Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon: A candid, engaging memoir, although I’m not sure about her take on Irish reunification
Scotland’s former first minister is scathing about Alex Salmond, and praises Michael D Higgins and Martin McGuinness
Alex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon on Leo Varadkar’s shyness, Enda Kenny’s charm and Martin McGuinness’s bear hugs
The former Scottish National Party leader talks politics, life, love, pain and her new autobiography
‘This new generation doesn’t like the past’: A night at a unionist meeting
Unionists are ‘allowing republicans/nationalists to get inside our heads’ and control narrative on Irish unity being ‘inevitable’
Brian Cox on costars, politics and death: ‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’
Succession star Cox, who recently found out he’s 88% Irish, is often betrayed as grumpy, but he may be one of life’s great enthusiasts
Alex Salmond obituary: Commanding figure who came close to breaking up the United Kingdom
He was a man of ideas, an effective communicator and had built a good relationship with Scottish business
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s talented and flawed ‘colossus’ who idolised Charles Stewart Parnell
Scottish nationalist politician died suddenly on Saturday, as his friends insist his independence dream will live on
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond dies aged 69
Ex-SNP leader (69) collapsed after delivering speech in North Macedonia on Saturday - reports
Ties That Bind? Scotland, NI and the Union by Graham Walker and James Greer: Essential reading
Recent arguments around the protocol find echoes in another recurring debate within Ulster unionism: devolution versus integration
UK in 2021: Johnson in freefall and annus horribilis for the royals
Few would bet on the PM remaining in office another year or the royal family making up
Scotland to legislate for independence referendum, Sturgeon tells Johnson
SNP wins 64 seats in parliament, which with Greens has its biggest ever independence majority
Britain’s elections: The key details from voting in England, Scotland and Wales
Conservatives make gains in local elections and Edinburgh gets big independence boost
New Scottish independence referendum is ‘will of the country’, says Sturgeon
SNP wins 64 seats in parliament as other pro-independence parties make gains
The Irish Times view on the Scottish and Welsh election: strains in the union
Scotland’s election campaign has been dominated by the question of whether a solid independence majority in Holyrood would represent a moral, if not legal, case for another referendum on independence
Scotland on a knife edge ahead of vote that could pave way for independence
Scots go to the polls next week and the outcome will heavily influence next steps towards a second referendum to leave the UK
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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