Orange Culture is Culture

Orange Culture is Culture

Some of our neighbours have taken to the streets to “remember” a battle they never fought; in a country they’ve never visited. This is Orangeism, a hilariously anachronistic but highly dangerous slice of Ulster-Scottish antiquarianism. Since before the weekend, what...
Demilitarising the Scottish Imagination

Demilitarising the Scottish Imagination

When people around the world think of Scotland they think of tartan, bagpipes, haggis, and soldiers. Sadly the soldiery has seeped deep into the tartan and the bagpipes. Is this what we want, and can we imagine something else? Robert Burns wrote of the Highlands that...
Gone to ground……

Gone to ground……

Unionists in Scotland have gone to ground on Twitter today and the Media are  bending over backwards trying to make good news into bad news. That’s quite a skill. Scottish growth up four times that of the U.K. and our NHS a shining example of what it should be, not...