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  • August 24, 2017
    Scotland: A nation changed?

    Ekklesia director Simon Barrow will be engaging in dialogue about the future of Scottish politics with well-known commentator Gerry Hassan at the Quaker Meeting Ho

  • November 27, 2014
    Submission to the Smith Commission on devolution to Scotland
  • November 18, 2014
    Different visions of Scotland's future

    A public roundtable discussion of 'Scotland: Our Visions and Divisions', chaired by Allan Little (BBC), will take place on Wednesday 19th November, 6:00pm – 7:15pm in the Martin Hall, New College, the University of Edinburgh, EH1 2LX (followed by a reception in the Rainy Hall).

  • October 17, 2014
    Nicola Sturgeon and the changing terrain of Scottish politics

    Can Nicola Sturgeon, as new leader of the SNP and Scotland's First Minister, inject some fresh energy and spirit into politics at Holyrood, and honour the desire for transformational change that came out of the referendum? Simon Barrow looks at her outlook and style as she steps further into the limelight.

  • October 8, 2014
    Scotland after the referendum: as things stand

    All over Scotland, people are still trying to work out what exactly just happened in the referendum on 18 September 2014. Tam McTurk looks beneath the timbers of the vote and raises constructive questions about the future of the Yes movement for social change and the rush to join pro-independence political parties.

  • October 3, 2014
    Imagination: Scotland’s Festival of Ideas at the Glad Café, Glasgow

    The Glad Cafe in Shawlands, Glasgow, is hosting two important post-referendum sessions on Sunday 5th October 2014, under the banner of 'Imagination: Scotland’s Festival of Ideas'.

  • September 26, 2014
    Post-referendum: cheap and easy 'reconciliation'?

    There is much talk from some quarters about “reconciliation” after the Scottish independence referendum, and the need for politicians to move the country forward, says Dr Michael Marten. But the way this is framed misses several important points about participatory democracy, very the real divide between the powerful and the disenfranchised, and differences between governors and governed.

  • September 23, 2014
    Democracy: let's take a leaf out of Scotland's book

    It’s a fact that the people who suffer most harm from government policies are the people least likely to vote. A common reason for not voting is that ‘it doesn’t make any difference’.

  • September 18, 2014
    So which way will the referendum go?

    That's what everyone would like to know. Tomorrow morning we will. In the meantime there is both curiosity and speculation about Scotland's independence vote.

  • September 18, 2014
    Beyond dodgy metaphors for Scotland's choice

    A confident and independent Scotland, far from deserting its neighbours, might actually end up being a better friend, argues writer Nick Thorpe, analysing the language used to describe the referendum choices and how it can both lead and mislead.