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Category Archives: Scotland
Scotland’s Unstated Writers
Unstated – an edited collection on the theme of Scottish independence – has already caused what Scots would call a stramash. The uproar began in December, just days before the volume was published, when excerpts of Alasdair Gray’s contribution, ‘Settlers and … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Society and Culture, Sunday Business Post
Tagged Graygate, Independence, James Kelman, Referendum, Unstated
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Ulster Covenant’s Scottish Resonances
THE prospect of independence in Scotland is a world apart from the quashed Irish bid for home rule in 1912, writes Peter Geoghegan. “THE DARK eleventh hour draws on and sees us sold to every evil power we fought against … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Scotland, Scotsman
Tagged 1912, 2014, Carson, Independence, Referendum
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Scotland Rallies for Independence
How George Robertson must regret saying in 1995 that ‘Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead.’ Robertson, then the shadow secretary of state for Scotland, was trying to appease sceptical unionists. Last weekend, 13 years after a devolved parliament was established … Continue reading
Posted in London Review of Books, Scotland
Tagged 2014, Alex Salmond, Independence, Referendum
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Among the Orangemen
Ian Wilson, a former Grand Master of the Orange Lodge in Scotland, addressed the annual Orange parade in Broughshane, Co. Antrim, on 12 July. After describing Martin McGuinness’s handshake with the queen as ‘a humiliating surrender’ for Sinn Fein, Wilson … Continue reading
Posted in London Review of Books, Scotland
Tagged Independence, Orange Order, Scotland
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LRB Blog: Yes Scotland
‘Go on, Dougie,’ the man beside me shouted. His silver and blue lapel pin twinkled in the wan light of Screen 7 at Cineworld in Edinburgh. To my left, a woman beat her foot as Dougie MacLean shuffled with his … Continue reading
Posted in London Review of Books, Scotland
Tagged Alex Salmond, Patrick Harvie, SNP, Yes Scotland
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Referendum fever is crossing the Irish Sea
LAST Saturday, Tyrone defeated Derry in the final of the McKenna Cup at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Among the sell-out crowd was an unlikely acolyte of Ulster GAA: Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson. While right-wing unionists decried the … Continue reading
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Supporters of Occupy Edinburgh were thin on the ground at the city’s sheriff court on Wednesday, 25 January, Robert Burns Day. Only 15 or so activists went to protest against their eviction from St Andrews Square, outside the headquarters of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Scotland, Society and Culture
Tagged London Review of Books, Occupy, Occupy Edinburgh
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Talking Scottish Independence with Pat Kenny
I appeared on the excellent Today with Pat Kenny program on RTE on January 12, talking about Scottish independence referendum vote and what an independent Scotland might look like. As the Today with PK site says, ‘This is shaping up … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Scotland
Tagged Alex Salmond, Indepdence, RTE, Today with Pat Kenny
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Stormont needs to take a leaf out of Scotland’s book to eradicate sectarianism
From Irish Times comment pages, November 16. OPINION: SCOTLAND’S “SECRET shame” is anything but a clandestine affair these days. Between Uefa’s clampdown on repugnant chanting at Rangers and Celtic’s European nights and First Minister Alex Salmond’s pledge to “eradicate” bigotry, sectarianism … Continue reading
On the Money
This feature on Irish comics and the recession appeared in Fest magazine ahead of this year’s Fringe. “Why have estate agents stopped looking out the window in the morning?” begins a gag that has been doing the rounds in Dublin … Continue reading