Arts Crisis in the Hebrides

An Lanntair, the largest arts centre in the Outer Hebrides, has warned of an “immediate and profound” impact if plans to axe its local authority funding are followed through. Many other projects will be affected throughout the islands. ‘Arts and culture in the Western Isles at risk!’ When your local arts centre shares something like […] Source

Target Number One, the End of Atlanticism

This is a scene from The Diplomat (season 2, episode 6) – available to view on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/0xLWhLbJQ2 — BELLA CALEDONIA (@bellacaledonia) January 19, 2026 It’s a moment of drama that speaks directly to our current nightmare as all of our old shibboleths and assumptions about how the world is constructed melt around us. NATO […] Source

Growing a greener and more resilient future

Scotland’s farmers are in a unique position to produce high-quality food for our tables, provide important rural jobs and tackle the climate and nature crises, but they need the right support to do it. By Dr Mike Robinson, chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. People have been growing crops and raising beasts in Scotland since […] Source

Farage’s new tartan puppet

On Monday, Nigel Farage preened his insufferably smug way through a press conference at which he introduced the latest opportunistic Tory defector to Reform UK. This time it was Nadhim Zahawi, who was very briefly the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Boris Johnson. Zahawi was later found to have paid a…