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An overview of the debate around Scottish independence, covering its history, arguments made on either side, and the issues that would need to be resolved. thereafter.

THE mission in Afghanistan was not to create a Jeffersonian democracy but to ensure a pragmatic government which did not provide sanctuary for…

Meet the younger me. I’m in my late teens and talking to a friend of mine. The subject of the constitution comes up (and bear in mind, this is the…

NEW CRIME: An intriguing new perspective on Tudor Britain will be offered by Scottish author Steven Veerapen, author of an upcoming historical crime…

BARRING unforeseen circumstances, the Scottish LibDems will shortly elect Alex Cole-Hamilton as their new leader. Cole-Hamilton is arguably only in the Holyrood Parliament because the Tories in his Edinburgh Western seat voted tactically, as did Labour voters in the constituency in 2016, all to keep out the SNP. In strictly historical terms, the Scottish Liberal Democrats are the successors to the Liberal Party which dominated Scottish politics for much of the late 19th century and early ...

IN Glasgow’s east end yesterday a simple ceremony took place signifying the triumph of hope over despair. After several years of opposition, fuelled by political cowardice and cultural hostility, a lasting memorial to An Gorta Mor, Ireland’s Great Famine, was unveiled in the grounds of St Mary’s Catholic Church in the city’s Calton district. From 1845 to 1852 the famine claimed the lives of more than one million people. Most of them were already impoverished by Britain’s attempts ...

I first became interested in Orangeism at the academic level after I was appointed in the 1990s to the Foundation Glucksman Chair of Irish and Scottish Studies and became the first Director of the AHRC Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies at Aberdeen(in association with Trinity College, Dublin and Queens University, Belfast). Our remit was to carry out advanced comparative and interdisciplinary research on Irish and Scottish History, Literatures and Languages. Few subjects combined such a...

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YOU know they’re really rattled when they start messing around with teachers, curricula and reading lists.

FACTS can be so disappointing. Everyone likes a good story and all too often reality falls short.