Archive - A Letter from Scotland

Should the Scottish government fund public interest journalism?

Wales has started to - and other countries are miles ahead

Jun 27 •

Scots leid has official status

Read an auld Scots rhyme to celebrate

Jun 20 •

An evening at the theatre with Nan Shepherd

How should the play at Pitlochry Festival Theatre represent the writers life?

Jun 14

The BBC is stealing from Scotland

Axing "River City" will damage trust the UK broadcaster can ill afford to lose

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Are Scotland’s Ferries Too Cheap?

Leaving the carapace at home

May 30 •

Should you judge a cover by its book?

Designer Jim Hutcheson on the artistry and algorithms of book covers

May 23 •

As ye sew: Scotland's medieval vestments

Embroidered garments for religious ceremony have a long history

May 13 •

FOMO for a Spanish power cut

Guest post by Luca Wolfe Murray

May 5 •

April 2025

Scots pay more for energy under UK system

The privatised energy network is regulated in a way that works to England's advantage

Apr 30 •

For Women Scotland - the book

The notion that it is wrong to debate trans rights has foundered in Edinburgh

Apr 24 •

The UK's supreme court ruling - and a novel about trans people

Novel about a trans man in 19th century New York is an opportunity to understand them as individuals not stereoptypes

Apr 16 •

Was Willie McRae murdered by the British State?

40 years since McRae was found dying - still no answers.

Apr 5 •

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