You’re probably familiar with the story. A young man is forced into exile and slavery by his own siblings. Many years later, those same siblings turn up looking for supplies of food due to famine back home. They no longer recognise the brother they sold into slavery, he is in every aspect a citizen ofContinue reading “Among the Nations of the World”
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The Grossest Bribery and Corruption
“English bribes outweighed the mistaken zeal of Scottish patriotism and Jacobitism, united against the measure. “On the 25th of March, 1707, the treaty or union was ratified by the Estates, and on the 22nd of April the ancient Parliament of Scotland adjourned, to assemble no more. On that occasion the Chancellor Scofield made use ofContinue reading “The Grossest Bribery and Corruption”
Letter from Denmark: Three Quarters of an Auld Alliance
The drawback with the outdoor ice-rink at the entrance to Frederiksberg Have (park) is the ice-hockey skates for hire. They have no brakes. But the scene is beautiful in the fading light. A few days ago there was a massive march here. Drone footage on Twitter X followed its entire length. It went from theContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Three Quarters of an Auld Alliance”
Wha Sae Base as Be a Slave?
There was a time when we Scots could safely have styled our liberated nation on our independent Scandinavian neighbours. They had enlightened social policies, investment in infrastructure, solidarity with decolonised states. Internationally, nations of the wider Nordic Council were respected for their honesty and impartiality. And the Swedish-Finnish region was perceived as an oasis ofContinue reading “Wha Sae Base as Be a Slave?”
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