Screengrab: Sunshine On Leith
RICHARD LUTZ checks out the best film on the box this week, and it’s a bright wee thing from Scotland.
Scots Untamed
The Independence debate north of Hadrian’s Wall is hotting up as JOHN KNOX, who covered Scottish Assembly politics for the BBC, reports.
Scotch Taped
RICHARD LUTZ, in his Scottish lair, reports on the latest news from north of Hadrian’s Wall.
Scotland And You
RICHARD LUTZ reports from north of the border on independence fever.
Cameron The Coward
He ducked out twice. The Prime Minister is spineless, says RICHARD LUTZ.
Of Scotland, Independence and That Underlying Uncertainty
With less than a year until Scotland votes for independence, RICHARD LUTZ feels the heat rising in the referendum debate.
Sleepers could boost Scottish links to Birmingham
A rail lobby group has suggested that the new “micro-franchise” for Anglo-Scottish sleeper trains should improve links between the West Midlands and the Scottish Highlands.
Laurence Inman is full of wrath… Cape Wrath
There are interesting connections between WH Auden, Iceland and Bournville. Laurence Inman explains…..
Not bad weather, bad attitude
“I have never been a weather-fetishist,” claims Laurence Inman.
Skye’s The Limit: The 100th Munro
Richard Lutz takes to the hills in Northwest Scotland and is a very tired man
Theatre: King Lear (in Scotland)
As the World Shakespeare Festival kicks off in Stratford, we sent critic Mark Berman north to discover how the playwright fares in Glasgow
And Here Is Lots of News- North of the Border At Least
by Richard Lutz Banished to Scotland for a while, and thoughts turn to tv once I tire of haggis flavoured crisps, ‘interesting’ weather patterns and monomanic Old Firm sport coverage ITV’s local franchise STV, out of Glasgow, is an intriguing offer. Whenever I come north of the border, I notice it…
Hollywood Star in Bid To Become Scots New Boss- Exclusive
Howard McElston, our North of Carlisle reporter, puts down his claymore to tell us about developments in Tartanonia.
99 And Counting
Richard Lutz heads north- on a mission. The Gaelic names tumble from the tongue- Carn a Coire Boidheach, Sgurr Gaibhre, Liathach and Schiehallion. Those and about 280 others that collectively are the Munro mountains of Scotland. As Nigel said last month: ‘Climbing them all isn’t a hobby- it’s a sickness.’ I went up my 99th…
The Welsh national culture
Alan Clawley has been to Wales and wonders if the English are missing a trick.
Of Scotland, The Riots and England
Richard Lutz is in Scotland- land of vicious football violence, demented sectarianism and an escalating murder rate. But no riots. He finds out why. North of the border then for a Scottish break. And as I pass Carlisle, things change. The air is sweeter, the accent sharper, the weather…well, the weather gets, shall we say,…