THE headline and article in The National explaining that even a lost court case on the right of Scotland to hold a second referendum on independence would be helpful to the self-determination movement is invaluable (‘How losing indyref2 court battle could help Scotland win independence’, September 23). The argument was that to win the case the UK would have to aver that Scotland was not a nation. Surely that part of this ancient country which accepts with equanimity the parasitism of Westminster would baulk at that. Even the latter part of the piece which discusses the malign effect on devolution in Scotland that the […]

AUSTRALIAN superstar Jason Donovan is set to head to Granite city this November as part of his brand new tour. …

It’s a while since I’ve swum in Loch Dochfour, but when I do I always pause mid-stroke and take in the beauty of Dochfour House. …

PEOPLE across the north-east are being encouraged to take simple steps to look after their mental health in the light of Covid fears. …

The press reports with a sort of sweet innocence that is disgusting in the circumstances that Boris Johnson has defended the government’s plans to cut universal credit while refusing to say whether he could live on the basic payment it provides of £118 a week. Apparently he was questioned by reporters during his trip to […] Source

A NEW training team at Dundee and Angus College is planning to give local businesses a “competitive edge” after unveiling a fresh pot of funding. Source

COLLAPSED ethical power firm People’s Energy sought £30 million survival cash from the Scottish Government, the Sunday National can reveal. Source

Building a new Scotland requires fresh perspectives writes Chris Silver at the end of the summer. When I began writing these columns in July, I started out with the idea that we are living out a kind of national orphanhood – defined by what our forefathers built, but also by their absence. In the intervening […] Source

WITH the on-going reports on the food supply crisis hitting the nation, householders are being given some handy hints on handling any shortages. …

Dufftown Highland Games among those to receive funding in third round of scheme. …

Formal consultation launched for fourth Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan. …

Much of what we are seeing – at a constitutional – economic and social level – is the long-tail of Thatcherism. Today – in the middle of the current crisis – the privatisation of energy and railways looks particularly unwise. The latter was specifically aimed at undermining the trade unions by shifting freight from rail […] Source

Freedom for Irving Larios, illegally detained in Nicaragua on 20 September. On 20 September my friend and long-term collaborator, Irving Larios, became yet another political prisoner who has been illegally detained and incarcerated by the Nicaraguan dictatorship led by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.  Irving has been to Scotland twice, in 2018 and 2019, hosted […] Source

A SCOTTISH architect has created what he believes is the world’s most expensive brick as part of a £500,000 crowdfunding campaign. Source