Wha for Scotland’s King & Law

This is a guest post from John Brown. He asked that in my introduction this was included. “If you introduce me as a member of the Liberation / SNC steering group you might also want to point out I support the view that Scotland, in due course, should become a republic, and I agree withContinue reading “Wha for Scotland’s King & Law”

TARTAN IN HISTORY-WHAT IT MEANT TO SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND

This is an article written by Bill Clark who is a regular contributor to this site and who lives in Fort William. TARTAN IN HISTORY-WHAT IT MEANT TO SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND This is a short history of the power of tartan to the Scottish psyche and the English Government’s propaganda response to remove the attachmentContinue reading “TARTAN IN HISTORY-WHAT IT MEANT TO SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND”

A LETTER SENT TO SALVO

The English elite…born to rule Dear Jan and IainI am looking through a book about Burton Holmes, ’The Greatest Traveler of his Age’.  Holmes was an American and was a hero-worshipper of England and the ‘British’ Empire.  See some of his 1906 quotes attached below from the book, ‘Early Travel Photography.’Note how smoothly he skipsContinue reading “A LETTER SENT TO SALVO”

A NEW STORY FOR SCOTLAND

A NEW STORY FOR SCOTLANDA guest article from regular correspondent Mary MacCallum Sullivan. Mary lives in Argyll. Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland small?’(MacDiarmid, H) Gerry Hassan, in his ‘New Story for Scotland‘ (National, Sun 14 Jan, 24), calls for a new narrative that can be recognised and taken up across the many and diverse voicesContinue reading “A NEW STORY FOR SCOTLAND”