Scotland
Hume’s ‘Treatise’ And The Problem Of Early Success
A new biography sheds light on the afterlife of Hume’s writings
Unionists, Don’t Despair: Scotland Is Not Lost — Yet
Unionists fear that the SNP represents all Scots and that a break-up of the United Kingdom is now inevitable. They don’t and it isn’t
How Scotland Lost Its Mind
Voters north of the border are gripped by a nationalist mania. The SNP’s zealotry means I no longer feel as at home there as I once did
Civic Nationalism Or Mob Rule?
Scottish nationalism has destroyed civility north of the border, putting journalists in the firing line
Defying Duopoly: The Rise Of The Insurgents
On the doorsteps of Essex and Glasgow, the reasons why voters are turning to UKIP and the SNP appear remarkably similar
A Dream of Scottish Secession
It is September 2016. The 1707 Act of Union lies rotting in the dustbin of history.
The Isles are Full of Big Noises
The Orkney islanders have their doubts about Scottish independence
Bullying and Bluff on the Road to Referendum
In this unnecessarily long campaign, both nationalists and unionists have peddled negative and exaggerated arguments
Scottish Nationalism is Built on a Big Lie
Alex Salmond’s blend of flag-waving and leftist economics is all too similar to the ideologies that ravaged 20th-century Europe
Poll Facts
‘Don’t believe the polls. Either side could win the Scottish referendum’
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal