Gerry Hassan: A Hopeful Guide To Scotland
This week, depending on the building US-UK government clamour for more military action in Iraq, Scotland will be the biggest
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Gerry Hassan: The Glasgow Games, the Great War and A Requiem for the Post-War Dream
Two very different tales of a city and a country – Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games followed by the Glasgow Cathedral
Gerry Hassan: A Scotland Beyond Yes And No – My Journey to Yes
I want to live in a Scotland which is not defined by Yes and No – a world of ‘us’
Gerry Hassan: The Art of Living Together and the Art of Dying
Sometimes it takes outside voices to reinforce what you already know. So it was with Fintan O’Toole and the second
History in the Making: The Battle for Scotland’s Future
The campaign on Scottish independence has reached new levels – a battle of competing specialist documents – firstly, there has
Yes to a different Scotland
One year to the Scottish independence referendum. A historic milestone. A host of mainstream media programmes, discussions and items yesterday
Minority Report Scotland: Politics and Ideas in a Substance Free World
A week in Scottish politics. Two discussions and two long-term, deep challenges in the independence referendum debate showcased. These are
Labour and Independence: The Power of the Past
Beyond the posturing, allegations and counter-allegations of recent days on the vexed subject of Labour for Independence, there are a
Creating a Space for a Different Scottish Future
Thinking, imagining and attempting to create the future, and embracing and encouraging change, comes naturally to human beings. We do
Do we want to tell a story of Scotland’s ‘Good Society’?
‘We are all social democrats now’, Scots politicians might say – Salmond, Lamont, Rennie, even the occasional Tory seeking redemption.