Green Day
By Mike Small” Where do you stand on dog turds?” The question was asked in all seriousness at a local hustings. The candidate shuffled, composed himself and answered. It summarises the public perception… Read More
Category Archive: Identity
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PFI Scotland
As the full catastrophe of the Labour / Tory PFI scandal unfolds before our eyes, Bella starts a series of articles and films looking at privatised Britain, what it means, who profits and… Read More
Orkney and the New Class Culture
By Fiona MacInnes In the 60s I would hear my father describe the Orkney in which we lived as a classless society. Then I didn’t know what ‘class’ meant. We were literally thousands… Read More
Bella Caledonia presents: “The Very Bastards Of Creation 2012 Awards”
“The Scots are the very bastards of creation.” John Wilkes, the great English radical, reformer, and 18th Century Member of Parliament for Middlesex “The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the… Read More
Welcome to Skintland
This is where you live. This is the cost of deciding to govern yourself. Remember: you are too poor, too stupid and too lacking in talent to control your own affairs. To do… Read More
Why not learn from histories – for a change?
Why not learn from histories – for a change? A German-Scottish perspective by Svenja Meyerricks Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, Der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben. Hermann Hesse… Read More
The Health of Nations
By Mhairi McAlpine “Only independence can fully guarantee Scotland’s National Health Service.” – Nicola Sturgeon I’ve been watching the twisty-turny passage of the NHS bill through the Commons and Lords, with horror mixed… Read More
Scotland’s Wobbly Bookshelf
By Mike Small I suppose the creation of these lists is some sort of cultural fit. It’s the thin end of the very fat wedge of linear thinking – where everything has to… Read More
Paper Trail
A modern mystery of poetry, intrigue and art. This is a story of tiny beautiful, evocative artworks… ‘One day in March, staff at the Scottish Poetry Library came across a wonderful creation, left… Read More
Off the Record
By Kate Higgins Having been mentioned in dispatches, I thought I’d stamp my purdy little foot and seek a right to reply. Or at least, set out why the analogy of an abused… Read More
For the Record
By Mike Small The extraordinary outburst against Joan McAlpine’s first column for the Daily Record has exposed a fault-line in Scottish politics. Read it here. It is an unremarkable commentary on the relationship… Read More
Introducing Bella’s newest columnist, George Gunn: ‘From The Province of the Cat’
We take great pleasure in unveiling Caithness poet and playwright, GEORGE GUNN, as our newest columnist. Each month FROM THE PROVINCE OF THE CAT, will bring a refreshing and much-needed Highland perspective to… Read More
Caption Competition
The Prime MInister was in Jockland to announce his new Devo Shsh initiative. Here is David Cameron eating porridge in Fife last week. Special prize to the reader with the funniest caption for… Read More
Greek Independence
Interview with Liana Kanelli an independent MP elected under the flag of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) for the last twelve years in four consecutive elections. Ms. Kanelli has been a journalist for… Read More
An Awfully Big Adventure
By Christopher Harvie According to Neil Oliver the referendum will be ‘the biggest decision in 300 years’. So ca’ very canny … I wonder. In 1707-15, as far as the mass of Scots… Read More
The Case for English Independence
By Dan Hind, author of The Return of the Public The British are meant to be content with the spectacles and dramas laid on for them. In the New Year, David Cameron told… Read More
Irish Ayes
Britain’s Ancien Regime is in a state of flux and the current situation is loaded with potential and provides those of us striving for the maximum change in society with a historic opportunity.
The Destruction of the Metropole
By Mhairi McAlpine It is an odd situation that Scotland finds herself in at the moment. A bit like a teenager, yearning for the freedom which is only a few years away but… Read More
Show Me the Mone
By Mike Small Michelle Mone’s intervention in the independence campaign (‘Scottish lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone has threatened to move to England if Scotland votes for independence’) was the first big boob from the… Read More
