Scotland
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
The strange death of Christian Scotland
Scotland’s religious traditions have been swept away. Now, secular intolerance rules
The fall and fall of Scottish Labour
Anas Sarwar can only seem to compound the failures of the party in Scotland
Is Reform committed to the Union?
Nigel Farage should take the United Kingdom more seriously
For the love of guga
An attempt to ban guga hunting is metropolitan colonialism
Scotland is veering towards abortion extremism
Sex-selective abortion is barbaric, not progressive
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech