Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 15 February 2023 IAN MITCHELL’S recent book about Nicola Sturgeon (see below) concentrates on what he
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WHATEVER ELSE you may say about the First Minister, she is a glutton for punishment. I can’t imagine she looks forward to First Minister’s Questions,
IN THE 1980s, while living in Berlin, I was invited to a Marlene Dietrich party. I was the only woman there and by far the
LAST WEEK Scotland Matters sent an Advan to the SNP Burns Supper held in the GoGlasgow Hotel, Govan, with a few memes to remind everyone
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 5 February 2023 I SEE in my South China Morning Post today that the Reserve Bank
A FEW WEEKS AGO the trans rights champion, Green MSP Maggie Chapman didn’t know which sex she was because she hadn’t had a chromosomal test;
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 27 January 2023 LORD SUMPTION’S contribution to the gender debate this week will be
Nicola Sturgeon, Vol 1 – The Years of Ascent, 1970-2007 – by Ian Mitchell A citizen’s biography of a driven woman in a drifting parliament
IN THE run-up to the EU referendum on June 23rd, you could hardly move without hearing prophecies of doom by the Great and the Good
THE NEWS that Britain’s sovereign debt has been downgraded comes as no surprise to those of us who have followed the Bank of England’s monetary
ANOTHER WEEK, another downgrade in the Bank of England’s forecasts for the British economy. Last year, the Bank forecast that the UK economy would grow