The inevitable has happened. On Friday evening my mum lost her battle with cancer. The past three weeks have been...

On Friday Scotland will be infested with the presence of Donald Trump, a convicted criminal, abuser of women and best...

I need to step away from the blog for a while. As regular readers may be aware, my mum is...

I’ve been preoccupied with a family emergency involving my mother’s health, which has taken a sharp turn for the worse,...

The Guardian newspaper has reported that Labour’s “flagship child poverty policy” has been delayed until at least the autumn, pushing...

You may have seen that a poll on support for Scottish independence was published this week. The headline figures on...

Just a quick update on the progress of this year’s blog fundraiser. The fundraiser has now been running for just...

A guest post by Jason Baird The grassroots #GetCounted for Independence campaign goes public today (April 12th) Campaign aims •...

The steel works in Scunthorpe were in the news this week as the plant is threatened with closure and the...

Some months ago I published a piece on Scotland’s severed tongues, Pictish and Cumbric, languages which used to be spoken...