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VIDEO: Six months of The Jaggy Thistle - a big thank you from me
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Alex Salmond: A great man with a great flaw
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Under the hodden Hebridean sky: The burial of John Smith
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The political uses of poor children
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Photo essay: Memphis, Tennessee
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A national failure of nerve
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The feast of St Lucia
A photo essay with words from Siracusa, in Sicily
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The political uses of poor children
Some thoughts on the two-child benefit cap
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VIDEO: An update from me
Video message for paid subscribers to The Jaggy Thistle
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Me and my doppelganger
My 50 years living with the other Kenny Farquharson
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The Jaggy Thistle albums of the year 2024
The most poptastic end-of-year list on Substack
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Notebook #11: Scotland's photos, The Diplomat, Ben Watt
An exhibition, a TV series, two playlists, some politics
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Alex Salmond: A great man with a great flaw
Some hard truths about the former leader of the SNP, who has died aged 69
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