Commentary
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