@indyscotnews · The Remedy for all that’s Wrong, by Sara Salyers (female voice) A guest article from Sara Salyers At the heart of the political, economic and social disaster unfolding around us is a broken political system. Anglo-Norman feudalism in modern clothing has given us a despotic and unaccountable government, political corruption, cronyism, incompetence, privilege withContinue reading “The Remedy for All that’s Wrong”
Monthly Archives: Oct 2022
Russell, Crowing from His Horse
Two years ago, I was convinced Angus MacNeil, Douglas Chapman, and Joanna Cherry were stick-ons to abandon Sturgeonism. Angus and Chris’s Plan B had been booed at conference, Douglas was lost in the black hole of the indyref fund, and Joanna was being simultaneously abused, threatened, and effectively barred from standing as an MSP. I also imagined,Continue reading “Russell, Crowing from His Horse”
In Search of The High Admiral of Scotland
Waves sometimes splash over the front of this little ro-ro ferry. For that reason I’ve parked my two wheels a wee bit further back. The crossing is only 20 minutes but it cuts quite a bit off the journey. Leaving the harbour there’s a panoramic view to my right along the sandy coastline. Beyond thatContinue reading “In Search of The High Admiral of Scotland”
Glasgow in Jutland: Sea War Museum
It was in our Dennistoun tenement, late one night in 1964, that I became aware of the reality of the First World War. In our wee multi-purpose kitchen with its coal fire, gas cooker, clothes pulley and two armchairs, there was a big black and white telly with a small screen. I was propped upContinue reading “Glasgow in Jutland: Sea War Museum”
The Jetty at Trouville
Today, in the little harbour in Hornbaek, there’s a high-pitched moaning of the wind through the rigging, It’s a kind of soundtrack to a painting I once saw as a very young child at the Art Galleries in Glasgow. The painting, of a windswept seascape in northern France, was by the impressionist Boudin. I say seascapeContinue reading “The Jetty at Trouville”