12 February 2012
The machine that killed fascists
BBC 4 has recently screened a magnificent series under the generic title, Folk America. Archive…
12 February 2012
Hamish Henderson: the man who escaped Scottish Calvinism Review
Volume I of Timothy Neat’s Hamish Henderson, a Biography (Polygon Books, 375 pp, £25.00), explores…
12 February 2012
The radical English
Scotland is reviewing its own history. The BBC’s controversial series, A History of Scotland, has…
12 February 2012
Ethical dilemmas
I recently had brought to my attention the allegation that a third year male…
12 February 2012
Never Give Up: Foreword
I first came to North Edinburgh when I started teaching at Craigroyston. Between teaching there,…
12 February 2012
Never Give Up: Review
North Edinburgh Social History Group’s Never Give Up, a history of community activism in…
12 February 2012
Review: Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra at Linlithgow Arts Guild
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra hit Linlithgow on Saturday with verve and a tight panorama of…
12 February 2012
Review: The Wound and the Gift, by Ron Ferguson
With The Wound and the Gift (St Andrew Press, £19.99), Ron Ferguson, journalist, minister, writer,…
12 February 2012
A lesson in breaking down the barriers
St George’s School for Girls and Wester Hailes Education Centre are four miles apart. In…
