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Letter from Denmark: Lines from an Ancient Landscape

It’s blustery and a bit grey on the way to the coast today. The geometric geese you see in the sky at this time of year have now moved on. Their cackle and bark is replaced by the quiet moan of the wind through tall beech trees. There’s an intriguing stone wall running parallel with…

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Letter from Denmark: Thoughts on a Late Summer Morning

Arriving early in Hornbaek, all is quiet. There’s only the occasional flapping of lines on masts and a seagull calling out in bird Esperanto to anyone who’ll listen. Up here on the north coast of Zealand you’re in another world. It’s a small community by the sea where life changes very slowly. The old smiling…

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Scottish Cultural Revival

A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation…

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Culloden

I’m walking on Culloden Moor, the site of the last pitched battle in the United Kingdom, which took place in April 1746. Today, this is a peaceful place, a memorial site, and there are just gentle breezes and birdsong to experience. But as you go around, you will see the markers of the graves of…

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Prof. Mark McNaught, Geneva Speech

Prof. Mark McNaught founder of the Scottish Sovereignty Research Group and associate professor and longtime teacher of U.S. history, political systems and law, University of Rennes, France.

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Prof. Alf Baird, Geneva Speech

Parts 1 – 2 of speech by Prof. Alf Baird at the UN in Geneva, September 2025. Prof. Alf Baird, Geneva Speech: Unveiling the Reality of Colonial Domination

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