Once Again We Will Be Left

By Robin McAlpine “All fixed, fast frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. Continue reading →

Britain Must Break: The Internationalist Case for Independence

By Callum McCormick There should be no doubt that those of us who wish to see Scotland become an independent country in 2014 face an extraordinary task. The intellectual and Continue reading →

Oh Danny Boy (le)

By Mike Small This was Cameron’s Cool Britannia, a moment where we could ignore the reality of Bullingdon Club Britain and pretend instead that we were led by Kenneth Branagh Continue reading →

DAMP SQUID: THE FALL OF NIALL FERGUSON

By Christopher Harvie I Whatever happened to … Professor Niall Ferguson, and this year’s Reith Lectures? ‘A bit of a damp squib’ reported my daughter Alison from think tank country. Continue reading →

The Man Booker Prize & 44 Years Of Institutionalised Anti-Scottish Racism

As the Man Booker Prize longlist is announced Kevin Williamson asks a question that seems to have eluded the mainstream media: Is the most influential prize in literature tainted with Continue reading →

What’s really going on in Catalonia (Notes on the present financial crisis in Spain and the political options for Catalans)

A full-fledged bailout of Spain is now taken for granted by most observers. In the meantime, Mr. Rajoy’s government has grudgingly agreed to submit its finances to external oversight and Continue reading →

Struileag

Are you Scot or a descendant of one? If so this might be for you! Massive outreach project. Culminating in an international large scale event, Struileag is a forward looking, Continue reading →

Dimes, Dollars, Quarter Bills …

By Joe Necchi Cash payment is wrong according to David Gauke. They want to talk about money? So let’s start to talk about money. Let’s not talk about the tenner Continue reading →

Yes Scotland and the Class Question

“We must argue on basics, like freedom and democracy and equality. Scotland should be the ideological proving ground of those who want a collectivist view of democracy and freedom.”

Sigur Rós ‘Valtari’ Mystery Film Experiment: Ég anda

Coulport, Devo Max and Imperial Britain

Today at Coulport, we have the biggest arsenal of nuclear missiles in Europe. Why? Because we are British. We are home to the world’s most powerful machine for the mass killing of human beings, Trident. Why? Because we are British.

A New Day

By Mike Small It’s worth getting a few things straight before kick-off. This isn’t about relegating Rangers FC. Rangers don’t exist anymore. This isn’t about Craig Whyte. Craig Whyte’s not Continue reading →

Is an anti-Scottish bandwagon gathering cultural momentum among English middle classes?

by Kevin Williamson What do the English really think of us Scots?  It’s the question that dare not ask itself.  Generally speaking, it’s never a good idea to generalise, especially Continue reading →

20 Filmpoems

 

FOI

Everyone has a legal right to see information from Scottish public authorities. You don’t have to say who you are or why you want the information. And if the public authority refuses to give it to Continue reading →

The Positive Case for the Union

It’s Back! By popular demand! In a Bella exclusive we can unveil the POSITIVE CASE FOR THE UNION! Having waited years for Darling, Lamont or Gordon Brown to step forward, Continue reading →

Banking and a New Deal for Scotland

By Joe Necchhi “An epitaph for an age of irresponsibility symptomatic of a financial system that elevated greed above all other concerns and brought our economy to its knees“. – Continue reading →

Ewan Morrison Essay: Dead Malls On Living Land

By Ewan Morrison I’m standing before a vast crumbling structure surrounded by broken security fencing; A Danger-Keep-Out sign lies crushed and rusted on the tarmac of what was once an Continue reading →

From the Province of the Cat 5: The Darling of Fear by George Gunn

by George Gunn The idea of the man who as Chancellor of the Exchequer oversaw the financial collapse of 2008 trying to scare the people of Scotland into voting “No” Continue reading →