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This is the text of a speech I made on Friday evening in Aberdeen,
This is the text of a speech I made on Friday evening in Aberdeen, addressing the question of the implications of Scottish independence for peace in N...

I think Hugh MacDiarmid was the greatest Scot of the twentieth
I think Hugh MacDiarmid was the greatest Scot of the twentieth century. Not the best, not the wisest, not the most astute - just the greatest. He was ...

This is a gem. I knew Ernie Tate and Jess Mackenzie in the
This is a gem. I knew Ernie Tate and Jess Mackenzie in the International Marxist Group in the 1960s, in fact Ernie was instrumental in persuading me t...

I remember I remember rediscovering Oxford. I was back in
I remember I remember rediscovering Oxford. I was back in Oxford twelve years after being a Ruskin student. Back in Belfast I had experienced a bit...

This is from the Better Together web site. John Barrowman tells
This is from the Better Together web site. John Barrowman tells quite a moving story about a Burns Night in South Dakota. But his case against indepen...

To remember a lovely day in Bonn in early September and our
To remember a lovely day in Bonn in early September and our Europe. I travelled to Cologne by Eurostar through France, Belgium and Germany and no one ...

I remember. I remember politics in Northern Ireland. I was
I remember. I remember politics in Northern Ireland. I was a political orphan in Belfast, there was no party which I could join. I was no longer en...

I remember I remember learning to learn. In 1974 teaching in
I remember I remember learning to learn. In 1974 teaching in Ruskin College was mainly through tutorials. You had to write a weekly essay and read ...