Holyrood
Watch what you say
Scotland’s blasphemy law means it’s just as well The Queen didn’t attend COP26
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Nicola Sturgeon’s defence is impregnable because it concedes so little usable information
Crying Wolffe
The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
How many unionist parties does it take to fix the SNP?
With Reform UK and Alliance for Unity, five pro-union parties are lining-up to fight the SNP – and each other.
Will Scotland’s election next May go ahead as planned?
The Scottish government is working up Covid contingencies to postpone the poll or make it postal vote only
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
