Scottish Nationalism
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
Hail Carlaw!
Is the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives the man to save the UK?
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
