James Kelman should have won the Booker for A Disaffection, but his acceptance speech for the Booker in 1994 is a seminal moment in Scottish cultural/political history.

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I recently wrote abut the catastrophe that is salmon farming in Scotland. Here, Neil McRae adds some (horrific) details.

Alistair Carmichael, the Pinocchio MP for Orkney and Shetland explains it all. He writes: “Ten years on from the independence ...

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Great interview from Scots Whay Hae! with Grant McPhee on his new book Postcards from Scotland: Scottish Independent Music ...

Janette Ayachi is a London-born, Edinburgh-based, Scottish-Algerian poet. Quick Fire, Slow Burning is her second collection, ...

This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, a moment when, briefly, Scotland was ...

In truth Better Together of 2014 was more of a jump scare than a referendum campaign. My favourite piece of Unionist ...

A country of independent people – who truly know themselves – is, and always was, the real prize, argues Christopher Silver.

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