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A step change in offshore safety is required 25 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
This weekend, four families are in mourning, thousands of co-workers are shaken and one of Scotland’s most important industries is at risk. It might be newsworthy that the first female off-shore work...
Relaxed? Not fairly, not nearly. I’m outraged. 23 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
Today, my twitter timeline is on fire. Because I refused to toe the line and dared to speak my mind. I had the temerity to suggest that I am not even remotely relaxed by the current storm engulfing t...
What do I know about the role of the media on the road to the referendum? 17 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
Earlier this year, I took part in a panel debate about the role of the media in the referendum debate at Dundee university. And in a Scottish Constitutional Forum one on its future at the Scottish Pa...
We’ll be coming down the road.. 14 Aug 2013 | 10:17 am
Though it’s been a while since we’ve been coming down this particular road. And no one from this eyrie will be milling with the Tartan Army throng in Trafalgar Square. No matter: the last time I was...
The irony inherent in the EIF Director’s decree of political neutrality 12 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
So, there will be no independence-themed work in next year’s programme for the Edinburgh International Festival,Scotland’s biggest and one of the world’s biggest arts festivals. The Festival’s Directo...
The monarchy debate is an opportunity not a threat 29 Jul 2013 | 04:59 pm
No longer are we bored united. The heatwave seems to have sparked life into the constitutional debate, with folk prepared to discuss some of the meat and bones of what independence might mean. While ...
10 things I learned at Wickerman 28 Jul 2013 | 01:08 pm
So, we finally made it back after a two year hiatus to Wickerman. And discovered that the more things change, the more they stay the same. There’s a proper music review on the way, meantime, here are ...
Muirfield: a poor advert for Scotland 20 Jul 2013 | 12:40 pm
The rolling dunes, the white sands, the breathtaking view across the firth: the BBC’s aerial shots of the local scenery of East Lothian are an ad agency’s dream. The current heatwave just adds to the...
It takes more than a plan to win the Tour de France 14 Jul 2013 | 03:03 pm
In all the years of watching the Tour de France, I don’t think I’ve seen a more exciting or more open race. There is no capo, to whom all others pay due deference. There are more well-drilled lead o...
Falkirk is more than a little local difficulty 7 Jul 2013 | 11:44 am
Many will pick up their Sunday paper this morning and scratch their heads, wondering why Labour’s inability to select a candidate in Falkirk for a UK election some two years away is front page news. ...
