6 November 2012
Nodding heads: Any head who can be moved at the whim of the authority will become the council’s kept-person
Moving headteachers and deputes to a new school every five to seven years, as an…
30 October 2012
McLeish fails to grasp the popular desire for small nations
Henry McLeish's new book, 'Scotland, the Growing Divide', is already dated. McLeish's primary appeal was…
23 October 2012
The Brothers Grimm at the National Library of Scotland
The new exhibition at the National Library of Scotland celebrates the 200th anniversary of the…
22 October 2012
Cockleroy and the Scottish Korean War Memorial
West Lothian is too often dismissed as shale bings and industrial waste but its rolling,…
22 October 2012
A sense of community
A very personal first reaction to Denis Mongon and Charles Leadbetter’s School Leadership for Public…
21 October 2012
A second Tobago connection
The story of Peter Tait and his ownership of the Concordia Estate in Tobago (D&GFHS…
11 October 2012
Father figures
For me, the brightest highlights of this year’s Scottish Learning Festival were two separate but…
6 October 2012
Drift and indecision are the worst part of school closures
The City of Edinburgh Council has initiated the statutory consultation prior to the proposed closure…
4 October 2012
Children's Book Review: Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat
There’s a delightful irony in the publishers sending me Ursula Moray Williams’s Gobbolino, the Witch’s Cat,…
4 October 2012
Postcards from the Line
Postcards from the Line is the unique exhibition now running (until 4 November) at the Line…
