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A Letter from Scotland
An update on Scotland's politics, culture, and social affairs, drawing on the historical roots of current issues
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India's 80th Independence Day
A salt tax and the accounting tricks that made Britain great
Ossian was not a hoax
A National Theatre production at the Edinburgh Fringe
Movement brings hope for refugee children
Guest post: Magnus Wolfe Murray
Why Andy Burnham should introduce a Shetland tariff for electricity
The Unfair Isles
Witness
A visit to Donald Morrison. a chief witness in the case of Willie McRae
Why Norway plays more freely than Scotland
Guest post: William Kemp Bruce
Dissecting Shetland's Farmed Seafood
A fishy tale
The Scot who brought us Brexit - and possibly more
Will Michael Gove's legacy be independence for Scotland?
Guest post: Gilly McArthur
The Beauty of Cold
A new exhibition of pro-Roman bias
Checkpoint for Scotland's heritage bodies