Essay

James MacPherson is said to have sung his own material

ESSAY

James MacPherson: The Scot who inspired Beethoven and Schubert

ESSAY

Immense, deep ... and surprisingly rich: The legacy of Ossian

Unlocking James Macpherson’s tales of Ossian

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Gaelic poets on mourning, loss, and the Highland Clearances

The 18th-century Gaelic watershed that led to Culloden

Young adult book review: Moonrise by Sarah Crossan

Young adult book review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Aye Write: Leading writers reveal the works that inspired them

Gerry Hassan: Why Covid-19 turning the world upside-down could be a good thing

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From tender intensity to robust ribaldry: The Gaelic literary tradition

Away with the fairies: Gaelic music 'beyond the beyond'

Witchcraft, fairies and folklore ... a journey to the Gaelic otherworld

Alan Riach on the importance of Gaelic in 'British' literature

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Young adult book review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

His MELODIOUS lordship ... the musical Earl of Kellie, Thomas Alexander Erskine

Back in the Day: When the right of patronage split the Kirk in half

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Profile

Profile: Nancy Astor, the first woman in the Commons

Remarkable Scot’s royal approval: The life of composer James Oswald

1

The Philosopher's Opera: A look back at a forgotten satire on David Hume

Comment

Unionist politicians have made ‘allow’ my least favourite word

8

Young adult book review: One Of Us Is Lying By Karen M. McManus

Comment

Why Yes Leavers would make a huge mistake not voting for the SNP

11

Comment

Devolution is about to force Scotland into a new PFI

3

Bringing the enlightened period to life with music

Review: Letter To My Young Self, edited by Jane Graham

Hey presto! How two bold Scots outsmarted the Italians

2

From friendship to enmity: Ian Hamilton Finlay and Hugh MacDiarmid

The best of enemies – Ian Hamilton Finlay and Hugh MacDiarmid

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A broad look at the world events that led up to the indyref – part two

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A broad look back the world events that led up to the independence referendum

Hugh MacDiarmid's exploration of Scotland's 'unnameable archipelago’

Back in the Day: The strange reign of Robert the Bruce's son

2

Hugh MacDiarmid: All about the poet's 1930s Shetland retreat

2

Makars of maps – and what we can learn when maps of Scotland are remade

1

Lord of the isles: How JM Synge captured the spirit of the Aran Islands

2

The Unnameable Archipelago: A different way of thinking about these islands

Celebrating the work of some of Scotland's finest poets, artists and musicians

Boswell-Stuart Duel: The strange circumstances and even stranger characters

1

Poetic Magic: the second of our essays on a great Australian poet

Where extremes meet?: A history of the Glasgow novel

3

The birth of modern Scotland: Fiction in the first part of the 20th century

Destruction, renewal and regeneration in Scottish speculative fiction

Pushing boundaries: Alan Riach on three of Scotland's most accomplished novelists

Shock tactics and the virtue of patience in Scotland's top fiction writers

1

Back in the Day: James Lind – the Scotsman considered a medical hero

5

Desires, needs and liberation – the characters in the work of two Scottish authors

Three writers whose work pre-eminently displays the plurality of Scotland

Two modern fiction writers whose work inhibits different areas of Scottish life

Exploring an almost unknown figure who visited Scotland as pope

Back in the Day: Tommy Douglas – the Scotsman who gave Canada free healthcare

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My Scotland ... and Their England – Our second of two essays on AG Macdonell

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The Scottish fiction writer with much to tell about the times in which he lived

The value of freeing the imagination

What makes a Scottish bestseller?

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