This England: Is it too soon to make a drama out of a crisis?

Edinburgh International Book Festival: Why the book will never die even in the Internet Age

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Crying baby at Matt Forde’s show should weep over increasingly selfish attitudes that are eroding society

Former prime ministers like Gordon Brown and John Major should set up non-party political ‘brains trust’ to help the nation in times of crisis

James Bond’s enduring appeal is best understood through the books

Televised Tory leadership debates are a charade that sums up our trying times 

Tom Hanks enters culture wars over role as gay man in Philadelphia but fails to mention his most insensitive tropes

As Tory leadership contenders burnish their military credentials, will a new Winston Churchill emerge or just a little generalissimo?

Labour’s refusal to consider return to EU shows it’s just pandering to Boris Johnson’s populist myths

Scottish independence referendum: SNP and unionist parties have put Scotland on course for Catalonia style chaos

Scottish independence: SNP’s permanent revolution is showing signs of Maoist tendencies and George Orwell’s Two Minutes Hate

NHS in crisis: How private businesses can ease the pressure on the health service

What now for justice in the high stakes court of public opinion?

Anti-feminism and anti-woke backlashes is being disguised as legitimate criticism

Scotland’s council elections produced a slew of coalitions, but why can’t the public have a say in their make-up?

Scottish independence: Unionists should learn from history and form an anti-SNP alliance

Keir Starmer to oust Boris Johnson? How history shows UK may be ready for a boring prime minister

Scottish independence: ‘One-party state’ Scotland needs to find a resolution to its perennial problem

Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On is wholesale relationship slaughter and one reason why streaming services are in trouble

Film and TV industry should realise that sometimes we need heroes to help us escape from reality

Covid finally got me and, trust me, we all still need to keep testing for this awful disease 

Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin’s regime, not ordinary Russians, is responsible for the deaths and destruction

Will Smith might have been in the right, but in the real world his slap would hurt a lot more

Ukraine-Russia war: Volodymyr Zelensky is demonstrating that heroes really do exist – Alastair Stewart

Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: A damp squib of an institution in decline or a return to the heady days of 2012?

Social media algorithms can drive traffic for seemingly harmless film and TV reviews laced with racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice

Russia-Ukraine war: West must resist crisis fatigue and realise opposing Vladimir Putin requires long-term commitment

Ukraine-Russia war: Boris Johnson could be a worthy leader if he learns from Ukraine’s own Winston Churchill, Volodymyr Zelensky 

Women-only carriages on trains: Proposal shows the need to get tough on extreme anti-social behaviour

Anti-car rhetoric is rising amid climate emergency but not all motorists are out for a Top Gear-style jolly

Disney’s Pam & Tommy may be ‘based on’ fact, but should be viewed as fiction

Social media: We need to reassess the increasing digitisation of our lives

Boris Johnson beware. Scots MPs brought down Jim Callaghan and even tried to oust Winston Churchill during Second World War

Downing Street parties: Boris Johnson is unlikely to go quietly so we can expect increasingly angry soundbites and absurd policies

Cobra Kai’s success as a Karate Kid sequel is based on its adherence to Aristotle’s advice to be ‘consistently inconsistent’

Covid lockdown restrictions have strained many friendships, but the true ones will remain

Covid: New Year’s resolutions in the pandemic age are a mistake

The question of what to do with the work of controversial artists

Covid in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon should realise even Winston Churchill’s rhetoric couldn’t hide the need for results in this war against the pandemic

Covid Omicron variant: Government should act decisively, not keep us all on tenterhooks with constant warnings

Think Winston Churchill hated Scotland? Think again

We need a cultural shift that equates wellbeing with success 

Scotland’s NHS is in crisis as people fail to realise that they too could become a statistic 

COP26 climate change summit: A world government may be required to truly tackle global warming

Scotland’s councillors should be better paid given their level of responsibility for education, environment, homelessness and more

Vicious political language is spilling over into violence. We must change how we talk about each other

Covid pandemic saw planning consultations go online. The results were not what you might expect

How James Bond is being let down by Boris Johnson and co in the battle for hearts and minds

Scottish independence vs the Union: Police Scotland and Gaelic being drawn into culture-war politics is a sign we’re in trouble

SNP-Green ‘coalition’ is not what Scotland voted for and there is a better way to run the country

Covid vaccine passports should be expanded to become full-blown medical ID cards

Scottish independence: Why the Scottish Parliament should be given the power to call second referendum

Dyslexia is not a superpower or a ‘gift’, whatever Princess Beatrice says

Spain’s most far-right town was made rich off the backs of low-paid migrant workers but some still long for General Franco’s return

SNP needs to get real about foreign policy in a complicated world

Is Nicola Sturgeon at risk from the ‘curse’ of China’s panda diplomacy?

Love Island is brain-dead smut and reality TV is the modern-day equivalent of Victorian freak shows

Scotland can’t just play the perfect friend on the world stage

Boris Johnson is not a true conservative in the style of either One Nation Tory Benjamin Disraeli or Margaret Thatcher

James Bond: Will a physically imperfect 007 ever face a handsome supervillain or will out-dated stereotypes continue?

Reading Hitler and Lenin does not make you a Nazi or a communist. We must examine the worst of our history

Scottish independence: MSPs who are also MPs, like Douglas Ross, could help keep the Union together – Alastair Stewart

Scottish independence: Scots living in rest of UK should be allowed to vote in any future referendum

Scottish independence, like Brexit, depends on creating a villain as politics turns into militant smearing

Scottish independence: Irredentism, not nationalism, will deliver a Yes vote

We should elect the monarch – and banish a millennium’s worth of privilege

Scottish independence: Why Dominic Cummings’ gift to the Yes campaign is no good reason to leave the UK

Nicola Sturgeon’s personality cult may mean she will ultimately face the same fate as Margaret Thatcher

Scottish independence may seem a good idea amid ‘post-war’ euphoria of Covid pandemic’s end but history warns against unrealistic dreams

Why reliance on social media is bad for our politics

Politicians must act to shore up flagging public morale as motivation to follow the rules flags

Winston Churchill was close friends with a founder and leader of the SNP, Andrew Dewar Gibb, and supported Scottish home rule

Scottish independence: Why James Bond’s most incredible mission just might be saving the Union

Digital exclusion is not just a problem for the elderly 

How can we love the art while hating the artist?

Why Douglas Ross should remain an MP 

Scottish independence: How a federal UK could save the Union

George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman can teach us a lesson in morality

Donald Trump is the President who would be king, just as shine comes off Britain’s Royal family

VE Day: Why Britain is not overly obsessed with the Second World War

Climate change means lockdown-induced boom in working from home is here to stay

Coronavirus: Why we should beware talk of global utopia after Covid-19 threat recedes

Coronavirus: Is Britain now at war with Covid-19? 

Coronavirus: How Covid-19 could torpedo independence

Amateur ‘coronavirus experts’ should learn a lesson from Jurgen Klopp

Thatcher, Churchill and the Lib Dems: The danger posed by simplistic judgements 

Freedom of movement in the EU was a geopolitical wonder

How Scotland’s political parties failed to respond to devolution 

How TV talent shows exploit a horrible human instinct

Why hating the Tories is bad for Scotland

We need healthy debate over avoidable deaths

Never mind saving the world, a Jane Bond could change it 

How Hollywood seems to be embracing use of ‘ghost actors’

Should we treat Tony Blair as an elder statesman or put him on trial?

Churchill’s roar drowns out Johnson’s huge ego 

We need to talk about an independent Scotland’s foreign policy

Brexit: Why Gibraltar’s border issue is most likely flashpoint for violence

Nuclear weapons: Big question is whether UK would use them in revenge 

Brexit: How Brexiteers’ worldview can be understood through history 

Brexit Britain must realise it cannot stand alone in the 21st-century world

Why people are not listening to Greta Thunberg

A robust Tory party can only be good for Scotland’s democracy 

Corbyn can save the Union if he embraces federalism

Why political opinion polls may well be harming our democracy

How to make your career ambitions come true in the digital age 

The danger to democracy posed by voting apps and internet politics

How we’ve failed to heed Nikita Khrushchev’s warning about personality cults

How US-style politics could be damaging British democracy

What the public can learn from MPs’ pragmatism

French Revolution has lessons for Brexit Britain

One more (reluctant) fight – that’s why we love comeback screen heroes (print only)

The European Union’s biggest failure? Explaining what it does

Why we’re fascinated by Jeremy Kyle, Katie Hopkins and the like

Why Gothic Edinburgh was born to be Gotham City

MP for Spain? Expats need a voice

Brexit: Why it’s wrong to blame the older generation

Social media addiction is gaining recognition from an unlikely source 

How does the UK reconcile post Brexit? (print only)

Brexit: To expats in EU, the UK sounds like it’s preparing for war 

Dear John McDonnell, if Winston Churchill is a villain, who is a hero? 

Scottish independence would strip Churchill of his ‘Britishness’

Here’s how to end the UK’s ‘elective dictatorship’ 

Will tourist tax have the same effect on tourists as plastic bag tax had on bags? 

What Donald Tusk can learn from Winston Churchill 

Winston Churchill: Ross Greer is wrong, but so is Piers Morgan 

Scottish Secretary should be elected by MSPs

Donald Trump’s wealth is no reason to denounce him 

Churchill once defended ‘Scottish nationalism’ at Ibrox stadium

Disagreeing is a virtue our society is fast forgetting (print only)

Macedonian village healer changed my life in a way I didn’t expect

North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me!

Scotland is the Casablanca of the Great Brexit

Balkan warning for independent Scottish state

THE BIG READ: Hero or villain? The battle for the truth about Winston Churchill and Scotland

The humiliated West ought to heed Flashman’s warning (PDF)

It’s time for Scotland to reclaim Winston Churchill (PDF)

Post-independence UK would hold all cards over Scotland (PDF)

1. Orthodox good will reflects our Scottish diversity 
2. Covid in Scotland: Something is terribly wrong with our NHS
3. Edinburgh’s statue slavery row: Interactive, digital plaques could be used to teach us their real history
4. Going digital is the way forward for planning
5. Today it’s a fear and loathing in Edinburgh day
6. Meadows action plan should be a city template
7. Why aparthotels are ready-made Covid solution
8. It’s time for a rethink on living in retirement
9. Scotland needs fresh ideas for empty homes
10. Donald Trump has saved our democracy
11. Going digital is no quick fix for Christmas cheer
12. This war on virus is unearthing political truths
13. Switch to digital is boosting community engagement
14. Don’t let social media scare stories add to pandemic fears 
15. Churchill’s Scottish connections run deeper than we may think
16. Tory strength in opposition is good for Scottish democracy
17. Colour-blind casting ensures new talent gets recognition
18. Disabled can bear brunt of social shaming in Scotland 
19. Two decades after devolution, do we actually understand it? 
20. A problem with pubs re-opening
21. Great men and women have earned a place in our history
22. We’re a shell shocked nation in need of cautious optimism
23. Let’s make our streets interactive learning places
24. Even reduced democracy is better than no democracy
25. If we don’t all follow the rules then the chances are none of us will
26. Coronavirus: Is lockdown showing us the shape of things to come?
27. Coronavirus: Let’s get virtually married, it will be good for morale
28. Coronavirus: Isolation will start the clock on a mental health timebomb
29. Immigration: The UK’s new policy is an affront to reason
30. As a society, we seem torn between fear and optimism
31. Burns Night a good time to see our history for what it is
32. We don’t need a solution to homelessness, we need a resolution
33. Would independent Scotland be a ‘good global citizen’

Sir Winston Churchill’s long association with Balmoral and his first meetings with Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles

Johnson should take care what conflicts he conjures up

Machiavelli – moralist of people power

1. Westminster is playing the oldest trick in the book with Brexit
2. It can’t be healthy for Westminster to turn Border request into row
3. Covid-19 is an unmitigated disaster for people’s transport needs
4. Racist anti-China virus conspiracies show how history repeats itself

Theresa May should bring back David Cameron

Kevin Spacey has betrayed his fans and they’re hurting too

Can you compare Scotland and Catalonia?

Theresa May should bring back David Cameron

‘Moggmentum’ is the last straw of sanity 

1. Alastair Stewart: We need to see our history as it is, not how we want it to be
2. Alastair Stewart: The last of the summer PMs?
3. Alastair Stewart: Should commentators run for office?
4. Alastair Stewart: A very British fudge – why democratising the monarchy may be the best compromise
5. Alastair Stewart: It’s not nationalism which explains Brexit – it’s irredentism
6. Alastair Stewart: Referenda are a fad – don’t let them undermine democratic accountability
7. Alastair Stewart: I’m a Scot in Spain with a Macedonian fiancée – here’s why Brexit makes me angry
8. Alastair Stewart: Why Tam Dalyell’s death was the passing of the old guard in Scotland
9. Alastair Stewart: Can you really compare Scotland and Catalonia?

Alastair Stewart: We expats are still under a cloud of uncertainty about our residency rights

1. The 10 best bookshops in Edinburgh
2. Lights, Camera, Salmond!
3. Opinion – Kevin Spacey has betrayed his fans too
4. Does Edinburgh’s recycling policy discriminate against the elderly?

The Irony of Empire: Why the Diamond Jubilee is the Triumph of Britain without Empire

The irony of empire: Why 2012 was the triumph of Britain without empire

The simulation of madness

One nation conservatism is a way of seeing the world

Has May got a one-nation Brexit policy?

Theresa May should bring back David Cameron

Lobbying for change

Historical Amnesia and the Myth of Westminster Control

1. Churchill: The man, not the myth, Part II
2. Churchill: The man, not the myth, Part I
3. The Scottish Parliament’s time limits should be reformed
4. Yes, real men do eat quiche!
5. Lights, Camera, Salmond!
6. Where now for Spain and Catalonia?
7. Theresa May should bring back David Cameron
8. Cameron and May failed as one-nation conservatives: We must now build a new consensus 
9. Do we really want a race of uneducated Northern Britons?
10. 2012 demonstrates the triumph of Britain without empire 
11. Edinburgh Fringe Review: Enlightenment Titans 
12. Edinburgh Fringe Review: Winston on the Run

The Prestige: Thoughts On The SNP Use Of Celebrities

You Turn If You Want To: Why Scottish Conservatives Should Cautiously Look Forward

THE HERALD

THE TIMES

It’s time for Scotland to reclaim Winston Churchill (PDF)

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS 

Churchill’s Scottish connections run deeper than we may think

Great men and women have earned a place in our history

INTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETY – FINEST HOUR

Statesmen of the Great War: Churchill and Sir James Guthrie

Review: Winston on the Fringe

Review: Otto English, Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

Review: Tariq Ali, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

Review: The Churchill Myths

Review: TV: Churchill (Channel 5)

Why Have the Scots Forsaken Churchill?

THE SCOTSMAN

Think Winston Churchill hated Scotland? Think again

Winston Churchill was close friends with a founder and leader of the SNP, Andrew Dewar Gibb, and supported Scottish home rule

VE Day: Why Britain is not overly obsessed with the Second World War

Thatcher, Churchill and the Lib Dems: The danger posed by simplistic judgements 

Churchill’s roar drowns out Johnson’s huge ego 

Dear John McDonnell, if Winston Churchill is a villain, who is a hero? 

Scottish independence would strip Churchill of his ‘Britishness’

What Donald Tusk can learn from Winston Churchill 

Winston Churchill: Ross Greer is wrong, but so is Piers Morgan 

Churchill once defended ‘Scottish nationalism’ at Ibrox stadium

Johnson should take care what conflicts he conjures up (print only)

BBC RADIO SCOTLAND

HISTORY SCOTLAND

Why have the Scots forsaken Churchill?

Remember the man, not the myth series

Part 1: Debunking the cult of Churchill

Using primary sources to explore the statesman’s life and work.

Part 2: Churchill as a military leader

A look at Churchill’s reputation as a boorish war leader with a penchant for expeditions over expediency. Is it justified?

Part 3: Churchill the actor

For all his flaws and quirks, Churchill makes for an infinitely more interesting character study than the heavily redacted, and catastrophically cliched, caricature of a stoic leader with a jutted jaw and cigar.

Part 4: Why the real quotes are better than the memes

Alastair calls for a more significant distinction between the real and apocryphal stories about Churchill.

Part 5: A heavy drinker?

Examining Churchill’s reputation as a heavy drinker.

Part 6: The real price of ale

If Churchill wasn’t an alcoholic, but if he fanned tall drinking tales about himself, then what was he at heart?

Part 7: Churchill was a peacemaker, not just a warrior

Exploring Churchill’s post-war role as a peacemaker.

Part 8: The Dream reveal’s Churchill’s soul

What ‘The Dream’ can tell us about Churchill’s relationship with the father he thought never believed in him.

Part 9: Churchill & Europe – the ultimate myth?

The many Churchills, the many Europes.

Part 10: Churchill on our doorstep

Where are the books dedicated to Churchill and Scotland?

E-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Would Churchill have voted for Brexit? 

THE SOL TIMES

When Churchill bribed Franco (print)

THINK SCOTLAND

Review | Pip Utton: Churchill

Quest launched to unlock treasure trove of Churchill’s Scottish connections (The Courier) 

Churchill and Scotland: First scholarly research appeal launched (North Edinburgh News)

Efforts are underway to recognise Churchill’s Scottish connections (The Herald)

Churchill’s Scottish connections run deeper than we may think (The Edinburgh Evening News)

Academics appeal for information in bid to make Churchill a “celebrated hero” in Scotland (Deadline News)

Campaign to honour Churchill’s connections north of the border  (PDF) The Times (Scotland)

Winston Churchill should be a ‘celebrated hero in Scotland’ (The Scotsman) 

Churchill’s Scottish links explored (Third Force News)

Bid to uncover Churchill’s Scottish connections (Scottish Field) 

It’s time for Scotland to reclaim Winston Churchill (PDF) The Times (Scotland)

Churchill’s ties to Scotland falling ‘out of public knowledge’, warns great grandson (The Scotsman) 

History’s greatest Englishman Winston Churchill was really ‘a Scot’ (Daily Record)

Колумна на новинарот Алистер Стујарт: Северна Македонија? Не ме прави Севернобританец (Don’t you North Briton me!) (Kurir)

Triling – News 24 – Macedonia Interview (News 24)

The Scot who tried to kill Franco with explosives hidden under his Granny’s sweater

Scottish teacher calls for expat MPs 

1. Teacher in Spain launches online petition for MPs for Brits living abroad
2. A very British fudge – why democratising the Monarchy may be the best compromise 
3. It’s time to call Theresa May undemocratic
4. Votes for life must only be the beginning
5. Why it’s time for overseas MPs
6. Passports are a hint of things to come
7. Guns will stop the US government? Give me a break
8. Is Batfleck the hero for the Trump generation?
9. Star Trek: Discovery isn’t really Star Trek
10. If Nigel Farage is calling for a second referendum, it’s time…
11. Decluttering social media
12. New Year’s resolutions are hogwash
13. The Apprentice is bad for business and bad for the BBC
14. Have you noticed something about Bond villains?
15. I’m a member of the Scottish Parliament – Get Me Out Of Here
16. It’s not superhero fatigue, it’s misery fatigue
17. Brits abroad must help support stray cats and dogs
18. Shouldn’t International Men’s Day be as important as the female…
19. Lights, camera, Salmond!
20. The rise of the social media wedding
21. Kevin Spacey has betrayed his fans and they’re hurting too
22. Why irredentism explains Brexit
23. Catalonia was a gross injustice, plain and simple
24. The day America accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on Spain
25. Read this before you see the film Dunkirk
26. Don’t be afraid of the big, bad doctor
27. The Diana tapes are a ‘macabre indulgence’
28. Brexit, the game show!
29. Stop panicking about new Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker
30. Expatriates need to stop calling themselves ‘expats’
31. Doctor Who travels through space, time and… Spain
32. Why doesn’t Spain love the iPhone?
33. Why Brexit matters in Almeria
34. Dual mandates are wrecking British politics
35. Who’s who in Almeria politics
36. Our responses to terror must be consistent
37. Opinion: Why Tim Farron had to go
38. When Winston Churchill bribed Spain’s General Franco
39. May-day: Looking at the General Election result
40. Grenfell Tower blaze victims deserve justice
41. Why Theresa May is wrong about human rights
42. Of course Wonder Woman deserves an all-female showing
43. Understanding Spain’s political parties

1. A street called 17 January 1966 
2. At home and abroad: What does Europe mean? (print)
3. A very British fudge – Why democratising the Monarchy is the only way forward
4. Brexit makes me angry, and you should be too
5. Brexit, the game show! (print)
6. Brexit thoughts: Through the glass, darkly with Mrs May (print)
7. Boris, Brexit and Britons in Spain (print)
8. Brits abroad must support stray cats in Europe
9. Can you compare Scotland and Catalonia (print)
10. Catalonia was a gross injustice, plain and simple (print)
11. Decluttering the hell of social media
12. Did the sun really seton the British empire? (print)
13. Doctor Who travels through space, time…and Spain
14. Don’t be afraid of the big, bad doctor (print)
15. Dual mandates are wrecking British politics (print)
16. Expatriates need to stop calling themselves ‘expats’ (print)
17. Gibraltar doesn’t, shouldn’t and won’t bother the Spanish (print)
18. Grenfell Tower blaze victims deserve justice (print)
19. Guns will stop the US government? Give me a break!
20. Have you noticed something about Bond villains? (print)
21. History and hope over terror and tyranny (print)
22. How do the Spanish feel about the UK general election? (print)
23. I’m a member of the Scottish Parliament, get me out of here!
24. If Nigel Farage is calling for a second referendum, it’s time for a rethink 
25. Is Batfleck the hero for the Trump generation?
26. Is Discovery Star Trek?
27. It’s time to call Theresa May undemocratic
28. It’s not superhero fatigue, it’s misery fatigue
29. Kevin Spacey has betrayed his fans and they’re hurting too 
30. Lights, camera, Salmond
31. May, Rajoy and ‘Brexpats’ (print)
32. May is right to hold a general election (print)
33. May-day: Looking at the general election (print)
34. Moggmentum is the last straw of sanity (print)
35. New Year’s resolutions are hogwash 
36. Of course Wonder Woman deserves and all-female showing (print)
37. Opinion: Terrorism can’t become normalised (print)
38. Our responses to terror must be consistent (print)
39. Passports are a hint of things to come
40. Read this before you see Dunkirk (print)
41. Shouldn’t International Men’s Day be as important as International Women’s Day?
42. Stop panicking about Jodie Whittaker (print)
43. The Apprentice is bad for business and bad for the BBC
44. The Diana tapes are a macabre indulgence (print)
45. The old men in grey suits should be listened to (print)
46. The rise of the social media wedding
47. Tired of government officials lying to you? (print)
48. Trains, planes and bins: how Almeria works (print)
49. Trump’s obvious historical strategy (print)
50. The UK is not coming apart at the seams over Europe (print)
51. Understanding Spain’s political parties (print)
52. Votes for life must only be the beginning
53. When Churchill bribed Franco (print)
54. Who’s who in Almeria politics (print)
55. Why Brexit matters to Almeria (Almeria)
56. Why Esteban Gonzalez Pons’ comments on Scotland don’t matter (print)
57. Why doesn’t Spain love the iPhone? (print)
58. Why irredentism explains Brexit
59. Why it’s time for overseas MPs
60. Why Theresa May is wrong about human rights (print)
61. Why Tim Farron had to go (print)
62. Why Trump matters to Europe (print)
63. Why Spain and Britain are two peas in a pod (print)
64. WIll apps kill pubs? (print)

News reporting (gallery)

Statesmen of the Great War: Churchill and Sir James Guthrie

Review: Winston on the Fringe

Review: Otto English, Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

Review: Tariq Ali, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

Review: The Churchill Myths

Review: TV: Churchill (Channel 5)

Why Have the Scots Forsaken Churchill?

Why have the Scots forsaken Churchill?

The Scot who nearly killed Franco

Churchill: Remember the man, not the myth

Part 1: Debunking the cult of Churchill

Using primary sources to explore the statesman’s life and work.

Part 2: Churchill as a military leader

A look at Churchill’s reputation as a boorish war leader with a penchant for expeditions over expediency. Is it justified?

Part 3: Churchill the actor

For all his flaws and quirks, Churchill makes for an infinitely more interesting character study than the heavily redacted, and catastrophically cliched, caricature of a stoic leader with a jutted jaw and cigar.

Part 4: Why the real quotes are better than the memes

Alastair calls for a more significant distinction between the real and apocryphal stories about Churchill.

Part 5: A heavy drinker?

Examining Churchill’s reputation as a heavy drinker.

Part 6: The real price of ale

If Churchill wasn’t an alcoholic, but if he fanned tall drinking tales about himself, then what was he at heart?

Part 7: Churchill was a peacemaker, not just a warrior

Exploring Churchill’s postwar role as a peacemaker.

Part 8: The Dream reveal’s Churchill’s soul

What ‘The Dream’ can tell us about Churchill’s relationship with the father he thought never believed in him.

Part 9: Churchill & Europe – the ultimate myth?

The many Churchills, the many Europes.

Part 10: Churchill on our doorstep

Where are the books dedicated to Churchill and Scotland?

*

Would Churchill have voted for Brexit? 

Bloom

Character Limit

Naked in Alaska

Shrew

Revisiting The Omega Factor

Bugs: remembering an ahead-of-its-time tech TV thriller

Star Trek: looking back at the BBC’s ban and censorship

Crime Traveller: celebrating an underappreciated 90s sci-fi

The Crown review: a mesh of history books and melodrama

Star Trek: what Discovery can take from its past

Stargate SG-1: was longevity its curse?

The plot holes and symbolism of The Dark Knight Rises

Would a break be good for Doctor Who?

Review: Winston on the Fringe

Review: Otto English, Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

Review: Tariq Ali, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

Review: The Churchill Myths

Review: TV: Churchill (Channel 5)

Review | 007 Voices of Bond

Review | Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right

Review | Brothers of War

Review | Burton’s Last Call

Review | The Rules: Sex, Lies and Serial Killers

Review | The Shawshank Redemption 

Review | The Picture of Dorian Gray

Review | Pip Utton: Adolf 

Review | The Confessions of Gordon Brown

Review | Pip Utton: Churchill

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Recognition

Digital community consultation | Scottish Government best practice 

Insight

Going digital is the way forward for planning (Edinburgh Evening News)

Press coverage

Orbit digital engagement deemed best practice by Scottish Government (Scottish Housing News)

Edinburgh company’s digital engagement deemed best practice by Scottish Government (Deadline News)

Best practice digital nod for Orbit Communications (Scotland on Sunday)

Community Engagement Goes Digital (PAS)

Digital should become a permanent part of planning consultation process (Scottish Federation of Housing Associations)

Adapting to COVID-19 with Orbit Communications (Scottish Housing News)

Guest article: 2020: The year digital went mainstream (Consultation Institute)

Lobbying for change (Place Design Scotland)

Switch to digital is boosting community engagement (Consultation Institute)

Blog 

Council elections 2022 – the likely winners and losers

Covid-19 could be a digital starting gun (Orbit)

We must be mindful of the isolation time bomb (Orbit)

Alastair Stewart: Adapting to COVID-19 with Orbit Communications (LinkedIn)

How to raise community support for planning proposals (Orbit)

2020 – Looking ahead to another curveball year? (Orbit)

Webinar Series

Click here to view

Engagement and project approval  

Green light for Canongate office development

£140 million Grade A office block to go ahead on Argyle Street

Pinkhill flats plans set to be approved despite residents’ privacy fears

Green light for Edinburgh Old Town office development at UNESCO World Heritage Site

Build to rent Skyliner towers get green light for Leith

Digital

Queensberry Properties – www.finance-house.co.uk

PLATFORM_ – www.platform-edinburgh.co.uk

Consultation Press 

Former Edinburgh Lloyds Banking call centre to be converted into 170 flats

Public event will discuss plans to demolish Leith buildings such as John Lewis depot for housing

Around 145 student flats planned at old petrol station site on Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh

Podcast

Politics Galore! Ep93. 25Sept2020 – digital consultations

Press & Brand

Envipco among VIBES finalists for environment partnership

Events

Gorgie farm welcomes the Dalry llama

Explore ‘Glesca’ and ‘Embra’ on interactive Scots language map

DRS trial concludes with strong results

Dyslexia Scotland: Dyslexic Voice Magazine

Dyslexia: Let’s drop the clichés and start recognising the cost, the challenges and the condition’s different forms  (The Scotsman)

Dyslexia is not a superpower or a ‘gift’, whatever Princess Beatrice says (The Scotsman)

Working to raise awareness about the implications of the Prespa Agreement and Macedonian accession to NATO and the EU.

Balkan warning for independent Scottish state (Herald)

Triling – News 24 – Macedonia Interview (News 24)

Интервју Алистер Стујард: Преспанскиот и договорот со Бугарија ве обезличува како народ и нација (Trilling)

15 минутно интервју со македонски зет од Шкотска кое МОРА да се види: Какво пријателство е тоа со Бугарија ако пријателот ти стави пиштол на чело и ти вели потпиши!? (Motika)

Post-independence UK would hold all cards over Scotland (The Times) (PDF)

North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me! (The Scotsman)

Macedonian village healer changed my life in a way I didn’t expect (The Scotsman)

Why the United Macedonian Diaspora matters (UMD)

Колумна на новинарот Алистер Стујарт: Северна Македонија? Не ме прави Севернобританец (Don’t you North Briton me!) (Kurir)

Шкотски новинар за Преспански договор: Катастрофална пирова победа за Владата на Заев (Express MK)

Колумна на новинарот Алистер Стујарт: Северна Македонија? Не ме прави Севернобританец (The Grid)

Северна Македонија? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me! (Time.MK)

Аластер Стујарт: Северна Македонија? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me! (Denesen)

Северна Македонија? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me! (Off.net.mk)

Alastair Stewart: North Macedonia? Don’t you ‘North Briton’ me!  (Boycott)

Идниот македонски зет од Шкотска не сака да биде „Севернобританец (New Macedonia)

Обединетата Македонска Дијаспора (ОМД) назначи нов Директор за Комуникации (Observer, Macedonia)

UMD appoints new communications director (UMD)

Launched a six-month campaign to introduce MPs for British citizens living in Europe. The central focus was on raising awareness as to the current status quo and putting forward suggested reforms. 

Campaign to introduce MPs for British expatriates (Petition)

Scottish teacher launches petition for MPs for expats (Edinburgh Reporter)

Brexit: Brits in Spain react to Theresa May’s speech (The Local)

Scottish expat in Spain campaigns for MPs to represent Brits living abroad (The Olive Press News)

Teacher in Spain launches online petition for MPs for Brits living abroad (EuroWeekly News)

Almeria writer launches petition for MPs for British citizens abroad (The Sol Times)

March for The People’s Vote (Bremain in Spain) 

Why Do We Need A People’s Vote? (Bremain in Spain) 

Votes for Life must only be the beginning (Bremain in Spain) 

Member of the month – Newsletter – Alastair Stewart (Bremain in Spain) 

BBC Radio Scotland

Complete podcast here.

Is it time for some Jeffersonian thinking?

Triling – News 24 – Macedonia Interview

Radio Centre-Ville (RCV) in Montréal (102,3 FM)

Politics Galore! A Scottish Politics Podcast

Dyslexia Scotland: Dyslexia Voice

Almerimar Burns Supper 

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Poems

Doctor Who | ‘The Dances of River Song’ 

Why I Write (Part 2)