The Future’s Bright
What does a vote for Labour in Scotland mean today? A little over a week has passed since the council election results were announced, and Labour have already reversed policy to support more Orange Order… Read More
Category Archive: Scottish Culture
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Irvine Welsh on Scottish Independence
6 min clip of Irvine Welsh v Tristram Hunt with Jeremy Paxman in the chair. (From BBC Newsnight on 20th Apr 2012)
Tainted League
By Mike Small A man born in Devon who’s been involved in Scottish football for three years has just decided the fate of the game north of the border. What he’s decided is… Read More
Back to the Future
By Mike Small Scotland on Sunday’s story about the loss to Scotland of the protective arm of M15 around our shoulder (Independent Scotland a ‘terror risk’) was revealing. This is, in part, just… Read More
When Duty Calls
By Michael Greenwell We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.- George Orwell A while back someone posted on twitter (if… 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
SPL Reduce Scottish Football to Farce
We’re asking all fans to support the statement: “If Rangers #newco are allowed back to the SPL immediately I will officially stop attending SPL football matches.” Put it on facebook and fans forums and twitter.
Poetry On Trial: 1. “What are poets for?” by George Gunn
This thoughtful provocative essay by poet George Gunn asks some timely questions on the whys and wherefores of modern poetry, and asks whether there is a socialised character of poetry in Scotland that… Read More
Anti-Englishness and the SNP
Broken Britain
Interview with Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Much as I’d have walked over broken glass to interview Francis Ford Coppola for Bella someone else beat me to it. Film critic Ariston Anderson has done a very fine job indeed for… Read More
EBT Phone Home
The Scottish Football Association have appointed Lord William Nimmo Smith to chair their inquiry into recent activities at Rangers. Here one well-informed caller nails it about problems with Campbell Ogilvie, Martin Bain and… 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 Spin Room
By Mike Small So what just happened? Watching the body language, maneuvering and positioning is fascinating. Salmond welcomes Cameron, and hand on back ushers him into a room before sitting in front of… Read More
Rangers On the Edge
By Phil Mac Giolla Bhain These are indeed historic days for Alba, for just as Scotland’s Claim of Right may about to be asserted at the ballot box in 2014 a bastion of… Read More
Global Gathering
Defending Mary Ann Kennedy’s Global Gathering
Let Glasgow Flourish
By Jonathan Mackie It’s a common – and often justified – complaint that Scotland’s mainstream media outlets focus disproportionately on Glasgow when deeming what’s worthy of ‘news’ status. This time, however, the goings-on… Read More
Labour for Independence
By Pat Kane Under what conditions – say, the next 24 months leading up to the most important political event in 300 years for Scotland – could a “Labour for Independence” exist?
Positivity
By Mike Small Pundits seem to be coalescing around the idea that a ‘positive message’ is an essential part of political campaigning (nothing new here, see Pat’s Juggernaut of Joy thesis). Whether it’s… Read More
