Thomas the 7th Earl of Elgin’s collection of marbles and other artefacts now scattered around the globe. The specious arguments used as justification for the removal of the Parthenon and other Marbles/relics by Thomas the 7th Earl of Elgin at the beginning of the 19 century have long been discredited. The Earl’s dodgy Firman<sic>, lying…

POPPYCOCK? I have never been one for symbols or logos of any sort. However in my younger days I have bought and worn the remembrance poppy without giving it much thought, but recently that has changed and I now am acutely aware of the remembrance poppy and the way it is used and abused. REGIMENTED…

Referendum reflections Independence was something I was always going to vote for, but I wasn’t fired up by the prospect ; realising that I would probably be backing a loser and the people of Scotland would act out their “canny” stereotype and bottle it. But with 9 days to go the Yes camp took a…

INDEPENDENCE: STICK OR TWIST? By instinct I am a nationalist and believe an independent Scotland would prosper. My conviction is borne out of my own experience of succeeding in business. I left school at 15 (with no qualifications) and worked for others in various capacities as a steelworker, but it was not until I was…