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Notebook #10: Waxahatchee, Bonny Doon, MJ Lenderman

Independence: The case for compromise

Notebook #9: New York, New York

Only John Swinney can save the SNP

Notebook #8: Sex robots, alcoholism, a broken toe

Scotland's independence referendum, ten years on

Notebook #7: Chris Kohler, Submarine, The House of Smalls

A hymn to The New Yorker

The Jaggy Thistle election speakeasy is now open

The accidental socialist: Understanding the SNP's John Swinney

Ask me anything: Election special

A woman in a Paris café

Notebook #6: Assisted dying, Redgauntlet, English Teacher

The twofer strategy: Understanding Scottish Labour's campaign

The Jaggy Thistle is the Scottish election Substack

The election is go! How will it play out in Scotland?

Come hear me talk about my journalism

Crisis in Scottish politics: What now?

Is Humza Yousaf toast? Have your say

FREE VIDEO: Up close with the Stone of Destiny

Should the SNP ditch the Greens from government? Have your say.

Under the hodden Hebridean sky: The burial of John Smith

Sea change: How the Jaggy Thistle is supporting kids who need our help

Can Humza Yousaf survive an SNP collapse at the general election? Have your say.

All aboard the world's last sea-going paddle steamer

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Andrew O'Hagan and the curse of the state-of-the-nation novel

No, I'm not sorry

The Jaggy Thistle Quiz: So you think you know Scottish politics?

My dad the typewriter salesman

Love and happiness: In the pews of Al Green's church in Memphis

Notebook #5: Andy Warhol, Ramsay MacDonald, Bill Ryder-Jones

Ignore nationalist naysayers, Poor Things is a triumph for Scotland

Oh yes we do! Why Scotland loves panto