History and legend 114
Posted on
January 04, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘culture’
To our English brother 166
Posted on
January 03, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re enormously grateful to the alert reader who uncovered this little gem. “The Claim Of Scotland” is a book published in 1968 and written by one Herbert James Paton, a philosopher and a senior civil servant at the Admiralty and Foreign Office, who sadly died the following year.
If you click the image above, you’ll find a scanned PDF of the foreword, contents and first chapter, which at just 14 pages is a modest task of reading. Prepare yourself to marvel at how little times have changed since this pre-North Sea oil age, and to smile ruefully at a few of the sentences you’ll encounter.
Respect agenda still strong 62
Posted on
December 27, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Since we’re talking about The Independent today, we thought those of you who don’t follow us on Twitter or Facebook might like to see their latest editorial cartoon.
No, we’re not making that up.
The Wings Pantomime 2013: Cindyrella 88
Posted on
December 23, 2013 by
multiple authors
Setting the tone 58
Posted on
December 22, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Our more downmarket readers may have noticed this piece in today’s Scottish Sun:
But we were tickled to learn this morning, from a very well-placed inside source, that the advertising agency involved had also (genuinely) presented as part of their report a graphic demonstrating the current public perception of the No campaign.
You can see it below.
Celebrity endorsement 90
Posted on
December 09, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So blind that you cannot see 56
Posted on
December 06, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
That was always a pretty silly lyric. But anyway.
We had to switch the telly off after about 10 minutes of the news this morning. The piety was too much to take. So intead we’re just going to quote two things from the avalanche of comment that’s appeared this morning on the death of Nelson Mandela.
The case for Yes in six words 138
Posted on
November 26, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you don’t have time to read 170,000:
“Xmas dinner at the food bank”. The best of both worlds, there. Sleep well.
Pay up and shut up 148
Posted on
November 25, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
So today we got a response from the BBC to our Freedom Of Information request concerning this story. Those of you who’ve ever sent an FOI request to the state broadcaster before probably won’t need to read any further.
The Northumberland Times 180
Posted on
November 22, 2013 by
Shaun Milne
You may have read today that “Better Together” is planning a major “newspaper-style” leaflet drive for the release of the White Paper next week. Thanks to our ever-alert spies in the No camp, we’ve managed to secure a leaked copy of the text. You can read it below.
Our loss is England’s gain 218
Posted on
November 21, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s already been in the comments, and it’s all over Twitter, but it’d be remiss of us not to give as many people as possible the chance to enjoy this.
Blair McDougall’s a big Rangers fan. See if you can spot him anywhere.
Looking up with envy 51
Posted on
November 21, 2013 by
Aled Job
Visiting Scotland by train has always been an uplifting experience for me. There’s something very special about crossing the border into Dumfries and taking in those spectacular vistas as the train rumbles northwards. I’ve always considered this wonderful and spirit-enhancing landscape to be a metaphor for Scotland itself, full of glorious potential just waiting to be realized.
This journey also takes us through the lands of “Yr Hen Ogledd” (the old north), the heartland of the old Brythonic language, the prototype of modern Welsh and the seven kingdoms which established themselves in the intervallum of several centuries after the Romans left these shores in 400 AD.
