Scottish Nationalism
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
Sturgeon’s hubris was her downfall
History will not be kind to her time as leader
Sturgeon walks into the sunset
The overwhelming figure of Scottish politics is human after all
The party that refuses to govern
Sturgeon’s resignation is indicative of the SNP’s failures
Why George Galloway is voting Conservative
The Leader of the All for Unity party says that tactical voting may succeed in destroying Nicola Sturgeon where the Salmond Inquiry has so far failed
Why the Government should ban Scottish banknotes
Scottish banknotes foster the illusion that Scexit would be easy – that couldn’t be further from the truth
The story of Scottish art
The Story of Scottish Art is not a scholarly work of art history; it gives an easy-to-read account of artists’ lives with a faintly awestruck tone
Union flags alone are not enough
Even vexed vexillologists know fighting separatism needs more than three colours
Criminal insanity
Nigel Biggar reviews Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, by John Lloyd
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
