This week in SR…
29 January 2014
In the last few months, the Scottish Review has:
Revealed that two Edinburgh social workers were facing contempt of court proceedings
Revealed that a woman prisoner who was suffering from terminal cancer died in handcuffs
Revealed the full story of the controversial children’s survey in Perth and Kinross. This SR campaign ended in a significant victory for the parents
Revealed serious inconsistencies in the official version of how Annie Borjesson died and produced a dossier on the case which is now being considered by Police Scotland
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* The only book by a Scots writer to feature in both the Guardian and the Scotsman ‘Best Books of 2013’, Kenneth Roy’s ‘The Invisible Spirit’, a life of post-war Scotland, is still available in hardback. Click here to buy the book.
* We are organising the second International Young Scotland Programme, open to people between the ages of 18 and 35 who were born outside the UK and are now living in Scotland. Click here for more details.
* This week’s banner: early morning sky over Kilmarnock
Photograph by Islay McLeod
Ghosts in the system: