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'Big news in small circles' might summarise the UK mainstream media’s description of Zarah Sultana's announcement of a new left party....

We're encouraging people to sign a petition promoted by Living Rent, responding to our government's consultation with landlords (but not...

The new MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse - and considerations on what is to be done. Davy Russell won the election with 8,559...

When Henry Kissinger was awarded the the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, the American humourist Tom Lehrer dryly observed that 'satire is...

Reflections, concerns - and a glimmer of hope - from Erik Cramb, retired Industrial Chaplain in Dundee I was born in the early days of...

When the SNP was euro-sceptic ... when left-wingers were shaping Scotland's civic nationalism ... what Winnie Ewing and Enoch Powell...

Quotations from the poetry of three of Scotland's previous Makars have been set in stone and incorporated into our Parliament's Canongate...

Our 'reflections' series continues: here, retired minister Erik Cramb recalls a remarkable episode in the politics of Jamaica, where he...

Niall Christie assesses a new book which seeks to offer helpful and progressive suggestions to the UK government ( Britain Needs Change:...