaps the most exquisite thing …
TV Review: David Miller’s “The Great Tram Disaster.”
Tychy has just returned from a holiday in the Baltic republics prejudiced anew against Edinburgh’s forthcoming tramlines. Latvia has convinced …
Noctes Ambrosianae (17).
[SCENE: Finnegan’s Wake.] Tychy:… you take your life into your hands. Renata once visited a retreat on the Isle of …
A Letter from Edinburgh.
In office, Alex Salmond’s Scottish National Party was responsible for a bizarre and disconnected array of initiatives, including a botched …
Tourist Review (5): “The Lewis Chessmen.”
Refurbishment is an impenetrable science, and quite why most of the National Museum of Scotland should be shut down for …
