At the end of last year in The Holyrood magazine there were a series of posts asking Scottish based political leaders the question ,...

 Since the demise of most of the smoke stack industries in Scotland and elsewhere the, passing of the Clean Air Act 1956 which was an Act...

CAPITALISM IS HELL The number of people using food banks in Scotland has risen by two-thirds. A total of 117, 689 people - including...

A Freedom of Thought report , published by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticises Scotland for the religiously pri...

Why are Scots sicker than the rest of the UK? Dr Phil Hanlon and researchers at the Centre for Population Health have compared life, inc...

The grouse season opens.  A week of fishing and stalking in Sutherland's Reay forest estate is being offered for £6,500. Scotland ...

The voices of millions of Scots on low and average incomes rarely being heard, according to a report by a leading Scottish think tank. The ...

The NHS is failing to provide needs-based care in areas of blanket deprivation, GPs working in Scotland's poorest areas will tell MSPs...

Billionaire Danish fashion magnate, Anders Holch Povlsen, has become the second-largest private landowner in Britain with the purchase of ...

Another party of confusion has been added to the Scottish political arena - the Scottish Libertarian Party ( see website )  which declares ...

Steve Fullarton, Scotland's last surviving veteran of the International Brigade passed away at 87 in May 2008. The last Scottish vetera...

In 1632 Scotland lost Nova Scotia – her only colony – as a result of the English war against France. England’s Dutch wars subsequently comp...

Bill Knox , a one time member of Edinburgh branch of the SPGB,  produces some interesting facts from the 19th and early 20thcentury The In...