Nicola Sturgeon Is No Revolutionary.
Yesterday’s ruling at the Supreme Court basically confirms that anybody who had voted for an independence referendum during the last …
Tag Archives: Scotland
Austerity Comes to Scotland.
Somewhere deep in the imagination of every Scottish nationalist exists a thriving and virtuous social democracy. A city upon a …
Podcast Review: The Secret of St Kilda.
[The following contains major spoilers.] The Secret of St Kilda is an audiodrama from the rising Scottish podcasting house Haggis …
A Squeak on Red Squirrels (and Pine Martens).
Years ago, in the forests beyond Aberfoyle, I saw something that I had never seen before: a red squirrel. I …
A Scottish Highlands Ghost Story.
[It has become customary for Tychy to publish a ghost story on or around Halloween, but unfortunately the world has …
Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.
It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …
The Fallacy of IndyRef2.
Sometimes it is worth returning to original assumptions – assumptions that have remained undisturbed for a long time – just …
A Silly Story.
[Most of this long short story was written last summer. It owes its entire existence to the generous furlough payments …
New Adventures for Donald Trump.
With the defeat of Donald Trump, the country now faces the gravest possible crisis. Everywhere that we look, there is …
Book Review: The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies.
[In taking all of the quotes in this review from an e-book facsimile of The Secret Commonwealth, I have switched …
An Ettrick Fairy Story.
There are occasions when their world impinges playfully upon our own. Imagine finding yourself placed opposite a beautiful woman at …
Arts Review: David Forster’s Edgelands.
“Is that…? No, it can’t be… Oh no, it definitely is!” It’s tippex! I should state immediately that I have …
The Secret Tribulations of the Peat Worrier.
The thistles were dozing pleasantly in the late afternoon sunshine as the Lallands Peat Worrier and his students cantered down …
Democracy on Trial: On the Bendability of Norway.
In the run up to the 2014 referendum, we were offered an enticing preview of what an independent Scotland would …
Arts Review: David Forster’s “Passages.”
It is as if nature is officially announcing that winter is over. There is the gaiety of a blue sky …
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