Commentary

Exploring a lesser known range – Biteback Blog – 10 August 2010

Shereen – BBC Radio Scotland – 8 August 2010

Last chapter in detective story as lost First World War dead are laid to rest - Herald – 19 July 2010

A lesson from Tory history calls for 'fair play between all classes' – The Times – 17 July 2010

Lonely and Blue – Sunday Herald – 11 July 2010

A Scottish perspective on Barnett – WalesHome – 7 July 2010

Das Kreuz mit dem Andreaskreuz – The European – 6 July 2010

Shereen – BBC Radio Scotland – 4 July 2010

Time for Scotland to have its tuppence worth – Scotsman 1 July 2010

Where Heath failed, now boldness is all – The Times – 19 June 2010

Will timid Scots Tories ever show backbone? – Scotsman – 15 June 2010

Shereen – BBC Radio Scotland – 30 May 2010

The strange death of unionist Scotland – Scottish Review – 11 May 2010

Can the Tories ever put Maggie’s legacy to rest? – Sunday Herald – 9 May 2010

David Torrance: Mutual respect is crucial as Tories bid to govern Scotland – Scotland on Sunday – 9 May 2010

David Cameron scared off Scottish voters, say senior Conservatives – Scotland on Sunday – 9 May 2010

Salmond tries to spin himself a win – The Scotsman – 8 May 2010

Finding the positives – Holyrood Magazine – 26 April 2010

SNP needs to pin its hopes on Labour victory at Westminster – The Times – 3 May 2010

Shereen – BBC Radio Scotland – 2 May 2010

Essay of the week: The mouse & the House – Sunday Herald – 11 April 2010

Review: Whaur Extremes Meet: Scotland's Twentieth Century – Scottish Review of Books – 20 February 2010

Salmond’s efforts to woo Asian voters has brought its troubles – The Times – 16 February 2010

Shereen – BBC Radio Scotland – 14 February 2010

The elephant in the room – Holyrood Magazine – 11 February 2010

Today's politicians should learn from Gladstone – The Scotsman – 11 January 2010

‘A cheeky, bumptious, clever boy.’ Not much change then – The Times – 31 December 2009

Thirty years of giant strides that left many behind – The Scotsman – 28 December 2009

SNP offered to prop up failing Heath government after February 1974 election – The Times – 25 December 2009

Cameron's credibility on the line over Calman – The Scotsman – 27 November 2009

SNP books review – Scottish Review of Books – November 2009

Why Welsh and Scottish Tories are polls apart – The Scotsman – 28 October 2009

The Odd Couple: Alex Salmond, David Cameron and Post-Election Maneouvres – Our Kingdom – 15 October 2009

Cameron unlikely to solve Tories' Scottish conundrum – The Scotsman – 6 October 2009

Archives reveal 'difficulties' of oil-rich Scotland – The Times – 29 September 2009

The house on the hill – The Scotsman – 4 September 2009

Man who moved millions – The Times – 2 September 2009

Platform: New Supreme Court will play major part in cross-Border rows – The Scotsman – 31 August 2009

Ten Years Hence – Scottish Review of Books – 16 August 2009

Platform: Peter Mandelson as Prime Minister? Now that would be a farce – The Scotsman – 15 August 2009

Iran isn’t a tourist destination, for obvious reasons. Maybe it should be – Sunday Herald – 26 July 2009

End of Caledonia's grip on high office is nigh – The Scotsman – 22 June 2009

New 'battle for north' would be on right track
– The Scotsman – 8 June 2009

Labour is not the only party troubled by the Euro elections – The Scotsman – 3 June 2009

Watch out for an excess of anger over those exes – The Scotsman – 20 May 2009

Testing the union: Examining Scotland's relationship with the Tories – Holyrood – 4 May 2009

Book review: Thatcher's Britain, by Richard Vinen – The Scotsman – 9 May 2009

The Union will adapt, but it will not rupture – The Times – 8 May 2009

Analysis – Scotland too critical of Margaret Thatcher – STV – 4 May 2009

Margaret Thatcher wasn't so hard after all – Sunday Times (Scotland) – 26 April 2009

Thatcher and…Scotland – Sunday Herald – 12 April 2009

Plus ca change…for SNP and the rest of us – The Scotsman – 7 April 2009

Modern myth of a poll tax test-bed lives on – The Scotsman – 30 March 2009

SNP fall-out that saw Salmond expelled but put party on new path – The Scotsman – 19 March 2009

Raising the standard to change a nation – The Scotsman – 2 March 2009

Thatcher ordered report on cash cut for Scotland – The Scotsman – 15 February 2009

Did Thatcher get raw deal over her Sermon on the Mound? - The Scotsman – 17 May 2008

The Homecoming concept may not be new, but our attitude is – The Scotsman 17 January 2009