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The Retrial of Meursault.

November 13, 2018

[Scene: A swelteringly hot courtroom in Algeria. Three judges, two in black and the third in scarlet, enter the courtroom …

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Samuel Smiles’ Self-Help versus Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Dynamiter.

May 18, 2018

INTRODUCTION. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. THE INFLUENCE OF SCHEHERAZADE. Had Samuel Smiles been ever asked …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 22).

March 22, 2018

[SCENE: The BrewDog on the Cowgate, an apparently half-dismantled bar with bare brickwork on the walls and a stripped-away ceiling. …

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Book Review: Who’s Your City?

March 13, 2018

[This is old material, being first published on Tychy in 2014 as part of a series on city states. For …

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Book Review: Cities and the Wealth of Nations.

March 12, 2018

[This is old material, being first published on Tychy in 2014 as part of a series on city states. For …

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Book Review: The End of Europe

December 1, 2017

How can James Kirchick apprehend the “end of Europe” when he has no ready starting-point? What exactly is ending and …

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The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 21).

November 10, 2017

[SCENE: The Caley Picture House. James, Tychy, Pablo, and Tori are drinking in one of those stylish wooden alcoves.] Tychy …

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Catalan Nationalism versus City Statehood for Barcelona.

October 6, 2017

Catalan independence is still, despite everything, inconceivable. It is still all but a political impossibility. For a start, there is …

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The Effrontery of Gibraltar.

April 3, 2017

Why don’t we just give the bloody thing back? If you ever want to get to the bottom of the …

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A President For All Americans?

January 28, 2017

Ever since I watched the footage of President Trump’s inauguration last week, some words have been playing distantly in my …

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The Wee Ginger Dug: A Scottish Horror Story for Halloween.

October 31, 2016

Fergus and Morag MacAskill lived in a large farmhouse some miles down the road from Inverness. They were eager to …

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The End of the Road for Nicola Sturgeon.

October 21, 2016

The thistle has been squashed – the Declaration of Arbroath has melted – Rabbie Burns sounds suddenly like Edward Lear …

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Nicola Sturgeon: The Politics of Hate.

June 27, 2016

Following the Brexit vote, hatred has been unleashed across the nation. Demagoguery is currently at its most nimble, in seeking …

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Democracy on Trial: Brexit and the Spirit of Scotland.

June 8, 2016

On 21 May 1838, at least a hundred thousand trade union members and supporters gathered on Glasgow Green, to listen …

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EXCLUSIVE: Another British Empire is Possible.

May 28, 2016

Tychy today publishes the founding statement of “Another British Empire is Possible.” This new campaign, which aims to get beyond …

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