Scottish Water launches £9 billion programme that ‘could create 4000 jobs’
Does the Queensferry Crossing have a problem with closures?
Upside Down and Inside Out
UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn “The more I see, the less I know for sure.” So says the character Ulrich, from Robert Musil’s innovative novel “The Man Without Qualities” (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), a vast thousand page, three volume epic about the last days of the […] Source
‘Iconic’ historic building in Perthshire dating back to 13th century up for sale
‘The beautiful thing about the truth is that it’s easy’ …
Palestinian voices are being suppressed. Here the brothers Saree Makdisi, Ussama Makdisi, and Karim Makdisi discuss the issue of writing, media and representation with Ta-Nehisi Coates for a wide-ranging discussion drawing on his new book, The Message (2024). “The beautiful thing about the truth is that it’s easy” w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates from @MakdisiStreet Source
This Is Palestine
‘This Is Palestine’ is a podcast that highlights people, issues, and events around Palestine. This is a two part podcast. In this two-episode special, host Diana Buttu speaks with award-winning Palestinian-American writers Fady Joudah and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, who are both finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards. Dr. Joudah and Ms. Tuffaha comprise two […] Source
More than 50 oil rig staff evacuated after supply vessel collides with rig
Institutional disobedience could be the way forward for independence
There’s a very interesting and important article in The National this Sunday by the much respected writer and commentator Neal Ascherson about charting a way forward for the independence campaign and breaking through the current constitutional impasse. His argument follows from two key points. Firstly, the idea of independence as a…
A96 closed in both directions after road traffic incident
Ross demands SNP publicly commit next week to dualling the A96
Bus driver grabbed by throat and had blue liquid squirted in his face
Sarwar’s U turn is not what it seems
‘We’re going to make them listen’: Farmers collar Scottish Labour MPs over tax raid
Land and Protest in Parody Britain
The mood in Baku is not great. Many leaders of major economies failed to turn up. The US, under Trump, is about to withdraw completely from international climate cooperation. It would be wrong to blame Trump for not meeting our climate targets, we were already far off (The World’s Best Hope to Beat Climate Change […] Source