23 November 2012
Walking with Wildness by Peter Wright: review
Linlithgow-based Peter Wright has launched his new book, Walking with Wildness (Luath, RPP £7.99), a guide to…
23 November 2012
Photographs by Siljes Elizabet Thorin: review
The Line Gallery in Linlithgow is briefly exhibiting the photography of one of its owners,…
23 November 2012
Two contradictory truths
A fortnight ago I cautioned against assuming that attainment statistics are the best measure of…
22 November 2012
Power of the pen
I recently had an opportunity to view literacy from a new perspective. (more…)
15 November 2012
How my friend Alistair Darling and I went our separate ways
Alistair Darling spoke recently at the Linlithgow Book Festival about 'Back from the Brink' (Atlantic…
9 November 2012
Social Justice Re-examined: review
Despite our most treasured myths, Scotland remains a profoundly unequal society. Income inequality is rising,…
8 November 2012
Edinburgh's War: Recollections of WW1
Two years before the centenary of the outbreak of the 1914-18 War, Edinburgh’s Central Library…
8 November 2012
Raising attainment
An MSP recently challenged me on how to raise attainment in Scotland’s poorest urban schools.…
7 November 2012
Alexander McCall Smith: Trains and Lovers
Alexander McCall Smith, famous for Mma Ramotswe, 44 Scotland Street and Isabel Dalhousie, introduced his…
6 November 2012
Tick-lists cannot contain our teachers' top qualities
Let’s think beyond CVs and interviews about what makes great practitioners (more…)
