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Nicola Sturgeon Is No Revolutionary.

November 24, 2022

Yesterday’s ruling at the Supreme Court basically confirms that anybody who had voted for an independence referendum during the last …

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Austerity Comes to Scotland.

November 4, 2022

Somewhere deep in the imagination of every Scottish nationalist exists a thriving and virtuous social democracy. A city upon a …

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Podcast Review: The Secret of St Kilda.

April 1, 2022

[The following contains major spoilers.] The Secret of St Kilda is an audiodrama from the rising Scottish podcasting house Haggis …

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A Squeak on Red Squirrels (and Pine Martens).

February 20, 2022

Years ago, in the forests beyond Aberfoyle, I saw something that I had never seen before: a red squirrel. I …

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A Scottish Highlands Ghost Story.

October 31, 2021

[It has become customary for Tychy to publish a ghost story on or around Halloween, but unfortunately the world has …

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Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.

May 9, 2021

It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …

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The Fallacy of IndyRef2.

May 4, 2021

Sometimes it is worth returning to original assumptions – assumptions that have remained undisturbed for a long time – just …

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A Silly Story.

April 25, 2021

[Most of this long short story was written last summer. It owes its entire existence to the generous furlough payments …

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New Adventures for Donald Trump.

November 9, 2020

With the defeat of Donald Trump, the country now faces the gravest possible crisis. Everywhere that we look, there is …

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Book Review: The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies.

October 15, 2019

[In taking all of the quotes in this review from an e-book facsimile of The Secret Commonwealth, I have switched …

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An Ettrick Fairy Story.

June 14, 2018

There are occasions when their world impinges playfully upon our own. Imagine finding yourself placed opposite a beautiful woman at …

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Arts Review: David Forster’s Edgelands.

April 18, 2018

“Is that…? No, it can’t be… Oh no, it definitely is!” It’s tippex! I should state immediately that I have …

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The Secret Tribulations of the Peat Worrier.

June 13, 2016

The thistles were dozing pleasantly in the late afternoon sunshine as the Lallands Peat Worrier and his students cantered down …

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Democracy on Trial: On the Bendability of Norway.

March 19, 2016

In the run up to the 2014 referendum, we were offered an enticing preview of what an independent Scotland would …

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Arts Review: David Forster’s “Passages.”

March 15, 2016

It is as if nature is officially announcing that winter is over. There is the gaiety of a blue sky …

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