Should Dr Livingstone be presumed forgotten?
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 25 May 2023 IS IT JUST the sea air on Great
Hamish Gobson
May 25, 2023
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How the CPTPP deal can help make our favourite chippies cheaper
DESPITE all the challenges from pizzas, burgers, Indian and Chinese take-aways, kebabs, chicken buckets and other fast foods – fish and chips continues to remain
Brian Monteith
May 16, 2023
Is Humza continuity Rob Roy MacGregor?
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 12 May 2023 MY HOPES for the destruction of Humza Yousaf’s
Hamish Gobson
May 12, 2023
From Abercairny to Barcelona
WHILE THERE IS still much faux ‘art’ to be depressed by, many people are now trying to restore our great tradition of classical art. I
Charles Harris
May 12, 2023
Reza Pahlavi – ‘The Old Pretender’ to the Iranian throne
IN THE 17th century, James Francis Edward Stuart, the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born just months
Struan Stevenson
May 11, 2023
What will the final frontier really be like?
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World – by Tim Marshall Elliott and Thompson Limited, 238 pages, Hardback. ISBN
Stuart Crawford
May 11, 2023
Abolishing the iniquitous Inheritance Tax could release vital seed capital for our economy
INHERITANCE TAX is not only double taxation on the middle classes, it is an expensive and ineffective way of raising government revenue. With the cost
Catherine McBride
May 11, 2023
How regimes end: Ridicule
THE END of a regime can occur in different ways. There is, of course, violent insurrection. Or the democratic process can unseat an incumbent. Relentless
Jill Stephenson
May 9, 2023
When lonely Parrots talk…
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 4 May 2023 OUT ON THE MOSS, enjoying the glorious May
Hamish Gobson
May 4, 2023
EU laws? How the usual suspects have the usual fake arguments
SOME MEMBERS of the House of Lords have written a letter to the Times complaining the retained EU regulations will be removed by ministers without
Catherine McBride
May 4, 2023
Decoding Nicola
MSP and ex-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was at Holyrood last week, where she bumped into the media and gave an impromptu little speech in the
Dr Gail MacDonald
April 30, 2023
Saving China through Scottish self-sacrifice
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 28 April 2023 IT IS CONSOLING to hear that the Scottish
Hamish Gobson
April 28, 2023