Scotland: Time To Break Free?
A Scotland special issue with Kirsty Wark, A L Kennedy, Allan Little and Mylo
In Scotland
Brown's Scottish play
- By Iain Macwhirter
- 03 July 2008
For 50 years, Scotland was unshakeably Labour. But a string of party blunders has lost it - and the Union - to the Nationalists
Mind what you wish for
- By Douglas Fraser
- 08 November 2007
The real test for Scottish Nationalists is still to come
You never know, one day we might win
- By Kirsty Wark
- 26 March 2007
Then it was off to Newsnight and normality, though just like The IT Crowd we, too, have our fair share of wackos. No names
Scotland: Time to say goodbye?
- By Allan Little
- 26 March 2007
Allan Little introduces our special report on Scotland with a look back at history, empire and Thatcher, and a look ahead to a possible new model for his native land
Salmond: set England free
- By Douglas Fraser
- 26 March 2007
With his party ahead in the polls, the leader of the SNP says independence would serve UK interests too.
Inverness: the new Shangri-La?
- By Lorna Martin
- 26 March 2007
It's the fastest-growing city in western Europe - a dazzling beacon of new opportunity and enterprise. But behind the glitz, the local community is struggling desperately to survive.
Land of the Rennie Mackintosh oven mitt
- By Lucy Sweet
- 26 March 2007
Why is vibrant new Scotland still being marketed with a wee dram, tartan shortbread and a Scotty dog paperweight? Lucy Sweet reports from the Glasgow City sightseeing bus
On the margins
- By Donald Macleod
- 26 March 2007
Most Scots live in the narrow corridor between Edinburgh and Glasgow, yet their country's identity stems from the land beyond.
Tales from the front line
- By Mark Brown
- 26 March 2007
The playwright Gregory Burke has revitalised Scottish theatre. He talks to Mark Brown about his Iraq war drama Black Watch, Hampstead liberals and why he'd never vote SNP
Also in Scotland
On top of the world
- By Daniel Trilling
- 26 March 2007
The Scotland pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale will promote the country as a centre for a wide range of internationally ambitious art. Daniel Trilling meets the six artists whose work will be on display
Edinburgh
- By A L Kennedy
- 26 March 2007
Scotland's writers have never been more confident - or less tied to "Scottish" themes. In our books special, exclusive stories by A L Kennedy and James Meek rove from the nation's capital to Kiev, while new poems by John Burnside travel between past and future
An exclusive short story
Guilt, not Gaelic
- By Colin Waters
- 26 March 2007
Scottish writing has finally shaken off its inferiority complex - but can it thrive on confidence, rather than cringing? asks Colin Waters
For love
- By James Meek
- 26 March 2007
Scotland's writers have never been more confident - or less tied to "Scottish" themes. Here we have an exclusive short story by James Meek
An essay on narrative
- By John Burnside
- 26 March 2007
Poet and novelist John Burnside is one of Scotland's best-known writers. This new sequence of poems is exclusive to the NS
