Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Sunday, June 16, 2024

My Trip to Scotland

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I'm nearing the end of this short trip - I catch the train this afternoon for London where I get to see my grandson for the first time ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Is the UK becoming a failed State?

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How quickly a country can collapse – socially and economically. Lebanon and Sri Lanka are the latest examples. Mark Blyth is a political...
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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Journeys in Scotland

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I owe my readers an apology – in no way have the two previous posts offered any real insights into the Scottish soul. Pointing you in the di...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The Scottish Soul – the insiders’ tale

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And indeed, the literary did win out in the battle for the Scottish soul – although the non-fiction titles are anything but dull. I start ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The Scottish Soul – from the outside

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Skimming the books about Scandinavia got me thinking about how contemporary Scotland might look to an outsider. Of course, having lived for ...
Thursday, June 9, 2022

SCOTUS VIATUS

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The “Review of Democracy” website continues to offer great material – this time focusing on   RW Seton Watson , a Scottish journalist (using...
Sunday, April 3, 2022

The Obliteration of Memories

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Googling is so easy – “everything we need is there”. Except it’s simply not true. Google has a gigantic hole which no-one talks about – kno...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

A model for People Power??

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I know that some of my (many) global readers who share my critical/sceptical stance on power structures have had their hopes raised rece...