Kenneth Roy

How long will
Scotland tolerate
Billy Connolly's jokes?

 

Harry McGrath
More like Canada


Walter Humes

Two young people
who are standing up for
what they believe


Life of George
Es and rabbits


Paul F Cockburn

The blinkered
vision of
Scotland's literati


The Cafe
More dumbing-down

6

Ronnie Smith

The judge who
thinks Franco can
still go on trial


John Cameron
Referenda can be deeeply deceptive

7

7

Gerard Rochford

Snow:
The February

poem


Islay's Scotland
More snow

5


Islay's pics

5

Monifieth, Angus

 

5

West end, Glasgow

 

1

North Berwick, East Lothian

 

5

Glasgow Central Station

 

5

Drumpellier Park, Lanarkshire

Photographs by
Islay McLeod

Our archive

Thurdsday 2 February

Why Michelle Mone has to stay in Scotland
Kenneth Roy

Dumbing-down the world's literary masterpieces
The short-list

The perils of travelling by train in Scotland
a selection of readers' views

Why should Alex Salmond be caressed with a feather duster by paxo?
Tom Gallagher

We're enjoying the deep darkness, and the light from the stars
Howie Firth

 

Wednesday 1 February

My letter from Mr Goodwin, as we must now learn to call him
Kenneth Roy

Proving ourselves: the strange academic world of impact:
Chris Holligan

For all their glitter, the cities of the world only touch us as voyeurs
Leonard Quart

Introducing to the Scottish public, the one and only Devo Max...
Bob Smith

This film could have put me off sex. not for too long, hopefully
Barney MacFarlane

 

Tuesday 31 January

Whit's wrang wi' you? You no' like oor sick talk?
Kenneth Roy

The leadership class in the UK has forfeited its moral authority
Walter Humes

New Zealanders know where they are. Do we?
Douglas Wood

A film embodying the greatest of all American themes
Andrew Hook

What is this 'Civic Scotland' that has suddenly become a proper name?
Jill Stephenson

 

Thursday 26 January

Could it get any worse than yesterday?
Kenneth Roy

On this significant day, a theory on why the Scots still lack well-being
Eileen Reid

Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day. these people are part of it
Bob Cant

It looks as if snow is only for kids from private schools
Grahm Connelly

Let me introduce you to the internet version of the pub bore
Catherine Czerkawska

 

Wednesday 25 January

The tale of a man who stayed too long at a pub
Kenneth Roy

The state of Scottish culture on Burns' birthday
Howie Firth and others

The most famous headline in Scottish journalism turns out to be a myth
Chris Holme

How we talk to patients in Catalonia and Inverness
A selection of views by Leo Martin and others

A country turned upside down by corruption
Ronnie Smith

 

Tuesday 24 January

The Year of Conning Scotland has officially begun
Kenneth Roy

If the Supreme Court blocks it, the referendum should still go ahead
Robin Downie

Even if you're dying in Catalonia, you had better not speak Spanish
Bob Cant

Tuesday night is no longer 'slump in front of the TV' night
Alan McIntyre

The history of our post-war progress is not all it seems
Jill Stephenson

 

Thursday 19 January

Could Mr Salmond be blown away by his own charisma?
Kenneth Roy

The day I left Oz Blackstone's wife dead on the kitchen floor
Quintin Jardine

Three cheers for the under-valued public sector
Anthony Seaton

What on earth has happened to my dongle?
Walter Humes

We were told to forget our cares at the door
Andrew Hook

 

Wednesday 18 January

Where Scotland should be looking for inspiration
Kenneth Roy

Where is the Scottish theatre in our journey of liberation?
Thom Cross

Best fans. Best stovies
Gerry Hassan

Requiem for my wife, Kay Carmichael
David Donnison honours a remarkable Scotswoman

Romney is starting to acquire an aura of inevitability
Alan Fisher reports from South Carolina

 

Tuesday 17 January

BBC Scotland has been exposed as shifty and hypocritical
Kenneth Roy

Who is to lead the resistance when Salmond sets up the referendum?
R D Kernohan

The ratings agencies are behaving like financial terrorists
Raymond Soltysek

We hid the stash at Stonehaven. It wasn't all there when we got back
Gerry Hassan

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Eileen Reid

 

Thursday 12 January

They've not only got the man's name wrong. They've got the wrong man
Kenneth Roy

An open letter to David Cameron telling him why he is mistaken
Kenyon Wright

The loss of the Scots language would be a cultural catastrophe
Michael Hance

Neddy: the evangelist who was Scotland's only prohibitionist MP
Bob Cant

The English are the most civilised of all the races
Iain Macmillan


Wednesday 11 January

Lend me your cliché...as we approach our date with destiny
Kenneth Roy

Andrew Hook is wrong. Again and again, it seems
Alex Cox and David Hill

Falsely accused of murder and rape, yet the state owes me no duty of care
Jim Fairlie

How my husband persuaded Norman MacCaig to change his name
Tessa Ransford

New year on the hills has inspired me to brush-up on my first aid
Graham Connelly

 

Tuesday 10 January

A referendum? Let's see if we can spell Norman MacCaig first
Kenneth Roy

A majority of registered voters should be required for independence
Andrew Hook

The audience gasped as they prepared to sing the national anthem
Michael Elcock

The presidential hopeful who equates homosexuality to bestiality
Alan Fisher

Glasgow's art lovers are seeing only half the picture
Barney MacFarlane

 

Thursday 6 January

The violence of last hours. The violence of first hours
Kenneth Roy

The Scottish opposition parties should begin talks with Alex Salmond
Robin Downie

The morning after: first hours of the year in Dunkeld
Islay McLeod

The jury is still out on whether we have a firewall fit for purpose
R D Kernohan

If I reach the age of 90, I intend to take up drinking seriously
Walter Humes

 

Thursday 22 December

the Scottish Review's not the review of the year
Kenneth Roy's

For God's sake, will you give me another whisky
Lorn Macintyre

Dawn comes round, and there you are, still wearing the suit
George Chalmers

At 11pm in Tobermory, the sight of naked men in bowler hats
Islay McLeod

My uncle Cliff and the need to bear witness
Joanne McNally

I have no wish to be the Rev I M Jolly, but really...
R D Kernohan

Even in these hard times, the world need not be a dark, lonesome place
Angus Skinner

 

Wednesday 21 December

The meanest act of the political year
Kenneth Roy

Should children be taught how to gamble?
Walter Humes

The danger of letting the police decide what is offensive
Tom Gallagher

Believe it or not, here I am praising the BBC
Alan Fisher

I have a guilty little secret. You will find me on the mid-list
Catherine Czerkawska

 

Tuesday 20 December

Cruelty on a country bus mocks the season of goodwill
Kenneth Roy

The agenda behind the bill: feminisation of Scotland
Jackie Kemp

Bang go the seals, as the west coast surrenders to fish farming
Ewan Kennedy

Why was this extraordinary Scottish-made programme not shown in the south?
Andrew Hook

Julian Barnes' novel and the power of memory
Leonard Quart

 

Thursday 15 December

Seasonal thoughts on the first minister's Christmas card
Kenneth Roy

We should remind ourselves what this man did for us
Eileen Reid

The story of a dying prisoner tells us why the NHS needs to be free
Steve Tilley

The dark arts that threaten Obama's chances of re-election
Andrew Hook

I am adjusting to my new life as a couch surfer
David Torrance

 

Wednesday 14 December

Accidents and emergencies at the health board
Kenneth Roy

Scotland has just set back the cause of penal reform by 100 years
David Mackenzie

The Forsyth formula comes to the aid of the parties
John Forsyth

Poets are good at metaphors. Politicians should avoid them
Robin Downie's view of political language

Home Movie
Gerard Rochford's December poem

 

Tuesday 13 December

Milly Dowler and the Leveson inquiry
Kenneth Roy

Yes minister? Or simply yes men?
Walter Humes

Six men of God out in the cold this Christmas
Bruce Gardner

Just how 'noble' were ordinary German soldiers?
Jill Stephenson

How come Barcelona seem to have 22 players on the field?
Thom Cross

 

Thursday 8 December

Crisis? What crisis? The NHS's big bucks are bigger than ever
Kenneth Roy

To the Doric spaker, I wanted to shout: 'Gonnae speak English hen?'
David McVey

The only way to change things in Scotland is to change us
Bruce Gardner

Are policy decisions really based on 'evidence'?
Walter Humes

We are beset by bizarre euphemisms, and cup cakes
Jill Stephenson

 

Wednesday 7 December

Named: Scotland's gold-plated public pensioners
Kenneth Roy

Why I went on strike last week. And why I'm on a loser
Raymond Soltysek

Are there any public thinkers in Scotland? If so, who are they?
Andrew Hook

Let's not knock the young. Instead, let's salute them for their enthusiasm
Catherine Czerkawska

The top two have dominated Scottish football too long. What can be done? Alasdair Galloway

 

Tuesday 6 December

Unfortunately, it has become necessary to defend Jeremy Clarkson
Kenneth Roy

A masterly performance by Scotland's very own actor-manager
Tom Gallagher

Why I look back with pride to a time of national self-confidence
Alison Prince

In 41 of the 54 countries of the Commonwealth, it is still a crime to be gay
Bob Cant

The boys' club in Irish politics should be broken up
Anita Toolan writes from Dublin

 

Thursday 1 December

How I succeeded in annoying Shami Chakrabarti
Kenneth Roy

A man of integrity has been destroyed by lynch lust
Robert Calder et al

The universal duty to question everything we believe
Eileen Reid

If my poor pun needs an exclamation mark, please add it yourself
Katie Grant

Such enthusiasm for a parliament without power
Alan Fisher reports from Egypt

 

Wednesday 20 November

Should we start worrying about free speech?
Kenneth Roy

Ray Lewis is a beacon of hope for the long road ahead
Walter Humes

The young want 'respect'. But it's often a one-way deal
Jill Stephenson

The fans are voting with their feet. Just as well there's sectarianism
Andrew Sanders

Why my wife was left holding the baby
Andrew McFadyen on the big project

 

Tuesday 29 November

The strange case of Jack McLean
Kenneth Roy

Am I being stalked?
Lorn Macintyre

We would be better neighbours as independent countries
Paul H Scott

Despite everything, Newt somehow stays in the race
Alan Fisher

Not a Christmas read...
David Donnison

 

Thursday 24 November

A cliffhanger of an end to a classic Scottish detective story
Kenneth Roy

Revealing Scotland's dirty little secret
David Hill

Two deeply moving theatrical experiences. And The Killing too
Barbara Millar's diary

A Robin Hood tax would be immensely popular
Andrew Hook

We should take seriously the rise of assorted cultures of protest
R D Kernohan

 

Wednesday 23 November

A crime involving millions of pounds. But the dock remains empty
Kenneth Roy

A dawn raid on the home of a 17-year-old caught singing
Kevin Rooney

I have joined the 'sorry procession' of Scots heading south
David Torrance

Britain's two compensation cultures
Anthony Seaton

A society which stresses the price of everything and the value of nothing
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 22 November

From Scotland with love, a little conscience money
Kenneth Roy

They're flattening a Scottish icon because they don't know what to do with it
Christopher Harvie

Write someone else's obituary or, better still, write your own
Marian Pallister

A last, last word on the great literary feud
Quintin Jardine

Not the 'brightest bulb in the class', but she lit up my journey
Andrew Hook

 

Thursday 17 November

The poison at the heart of Scotland
Kenneth Roy

Corporate culture remains firmly in the ascendancy
Walter Humes

Our present condition reminds me of the cave
Eileen Reid

Why do different rules apply to women?
Rose Galt

Barbara Millar's person of the week
'She had the eternal youth that an inquiring mind possesses'

 

Wednesday 16 November

Rumours of her death have been greatly exaggerated
Kenneth Roy

What am I now? An English author, a Scottish author or just an author?
Katie Grant

To find peace, we have to look beyond blame and learn to forgive
Bill Mitchell

The 72-day marriage that swamped the financial crisis
Alan Fisher

Saturday: a fine day for football match and funeral
David McVey

 

Tuesday 15 November

The Scotsman newspaper and the man with the golden hiya
Kenneth Roy

This literary row is connected to low national self-esteem
James Robertson

Why I cannot share in poppy mania
Eric Wilson

The 'oops' that was heard around the world
Alan Fisher

In despair I press the sub-titles button. A big mistake
Andrew Hook

 

Monday 14 November

The critic from the Johnston Press and three women writers
Kenneth Roy

Stuart Kelly has been shouted down by 'pitiful' accusations
Two of the critic's supporters hit back

I have been falsely accused of belittling the Holocaust
Sophie Cooke

A visionary has smeared his argument with the bile of personal animosity
Robert Livingston

 

Thursday 10 November

Revealing the secrets of a 70-year-old university jotter
Kenneth Roy

Was the editor of SR right or wrong about the M5 accident?
Tim Coulson and others

Among the leaderless young in Zuccotti Park, a glimmer of hope
Leonard Quart

Shocked and saddened by the personal animus of a literary critic
Catherine Czerkawska and Tessa Ransford

Why not gay marriage? We have a tradition of religious liberalism
Christopher Harvie

 

Wednesday 9 November

So why did the M5 accident receive so much coverage?
Kenneth Roy

Kevin Rooney and his nephew should wise up about those chants
Edward Andrews

Forgive me. I may have told you this before
Walter Humes

Maybe Herbert was an intellectual giant after all
Anthony Seaton and John Cameron

Sonata
Gerard Rochford's poem for November

 

Tuesday 8 November

My exchange of emails with the new Tory leader in Scotland
Kenneth Roy

Scotland might be about to enter the world. Will our writers want to see it?
Stuart Kelly

Let the young live with their parents. I'm staying put
Jill Stephenson

Obama may be going down to defeat. But to whom?
Alan Fisher

Even Alice and Humpty Dumpty have been corrupted now
Andrew Hook

 

Thursday 3 November

Now that Jim can't fix it, who will?
Kenneth Roy

It may now be scientifically possible to read our minds
Eileen Reid

The Labour movement has ceased to exist. The SNP is filling the void
Judith Jaafar

My happy days with the great Scottish playwright
An extract from Iain Macmillan's autobiography

The Aberfoyle minister, carried away into fairyland
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 2 November

Does Scottish public life really have to be this coarse?
Kenneth Roy

Why Celtic fans must rally to the support of an anti-Catholic bigot
Kevin Rooney

I am a gay man with a long-term partner. I want to get married
Nick Henderson

We need to work less. We should have a four-day working week for all
Kirsteen Shields

Intellectual giant?
Andrew Hook wonders

 

Tuesday 1 November

Why do murderers read the Guardian?
Kenneth Roy

How long before the disappointed youth of Scotland turns hostile?
Walter Humes

The landscape of Scotland should be re-wilded: bring back the wolf
Alasdair Anthony

Would Hume have agreed with Eileen Reid?
Robin Downie and Alan Weir

The words are there. We just can't do business in them
Peadar Ó Donnghaile

 

Friday 28 October

Gadaffi and me: the day Jim Swire took his life in his hands
Kenneth Roy

What does it mean to be a 'Scottish' writer?
Sophie Cooke

The human folly of slaughtering the sharks
Paul Keen

The acquittal of Patrick Sellar
Barbara Millar

When the judge is your enemy, you have nothing to lose
Joanne McNally

 

Wednesday 26 October

Scotland’s forgotten hero
Kenneth Roy

How a visit to America has deepened my understanding of Scotland
Alex Wood

When I met Gary, he asked me why I was bothering with him
Michelle Howard

I refuse to downsize. I intend to spread myself into the garden instead
Marian Pallister

In the land of the broken butterfly
Joanne McNally

 

Tuesday 25 October

Should we have our own time zone?
Kenneth Roy

After 2,000 weddings, I lie awake wondering what damage I have done
Ian Petrie and others

Would you mind if I dribbled? Or would you prefer me to move?
Matthew Harper

Never heard of Herman Cain? Stick around
Alan Fisher

Straight out of Kafka, I finally managed to enter Gaza
Joanne McNally

 

Thursday 20 October

The little people who lived at the bottom of the garden
Kenneth Roy

Why has BBC Scotland been handed the red card?
Alasdair McKillop

How are we to regain our competitive edge?
Eileen Reid

Why Steve Jobs will be remembered long after A N Wilson
Catherine Czerkawska

Get on yer bike, Beijing style
Douglas Wood

 

Wednesday 19 October

Sorry!
Kenneth Roy's short guide to apologies

Why I do not intend to 'pass away' or even 'pass on'
Rose Galt

Why is a civil partnership not good enough?
A selection of views on gay marriage

Post the 9/11 anniversary, Americans are indulging in a false rhetoric
Leonard Quart

The doctor who diagnosed his patients before they had uttered a word
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 18 October

Tommy Sheridan should be released a week tomorrow
Kenneth Roy

The Scots who still think it's acceptable to mock the Jews
Paula Cowan

We shouldn't wait until we're as rich as Bill Gates to give something back
Elizabeth Goodwin

The unlikely villain of a murderous plot
Alan Fisher

A strong blend of sex and politics (with a little shopping)
Tom Hubbard

 

Thursday 13 October

If you are in the public eye, it is probably best to die young
Kenneth Roy

Are you feeling stressed at work? If so, here are the reasons
Walter Humes

What do these mannequins in school uniform tell us about learning?
David Mackenzie

The Manx show us that independence means there is no one else to blame
Alison Prince

Flirt and philanthropist, Scotland's teaman of the western world
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 12 October

A new novel by Charles Dickens: 'Adam Werritty'
Kenneth Roy

Has an irony bypass come with Archbishop Conti's high hat?
Rose Galt and others

FoI has become Freedom Not to Grant Information
Jill Stephenson

What is greatness? And did Steve Jobs really fit the bill?
Readers' views

Woody Allen re-discovers his form in a wet Paris
Andrew Hook

 

Tuesday 11 October

The archbishop will have to find a better reason for opposing gay marriage
Kenneth Roy

We're a mixed-race couple applying for a partner visa. What's not to
be afraid of?
Harry McGrath

The land of the free where hunger has become 'food insecurity'
Alan Fisher

Why am I beset by ,ow'key grief ofrsomeone I never knew?
Catherine Czerkawska

The wise woman who 'wrestled' with the Kirk
R D Kernohan

 

Thursday 6 October

Paxman now reserves the right to address a guest as 'Mr Idiot'
Kenneth Roy

A radical cure for the partisan blight on Scotland
Eileen Reid

The woman with three months to live was told to move to the corridor
Barbara Millar's person of the week

The second question in the referendum is the vital one
David Torrance

Memories of summer
Islay McLeod

 

Wednesday 5 October

MSP Dave and his Holyrood secret society
Kenneth Roy

Lack of sunshine is the key to Scotland's ill-health
Judith Jaafar

We must prepare fortress Britain, able to feed and defend itself
The final part of a four-part series by Michael Boulton-Jones

Roy of the Rovers gets it in the neck
Eddie Bone and James Black

The strange behaviour of young people in supermarkets
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 4 October

It is Annabel Goldie who is insulting our dead servicemen
Kenneth Roy

Who has the vision and charisma to lead the opposition in Scotland?
Walter Humes

Social cohesion may only be possible in future with a loss of rights
The third part of a four-part series by Michael Boulton-Jones

The communications people who prefer not to communicate
Alex Wood

Dee
Gerard Rochford's poem for October

 

Thursday 29 September

Why this correspondence is now closed
Kenneth Roy

Gaelic will not die naturally. It will be killed by those who speak other tongues
Donald Murray

In a cramped, hungry world, there may be no universal good
The second part of a four-part series by Michael Boulton-Jones

The time has come for authors to spread the word themselves
Catherine Czerkawska

The curious pastime of waiting for a parcel
Andrew Hook

 

Wednesday 28 September

The vital clues to Scotland's wretched health
Kenneth Roy

We are in danger of turning Scottish universities into English ones
Jill Stephenson

Morality in the 21st century
The first part of a four-part series by Michael Boulton-Jones

What are we to make of the Not Proven verdict in the Wilson case?
John Brown

The heroic sculptor who refused to move to London
Barbara Millar's person of the week


Tuesday 27 September

The BBC mocks a man for his looks, yet talks of 'putting quality first'
Kenneth Roy

Do Scotland's cultural icons serve the nation well?
Walter Humes

Scotland had an important role in Europe long before the union
A Scottish Review forum

Would I mind being remaindered?
R D Kernohan

The letters that used to be addressed 'Edinburgh N B'
Andrew Hook

 

Thursday 22 September

Three Little Englanders
Kenneth Roy

Why do we condone this disgraceful reek? What can be done about it?
Eileen Reid

Dusseldorf daze: or the world of Bill Jamieson
Christopher Harvie

Can Martin McGuinness really become president of the republic?
Alan Fisher

The generous actor whopretended to lose his lines
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 21 September

A victim of football-inspired domestic abuse writes to SR
Kenneth Roy

Do we really want to leave it to our children to sort out the climate mess?
An SR forum

There was nothing ordinary about ordinary degrees
Robert Calder

Is Murdo about to become another great Scottish inventor?
Dennis Smith

Scottish history has vanished, yet not quite
Steve Tilley

 

Tuesday 20 September

A hollow apology from the Daily Record
Kenneth Roy

The loss of faith in our institutions is now everywhere in evidence
Walter Humes

The last night of the Proms might have shown us a way forward
Bob Cant

Why I do not wish to be a little Scotlander
Anthony Seaton

A reminder of the left's rich tradition, now jettisoned
Alex Wood

 

Thursday 15 September

A Scottish mystery of life and death
Kenneth Roy

Where is Scotland going? And why? And how?
A Scottish Review forum on union vs independence

Is Murdo's campaign a blast of fresh air or a bag of hot wind?
R D Kernohan

The divisions now mean nothing
Alison Prince

A country at the crossroads
David Torrance

 

Wednesday 14 September

The vanishing tycoon, his knighthood, and the first minister
Kenneth Roy

What's wrong with a three-year degree? There's still time for coffee
Robin Downie

The trams fiasco denotes a poverty of ambition
Jill Stephenson

Why did Tony Blair renunciate his own beliefs?
Kenyon Wright

The explorer who preferred the horrors of Africa to the boredom of Scotland
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 13 September

David Cameron and the company he keeps
Kenneth Roy

The few remaining pro-union writers are keeping their heads down
Andrew Hook

The Scots politician with too many principles to be a Soviet spy
Alex Wood

The day I cried like a baby at the sight of my family
Bill Mitchell

Ban the book: the strange world of the campus
Catherine Czerkawska

 

Thursday 8 September

I have thought of a way of saving the union
Kenneth Roy

Post-independence politics will be no different in tribal Scotland
Walter Humes

It is time the Scottish people reminded the state where true power resides
George Gunn

He looked paler than a Highland junkie. That was Barcelona
George Chalmers

A share of the rewards...the way he saw football, the way he saw life
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 7 September

What on earth are they thinking about us down there?
Kenneth Roy

For Scottish unionists, federalism looks appealing. What's in it for
the English?
Dennis Smith

A fast-track, non-stop, two-year degree is dangerous nonsense
Andrew Hook

I am going to stop apologising for buying from Amazon
Catherine Czerkawska

Have you ever come across a big dame of 18 or so?
R D Kernohan

 

Tuesday 6 September

A closer look at Scotland's prophets of doom
Kenneth Roy

From its new location, the Scottish Review may be tempted to fly away
Bill Jamieson

Our self-flagellation over the minor issue of sectarianism
Charles Lewis

After 9/11, the US vowed never to be caught out again. But it will be
Alan Fisher

Crossing the dateline
Gerard Rochford poem for September

Photo feature: A Scottish wedding
Islay McLeod

 

Thursday 1 September

One of the noblest men alive
Kenneth Roy

Scottish studies is fine in principle. But who is to teach it?
Andrew Hook

One day I realised that I no longer heard the bummers
Bob Cant

Could Obama face a challenge from within his own party?
Alan Fisher

Deborah Kerr: the girl from Helensburgh
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 31 August

A few minutes from now, we will be turning out the lights
Kenneth Roy

Is there anyone left we can actually trust?
Walter Humes

Making it burn: we need to understand the importance of fire
Thom Cross

The Scottish landscape is disappearing before our eyes
Chris Brittain

A pig’s view of happiness. Or is it a Pict’s?
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 30 August

The strange case of 'Scotland's laziest cop'
Kenneth Roy

The yawning gulf between the power brokers and the street kids
Alison Prince

Rangers football club must apologise for its shameful practices
John Kelly

The society in which 'worker' has become a dirty word
Leonard Quart

Was Stella, friend of the Milne's Bar set, really a victim?
Malcolm Fraser

 

Thursday 25 August

He is everywhere, but nowhere: a journey of love and loss
Eileen Reid

The absence of belief is part of the reason for our current malaise
Walter Humes

If he is killed or jailed, will the truth about Lockerbie ever come out?
Judith Jaafar

Kilsyth has won the battle to shape what kids do. Renfrew has lost it
Alan McIntyre

The anatomist who carried a loaded pistol wherever he went
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 24 August

The billion pound payback in the name of Scotland's NHS
Kenneth Roy

The Megrahi debate: justice done or justice denied?
Brian Fitzpatrick

The dirty big secret of the home ownership delusion
Edward Harkins

What does UK plc stand for? What is its purpose?
Bill Mitchell

My grandmother, whose vision was entirely her own
Jim Henderson

 

Tuesday 23 August

Why are we so afraid of our own past?
Kenneth Roy

How far should you go as a journalist?
Jock Gallagher

Are we doomed to have one festival after another?
Tessa Ransford

Scotland safe? Try telling that to the shop-keepers who pull down the shutters
John Forsyth

The grave of John Smith already looks a hundred years old
Andrew Hook

 

Thursday 18 August

The control room: the sinister face of Scotland's NHS
Kenneth Roy

I'm retiring at a time when the main job of a teacher is not to teach
Alex Wood

If the riots we have seen are ever repeated, I fear the consequences
R D Kernohan

The songs are not the issue. It's flinging them in the face of others
Bruce Gardner

The Greenock journalist who re-invented his town as Garvel
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 17 August

After insanity on the streets, we have insanity on the bench
Kenneth Roy

The leader of Scotland's state within a state
Bill Jamieson

Sometimes the most outrageous acts have a real attraction
Erik Cramb

A conditional common front between the Old Firm may be needed
Alasdair McKillop

Rain in August
George Gunn

 

Tuesday 16 August

The horror on my own doorstep
Kenneth Roy

Why the man who predicted the social disorder will be ignored
Walter Humes

An inspector called – to give me an unmistakable message
David Eastwood

George Robertson is living in a Cold War time-warp
Alan Mackinnon

Melvyn Bragg's strange view of the good book
Alex Wood

 

Thursday 11 August

Cosy up north: the incestuous world of the people who run Scottish culture
Kenneth Roy

Why has Tommy Sheridan not been granted an appeal?
Jim Monaghan

Is the civil disorder political in origin, or just hooliganism?
SR contributors

'If we speak out, they shoot us'
Geoffrey Boulton

And there are no poets in Orkney. I only
Ron Ferguson


Wednesday 10 August

Jimmy Reid, the filing cabinet and the miniaturising of man
Kenneth Roy

The Donald is trumped. How will Scotland keep him sweet now?
Douglas Marr

Innocent until proven guilty?
John MacLeod

As the West collapses, China is poised to take over the world
John Wight

They thought he was dead, the modest Scot who changed the world
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 9 August

In riot-free Scotland, we had best not be complacent
Kenneth Roy

The 'radical' spirits who network their way to advancement
Walter Humes

We censor ourselves out of fear. Why are we so afraid?
Jill Stephenson

We are having an open debate in the Scottish Review about sectarianism.
Yet still I receive abusive emails at work
Jeanette Findlay

Dark leather and jeans: it's time for the Two Cellos
Andrew Hook

 

Thursday 4 August

The nightmare of a Scottish politician wrongly accused
Kenneth Roy

How do we go about creating a non-elite corps in Scotland?
Alison Prince

There is a dangerous tendency to view evil-doers as not like us
Robin Downie

My bleeding head is nothing compared with the suffering of Ethiopea
David Torrance

The visionary who brought the Dali to Glasgow
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 3 August

A piece of good news, so we don't expect anyone to read it
Kenneth Roy

Celtic supporters have no more claim to moral purity than Rangers fans
Alasdair McKillop

A man wanted by the police about Norway tells me he doesn't hate anyone
Alan Fisher

Why I refuse to get into a state of heat about the phone-hacking scandal
R D Kernohan remains calm

Brothers passing
Gerard Rochford's poem for August

 

Tuesday 2 August

Joyce McMillan is one of the Scottish elite whether she likes it or not
Kenneth Roy

A victory for humanity over the cruelty of the press
Walter Humes

I have been subjected to sectarian abuse well outside the west of Scotland
Jeanette Findlay

Why is the Scottish Review so down on our beautiful game?
Robert Doherty

Now young girls can dream of scoring the winning goal
Andrew McFadyen

 

Thursday 28 July

With ratlike cunning and a plausible manner, I intruded into private grief
Kenneth Roy

The words 'beautiful game' should be consigned to the scrapyard
Christopher Harvie

An Iona wedding
Islay McLeod

The moment when I, too, became a fact on the ground in Gaza
Joanne McNally

The Balkans tell me that, sometimes, things fall apart for no reason at all
David Torrance

 

Wednesday 27 July

The inquiry judge himself has some questions to answer
Kenneth Roy

Post-Murdoch, decency and openness are more important than ever
Alison Prince

The first minister is leading his party up the garden path
Dick Mungin

I just want to turn away
Leonard Quart

The dashing Scot whose life ended in tragedy and ruin
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 26 July

Pass the sick bag, Alice, Mark Thompson wishes to lecture us
Kenneth Roy

In the politics of survival, truth is an early casualty
Walter Humes

Our new link with a distant and irrevocable industrial past
Andrew Hook

The rains failed. The international community can't afford to do the same
Alan Fisher

Hitler would have made a dashed fine golf club secretary
Douglas Marr

 

Thursday 21 July

Private Lives, Public Morality (1)
Two Scots who insist on defending the indefensible
Kenneth Roy

We may be the most unloved, but we're not all bad. Honest
Alan Fisher

If everyone around you is eating crisps, why would you whip out a banana?
Katie Cunningham

There is a crime against humanity on our doorstep. It is time to name it
David Mackenzie

If you want to run away and never be seen again, don't come here
Catherine Czerkawska

 

Wednesday 20 July

Private Lives, Public Morality (1)
Revealed: the shameful record of Britain's press regulator
Kenneth Roy

Private Lives, Public Morality (2)
So Matthew Parris thinks the News of the World was a 'great' paper?
Jill Stephenson

There is a part of the west of Scotland where sectarianism isn't rampant
Peter MacAulay

Is the doctor any more altruistic than the butcher?
Robin Downie

The friend of Livingstone who brought oil to Scotland
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 19 July

Private Lives, Public Morality (1)
Soon, I may need a licence to edit the Scottish Review
Kenneth Roy

Private Lives, Public Morality (2)
The moral compass of society is no longer functioning properly
Walter Humes

Private Lives, Public Morality (3)
Maybe we know now why Cameron vetoed Brown's IMF job
Andrew Hook

'If I cannot live as a free woman, it is better to die as a hero'
Alan Fisher reports from Cairo

The tourist spot where they won't even serve a cup of tea
Barbara Millar

 

Friday 1 July

Great Scots

Dewar and Black lead the field of greats by miles
Kenneth Roy

'There shall be a Scottish Parliament'. He paused and said, 'I like that'
Alan Alexander on Donald Dewar

'I don't think you can plan your life. Things happen'
James Black on himself

Twelve faces of the last 25 years
Bob Smith's gallery of great Scots

The Cafe
The nominations of SR readers: a selection

Orkney, the Western Isles, Islay: my three island summers
Islay McLeod's photography

With a copy of 'Scoop' in my bag, I set off for the Rhine
R D Kernohan's summer journey

He founded the BBC, but complained that he was never 'fully stretched'
Barbara Millar

 

Thursday 30 June

Who speaks for the forgotten town of Greenock?
Kenneth Roy

Growth? In Scotland, the word is missing, presumed lost
Alf Young

Scotland's greatest transport disaster since the Tay Bridge
Christopher Harvie

The Royal Mail spares no expense to deliver the rubbish
Walter Humes

Do we really need the theory of abjectness to enjoy James Robertson?
Andrew Hook

 

Wednesday 29 June

The 25 greatest Scots of the last 25 years
Kenneth Roy

The oppressive mood of Scotland's new identity politics
Dick Mungin

Is Latin making a comeback in Scottish Catholicism?
Bill Heaney

Self-confident Turkey comes in from the cold
Alan Fisher

Would sectarianism be such an issue if we didn't bang on about it?
Judith Jaafar

 

Tuesday 28 June

Reputations revisited: Edwin Morgan and Lord Rodger
Kenneth Roy

Abused at the hands of the aggressive unionist community
Joan McAlpine

Some advice for Roseanna on how to beat sectarianism
Three views

There is no better preparation for life than disappointment
Jill Stephenson

The Kirk has hit an iceberg. Not everyone knows it's sinking
Bruce Gardner

 

Thursday 23 June

Why is Roseanna's Catholicism an issue?
Kenneth Roy

Oh, for a crack or two appearing in the worship of purchase
Alison Prince

The dogma of public bad, private good is well past its sell-by
Andrew Hook

Tom Johnston and Jimmy Reid: Best first ministers
Bob Cant

There is a queer Scotchman come. His name is Wilkie
Barbara Millar

 

Wednesday 22 June

The national anthem, the sign of the cross, and other offences
Kenneth Roy

The wealth of Edwin Morgan
Readers' views

Bone-shaken and stirred: tales from the top deck
Rose Galt

The best first ministers Scotland never had: part 1
Bob Cant

My old church has chosen a dud
David Mackenzie

 

Tuesday 21 June

The anti-capialist poet who made a fortune on the stock market
Kenneth Roy

The role of the UK Supreme Court cannot avoid being controversial
Dennis Smith

Everything wrong with Scotland sits in the bay for two days
George Gunn

Sublety is a foreign land in this hatchet job on Tommy Sheridan
John Wight

A mirror on a shabby world
Walter Humes

 

Thursday 16 June

It is possible that the first minister just needs a holiday
Kenneth Roy

Could Scotland have its own Ivy League?
Andrew Hook

Whit thochts anent oor ain time?
Christopher Harvie

Tough oil is with us. There is no way back to the time of plenty
Alison Prince

Works of art are not good for anything. They are an end in themselves
Tessa Ransford

 

Wednesday 15 June

Why Mrs Angiolini did not deserve a damehood
Kenneth Roy

Will a good man be corrupted by power?
Bruce Gardner

The NHS bureaucracy that doesn't know how many people it employs
John Womersley

Land of inspiration for a young Alex Salmond
David Torrance

The beguiling mystery of the Lewis Chessmen
Bill Boyd

 

Tuesday 14 June

Why Mr Souter did not deserve a knighthood
Kenneth Roy

The heart-rending dignity of the poor kids from the tower blocks
Catherine Czerkawska

Eck's men
Bob Smith

A modest proposal for removing irritating people from public life
Walter Humes

The war hero who fell to his knees and surrendered to Christ
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 9 June

The new democracy: part 3
There is a lesson for Scotland in the Southern Cross fiasco
Kenneth Roy

Should we mobilise the law to police sectarian attitudes?
Tom Gallagher

There is something rotten at the heart of the condition of Scottish men
Part 2
Gerry Hassan

A poetic consideration of Hell
David Harvie

When he gave a party, the doctor's guests collapsed under the table
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 8 June

The new democracy: part 2
The night they tried to buy me
Kenneth Roy

The importance of going against the grain
Walter Humes

The story of becoming a modern Scottish man
Part 1
Gerry Hassan

The Irish demand gender equality of others, but fail to deliver it themselves
Kieran O'Brien

A West Highland journey: Oban to Glasgow
Islay McLeod

 

Tuesday 7 June

The new democracy: part 1
There may not even be time for pudding in the New Club
Kenneth Roy

A modern democracy cannot be established from this thinking
John McGovern

The place where lives are marred from cradle to grave
Katie Cunningham

Iceland's salutary message for the Scots
David Torrance

Ram Gopal in a Norbury Nursing Home
Gerard Rochford's poem for June

 

Thursday 2 June

Rings of truth: part 3
I was wrong. It's personal, and very, very nasty
Kenneth Roy

The UK 'recovery' will take us back to the 1830s
Alf Young

I was there to see the results of Mladic's handiwork
Marian Pallister

When they said they worked in the oil industry, I knew I was in trouble
Douglas Marr

Transfer every death into a birth
Tessa Ransford


Wednesday 1 June

Rings of truth: part 2
The shameful treatment of Lord Hope augurs ill
Kenneth Roy

The word 'professional' is now as suspect as the word 'banker'
Walter Humes

There's nothing to do in Oban
Islay McLeod

There is more to Green politics than hugging a tree
Alison Prince

The fire pioneer whose men were know as the Jimmy braiders
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Tuesday 31 May

Rings of truth: part 1
Alex Salmond and the Nat Fraser case
Kenneth Roy

The terrors of young women outside the exam hall
Barbara Millar

Bank holiday weekend: Saturday 28 May 2011, Oban
Islay McLeod

Maybe there was no massive swing on 5 May
Dennis Smith

I'm sorry to say goodbye to Ceefax, for I almost came to love it
R D Kernohan

 

Thursday 26 May

Scotland's man for all seasons
Kenneth Roy

Despite Ian Hamilton, the English language still works
Alison Prince and Arthur Bell

Let's just get on with (that coalition) government
R D Kernohan

Routes to freedom:
Part II: The politics
Christopher Harvie

I don't know who he is, but Ryan Giggs deserved his privacy
Jill Stephenson

 

Wednesday 25 May

The scandal they all chose to ignore
Kenneth Roy

Two contrasting views of the debate on gay ministers
Mark Elliott and John Cameron

I would love to learn the language of a 10-year-old texter
Ian Hamilton QC

The young man whose death changed a country
Alan Fisher

The Scottish editor who argued with a president
Andrew Hook

 

Tuesday 24 May

An unpleasant encounter in a restaurant...
Kenneth Roy

Let us allow ourselves to be inspired. Let us demand roses
Maggie Craig

It can afford to fund a space programme. But it is still worthy of our aid
Gillian McMahon

The Arab spring is with us. But is winter far behind?
Alan Fisher

The football manager who had 'no comment' to make – even about the weather
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 19 May

Will the 'new Scotland' allow gay people to be ministers?
Kenneth Roy

The opposition could be lured into a minefield
Alf Young

Routes to freedom
Part 1: The cash
Christopher Harvie

It seems that we are all unionists now
David Torrance

A story about power, about conflict, about peace
Angus Skinner

 

Wednesday 18 May

The ghost on the stairs is the least of our problems
Kenneth Roy

Whatever happened to the idea of an edgy, innovative parliament?
John Forsyth

The new Scotland in darkness and in light
Gerry Hassan

Photo-essay from a Scottish jobs blackspot
Islay McLeod

The press magnate who refused to allow Churchill's name in his papers
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Tuesday 17 May

What hope in Scotland of a gentle, civilised nationalism?
Kenneth Roy

SR and the election
Readers' responses to last week's controversial editorials

Cross-party agreement is needed to deal with the SNP agenda
Walter Humes

A country divided by the visit of a British monarch
Bill Heaney

In Washington, they are making contingency plans
Alan Fisher

 

Friday 13 May

I stand accused of being a traitor to Scotland
Kenneth Roy

Time for an affirmative unionist story less reliant on stale arguments
Katie Grant

Scotland's man of the moment
Bob Smith

The sound of silence over Scotland's financial disgrace
Bob Cant

Helga's Hat
Gerard Rochford's poem for May

 

Wednesday 11 May

The myth of a united Scotland
Kenneth Roy

In Scotland, there is an enormous wall of national silence
Bob Cant

The noble world of Bobby Charlton is becoming a distant memory
Andrew Hook

The philosopher who seemed a genuinely nice guy
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 10 May

The election result was not all it has since been painted
Kenneth Roy

Our rational partnership is no longer with the UK
Christopher Harvie

The concept of Union will not disappear. But it needs adjustment
Robin Crichton

We were left to wonder what the Lib Dems were for
Jill Stephenson:

Who are they?
A guide to the new parliament

 

Friday 6 May

The summing up

State of the Union
We asked an SR panel if the break-up of the UK is now likely

Why I didn't vote in this election
Ian Hamilton

In Shotts, a key to the SNP's stunning rout of Labour
Kenneth Roy

Despite the euphoria, there is still an underlying malaise in Scottish politics
Walter Humes

State of the Nation
A region-by-region, seat-by-seat guide to all the results so far
Central Scotland
Glasgow
Highlands and Islands
Lothian
Mid Scotland and Fife
North East Scotland
South Scotland
West Scotland

 

Thursday 5 May

The role model Alex Salmond should remember tonight
Kenneth Roy

How I, a non-combatant, became part of the story
Christopher Harvie

This anti-separatist prays for a big SNP win
Tom Gallagher

Caricatures of the campaign
Bob Smith

 

Wednesday 4 May

The adjudicator's verdict on the party leaders
Kenneth Roy

Is Alex Salmond really 'a voice of clarity and morality'?
Alf Young

We need human beings sitting with us on our hospital beds
Jill Stephenson

Why my living mother was counted among the dead
Rose Galt

White dwarfs: the woman from Dundee who discovered 222 stars
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Tuesday 3 May

The worrying people who are after your vote on Thursday
Kenneth Roy

SR election guide: The tight twenty
Central Scotland
Glasgow
Highlands and Islands
Lothian
Mid Scotland and Fife
North East Scotland
South Scotland
West Scotland

Bella implores me to get my adrenaline pumping. But can I?
David Torrance

One uncounted victim of Osama Bin Laden
Alan Fisher

 

Thursday 28 April

Nine days from now, Scotland may feel like a different country
Kenneth Roy

The old story is exhausted. What's the story of Scotland's future?
Gerry Hassan

London, land of the feral megarich, has the lot
Christopher Harvie

Why are people so angry?
Alison Prince

Conversations in a small town
Islay McLeod

 

Wednesday 27 April

How a game of cricket in a Scottish town ended in racist violence
Kenneth Roy

For a green Scotland, we will have to generate twice the power we need
Alf Young

Why should students be the arbiters of what they are taught?
Andrew Hook

Hurled into the night sky 25 years ago, the fireworks of Chernobyl
James Wilkie

A game in which beastliness has become confused with decency
Nick Lyth

 

Tuesday 26 April

How can Andrew Marr ever be taken seriously again?
Kenneth Roy

It is too late for Alex Salmond to rail against hate crime
Jill Stephenson

Labour's change of tack may end up making the party look churlish
David Torrance

Sarkozy's tough guy act is unlikely to save him at the polls
Alan Fisher

The ex-POW who performed Britain's first organ transplant
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 21 April

A sexied-up dossier about the land of the state freebie
Kenneth Roy

I hadn't expected the SNP to be this far ahead in the polls
Christopher Harvie

Alex Salmond and the Rob Roy connection
Tom Gallagher

A plea from the heart for Scotland's poor this Easter
Martin Johnstone

Waiting for the shows to open at Livingston
Islay McLeod

 

Wednesday 20 April

Why did Alex Salmond just call it the beautiful game?
Kenneth Roy

Why the little steam there was in this campaign is running out
Alf Young

Why I am tempted to vote Tory for the first time
Andrew Hook

There may be a case for the Scotch Review
R D Kernohan

Alasdair Gray, public libraries and the Triumph of Socialism
Cailean Gallagher

 

Tuesday 19 April

Sir Sean, Mr Trump and the march of human progress
Kenneth Roy

Hello! The SNP's manifesto is a thing of beauty
David Torrance

Above the dog fight: Scotland can ill afford to lose the Greens
Alex Wood

A world beyong reason, beyond debate, beyond logic
Andrew Hook

'Andra! Slabber oan some broon there, just beside the wibble-wabble'
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Monday 18 April

Four hours in accident and emergency
Kenneth Roy

It was a trial. Just not the kind I had imagined
Sandy Ross

It's a turn-off. And we're not even talking about the election
Walter Humes

There is no longer one black America. There are four
Leonard Quart

Real, unreal and how to tell the difference
David Mackenzie

 

Thursday 7 April

The poor dears of the BBC are revolting
Kenneth Roy

Are we all about to become the walking wounded?
Alf Young

Is Egypt doomed to become the lost revolution?
Alan Fisher

Curious Culross
Islay McLeod

It used to be a cult. But now it's a full-blown religion
Andrew Hook

 

Wednesday 6 April

The painting that says more about us than this election campaign does
Kenneth Roy

When I was addressed as 'Dear Middle Manager', I knew the rot had set in
Jill Stephenson

A modest move towards more power for the people
Kenyon Wright

The United State it gonna get hit (according to my barber)
Tom Hubbard

I could have been a gardener
Gerard Rochford's poem for April

 

Tuesday 5 April

The rich and the destitute co-habit in Scotland's polarised city
Kenneth Roy

How should we remember the great Neil MacCormick
Thom Cross

Why am I not represented in the culture of Scotland?
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Is panic driving Gadaffi into a diplomatic end?
Alan Fisher

The king of skiffle who did a comedy duo with Ronald Reagan
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 31 March

The students missed their chance to bring down the crumbling house
Kenneth Roy

How can you tell when politicians are lying?
Walter Humes

The spectre that shaped my post-war life
Jill Stephenson

In Barcelona, I was struch by two presences and one absence
Andrew Hook

 

Wednesday 30 March

Are the police now in a 'cocoon of contempt' for the rest of us?
Kenneth Roy

The vile songs go on being sung. The SFA should use its powers
Paul Smith

Photo-essay: Petrol town
Islay McLeod

Even Japan feels the need to 'calm nervous markets'
Raymond Soltysek

Go out on a Saturday night? You must be joking
Barbara Millar

 

Tuesday 29 March

When will Charles Kennedy climb off the fence?
Kenneth Roy

What shapes the post-war generation? It's disillusion
Katie Grant

I tried to complete the form, but the enforcers may be after me
R D Kernohan

A butterfly in the Middle East spreads its wings
Alan Fisher

Condemned as 'spectacularly bad', he just kept grafting
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 24 March

The fear that haunted them
Kenneth Roy

Osbornes's gamble
Alf Young

Critical apartheid
Gordon Lawrie

Hector
Sheila Hetherington


Wednesday 23 March

The real apocalypse
Kenneth Roy

The trade in people
James Wilkie

The Cafe
John Cameron, Jay Speirs, John Scott and David Chalmers

Misunderstood Mac?
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 22 March

The silent minority
Kenneth Roy

Fukushima
Catherine Czerkawska

In defence of AV
Jill Stephenson

The real James Bond
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Monday 21 March

The inside story of how a hospice was saved and an injustice corrected
Kenneth Roy

 

Thursday 17 March

How the Scottish media selectively promotes its business partners
Kenneth Roy

A bar in Hamilton exemplifies the cronyism of Scottish public life
Walter Humes

We should be careful about celebrity support for politicians
Dick Mungin

Mother
George Chalmers

 

Wednesday 16 March

The guru and the cleaner
Kenneth Roy

A partial merger?
Bill Jamieson

Supping with the nuclear industry
Norman Fenton

Hot dogs, wet necks
Tess Ferguson

 

Tuesday 15 March

The love rat MP, the tabby cat, and The Man
Kenneth Roy

Celestial bells
Jill Stephenson

No laughing matter
Alan Fisher

The maverick
Barbara Millar's person of the week


Thursday 10 March

The deepening crisis in the Scottish press
Kenneth Roy

The anger of the masses
Alf Young

Finishing off the Taliban?
Alan Fisher

It isn't free
Jill Stephenson

 

Wednesday 9 March

The wrong targets
Tom Gallagher

Why is the cupboard bare?
Gerry Hassan

National grovel day
Walter Humes

The March poem
Gerard Rochford


Tuesday 8 March

Neil Lennon and other good men
Kenneth Roy

Boardroom to playground
Richard Benjamin and Alex Cox

I'm a member of a cult
Andrew Hook

A jewel of the species
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Monday 7 March

Special: The chief constable and the Old Firm
Kenneth Roy

 

Friday 4 March

Special: the media and the Old Firm
Kenneth Roy

 

Thursday 3 March

The inside story of Scotland's demoralised prisons
Kenneth Roy

Famine Song to Dallasgate
Tom Gallagher

Cannae-dae
Tom Hubbard

Who's the vegetarian?
Robin Downie

 

Wednesday 2 March

The questions they are asking our children
Kenneth Roy

Junk food juggernaut
Bill Boyd

Hark the herald
R D Kernohan

The L word
Elga Graves

 

Tuesday 1 March

Fear on the Saturday afternoon train
Kenneth Roy

A burning anger
Bill Jamieson

The bureaucratic mind
Walter Humes

Resolute Scot
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 24 February

First a riot, now a shooting
Kenneth Roy

Is he up to it?
Alf Young

Children in prison: part 3
Angus Skinner

Being alive
Michael Elcock

 

Wednesday 23 February

Children in prison: part 2
Kenneth Roy

Gaddafi and me
Norman Fenton

Emptiness
Islay McLeod

Truth for sale?
Dennis Smith

 

Tuesday 22 February

Children in prison: part 1
Kenneth Roy

The MSP we all love
Maxwell MacLeod

Should we call their bluff?
Douglas Wood

Aristotle is laughing at us
Bronwyn Cooper

 

Thursday 17 February

The two lives of Jim Devine
Kenneth Roy

The anger is general
Bill Heaney

Sean in Cowcaddens
Russell Galbraith

Aye reading
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 16 February

The health board would rather punish the hospice than save it
Kenneth Roy

Multikulti kaput
John McGrath

An open letter to Alex Salmond
Gordon Lawrie

The mither tongue
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 15 February

A very public disgrace
Kenneth Roy

End of shelf-life
Marian Pallister

The rich generals
Alan Fisher

Ego trips
Walter Humes

 

Thursday 10 February

The fatal flaw that will go on obscuring the truth about Lockerbie
Kenneth Roy

The Anna Karenina theory
Alf Young

Kicked out of the mosque
Anthony Silkoff

Did he kill Keats?
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 9 February

We know who leaked the tapes
Kenneth Roy

Blacklisted
Jill Stephenson

Why keep us alive?
Robin Downie

Airbrushing the past
David Harvie

 

Tuesday 8 February

My 'blind spot' about the prisoner in D hall
Kenneth Roy

Soulcraft
Walter Humes

The humanity of Dr Blix
Joanne McNally

Lament of a Bushman
Norman Fenton

 

Thursday 3 February

Farewell to a man of ideas
Kenneth Roy

The incredible life of Kenny Macintyre
Lorn Macintyre

The night I nearly drowned
Mike MacKenzie

A man without enemies
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 2 February

Four weeks to reveal the truth
Kenneth Roy

Would I give them the vote?
George Chalmers

Power Games
Catherine Czerkawska

Marx is back
Andrew Hook

 

Tuesday 1 February

Apocalypse now? Not for Dr Gruer
Kenneth Roy

Our distracted minds
Thom Sherrington

Olives with Mr Husseini
Maxwell MacLeod

The February Poem
Gerard Rochford

 

Thursday 27 January

A viciousness breathtaking to behold
Kenneth Roy

The unkindest cut of all
Alf Young

If not God, then what?
Alison Prince

He invented a language
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 26 January

There was a hero in the Sheridan case
Kenneth Roy

Bomb sites
Michael Elcock

The heroic Poles (2)
Marc Lambert and Jim Johnson

Land of the panini
Chris Holligan

 

Tuesday 25 January

All egos to be left at reception
George Chalmers

What did they expect?
Robin Downie

The people crushers
Marian Pallister

A local hero shunned
Bill Heaney

 

Thursday 20 January

How I was mauled by George Galloway
Kenneth Roy

Was it a conspiracy?
David Torrance

The heroic Poles (1)
David Harvie and Judith Jafaar

The man behind Dr Finlay
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 19 January

Who is it to be? A Scottish mystery
Kenneth Roy

The wrong message
Rose Galt

Third World Scotland
Thom Cross

Seriously unfunny
Andrew Hook

 

Tuesday 18 January

The truth about Susannah
Kenneth Roy

Rewriting history
Catherine Czerkawska

Cousins who differ
Jill Stephenson

Death and my mother
Nick Lyth

 

Thursday 13 January

The curious case of Gordon Brown
Kenneth Roy

Bonus-go-round
Alf Young

Death in Arizona
Andrew Hook

Mrs Batty
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Wednesday 12 January

Our police state (2)
Kenneth Roy

Not 'The Daily Show'
Andrew Hook

Two women
Alan Fisher

Passers-by
Robin Downie

 

Tuesday 11 January

Our police state (1)
Kenneth Roy

Sheridan and the media circus
Bill Heaney

What are we to do?
Walter Humes

Mad quests, dead ends
George Gunn

 

Friday 7 January

The Sheridan tapes (3)
Kenneth Roy

What it is to be English
R D Kernohan

The rise of the mediocracy
Bruce Gardner

A man of colour
Barbara Millar's person of the week

 

Thursday 6 January

The Sheridan tapes (2)
Kenneth Roy

The unwinnable war
Douglas Marr

Why I am hated: Crisis on campus (2)
Dick Mungin

Visitation
Gerard Rochford's January poem

 

Wednesday 5 January

The Sheridan tapes (1)
Kenneth Roy

The end of humanities?: Crisis on campus (1)
Andrew Hook

Prophet without honour
Walter Humes on R F Mackenzie

Beyond words
Angus Skinner


 
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