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  Article Ullapool Book Festival reveals dazzling literary line-up for 2021 event; Historian Sir Tom Devine, writer and journalist Peter Geoghegan and Donald S Murray amongst participants of Wester Ross event By Hector MacKenzie Published: 10:15, 17 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper Donald S. Murray. Picture: Sandie Maciver A WESTER Ross book festival has unveiled a dazzling line-up of literary tal...

Historian Sir Tom Devine among line-up for Highland literary festival By Val Sweeney Published: 18:00, 16 January 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper Sir Tom Devine will be a guest at the Ullapool Book Festival. Best-selling Scottish historian Sir Tom Devine and Irish writer and broadcaster Peter Geoghegan are among the names lined-up for this years Ullapool Book Festival. Leela Soma, the 2021 Scriever for the...

A statue of David Hume with a comment he made on race in the 18th century HE is generally reckoned to be Scotland’s greatest philosopher and one of the world’s leading thinkers. But before the rise of Black Lives Matter and the toppling of statues, it is likely that few Scots suspected David Hume was guilty of making racist statements. The author of a A Treatise of Human Nature and An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment,...

WHAT’S THE STORY? IT was 60 years ago tomorrow that France voted in a referendum to allow the people of Algeria to determine their own future, with the likelihood being that the Algerians would then vote for independence. The referendum was decisive. On a turnout of more than 90% in France, the vote was 75% in favour of self-determination, while in Algeria some 69.5 % voted the same way, though the turnout was less due to a boycott. WHY A REFERENDUM? THE French people had been used to ref...

Brexit that is surely even more likely to be the case. At least, however, our sympathetic editor has given me the freedom to decide the topics on which I can pontificate about 2021. I start with outgoing US president Donald Trump and political populism. DONALD TRUMP BY the end of January, Trump will no longer be president of the United States. That is indeed a very welcome and sweet start to the new year. I see him to be the most disreputable and reckless president in American history, sh...

| UPDATED: 16:19, Fri, Jan 1, 2021 Link copied Keir Starmer: Its not the time for second Scotland referendum Sign up to receive our rundown of the days top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at an...

IN the distorted mind of Boris Johnson I am sure he is convinced that he has pulled off a Brexit agreement timed to perfection. Who will ever forget that the agreement was signed on Christmas Eve? What are the chances the agreement will ever be subjected to the scrutiny normally essential in the democratic process? I am sure that the date is neither accidental nor fortuitous but was always part of a strategy concocted long ago with his adviser Cummings. I am convinced Johnson will know li...

The Stone of Destiny has sat in Edinburgh Castle since 1996 THE Stone of Destiny is to be moved from Edinburgh Castle to the city of Perth near its original home of Scone, it has been announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. After a public consultation exercise showed an overwhelming majority in favour of the move, the Stone of Destiny – stolen by King Edward I of England from Scone in 1296 – will form the centrepiece of the refurbishment of Perth City Hall due for completion in 202...

| UPDATED: 18:10, Tue, Dec 22, 2020 Link copied Nicola Sturgeon witnessing her worst fears claims Swinney Sign up to receive our rundown of the days top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any t...

WITH all the bad news about Covid-19, Brexit and borders, there is at least one bit of excellent news to celebrate. Because of Brexit, we were was able to start vaccinating two weeks before any EU nation and order vaccine in sufficient quantity to treat the entire population. Owing to the involvement of the European Medicines Agency, the EU did not order vaccine until mid-November and then only from German and French companies, and not in sufficient quantities for the entire population. By ...