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Notebook #10: Waxahatchee, Bonny Doon, MJ Lenderman
A special on musical connections
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Kenny Farquharson
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September 2024

Independence: The case for compromise
Scottish politics is in deadlock over a path to independence but a deal is within our reach if we all have courage
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Kenny Farquharson
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Notebook #9: New York, New York
What I did on my holidays, in words and pictures
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Kenny Farquharson
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August 2024

Only John Swinney can save the SNP
Anyone thinking change can wait for a new leader is fooling themselves
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Kenny Farquharson
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Notebook #8: Sex robots, alcoholism, a broken toe
No, smart arse, I am not describing my typical Friday night
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Kenny Farquharson
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Scotland's independence referendum, ten years on
I revisit a newspaper leader I wrote on the eve of a historic vote
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Kenny Farquharson
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Notebook #7: Chris Kohler, Submarine, The House of Smalls
A special Stockbridge edition
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Kenny Farquharson
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July 2024

A hymn to The New Yorker
Down a rabbit hole with the world's greatest magazine
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Kenny Farquharson
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The Jaggy Thistle election speakeasy is now open
Pull up a barstool for a chinwag. We're here for the next 48 hours
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Kenny Farquharson
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June 2024

The accidental socialist: Understanding the SNP's John Swinney
What is the Scottish Nationalist strategy in the general election?
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Kenny Farquharson
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Ask me anything: Election special
You ask the questions, I answer them
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Kenny Farquharson
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A woman in a Paris café
Celebrating 150 years of the Scottish artist JD Fergusson
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Kenny Farquharson
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