culture

Scandinavia isn’t perfect

11/02/201414/03/2017 thomas 7 Comments

In the past couple of days, Denmark seems to have got (in-)famous for slaughtering a giraffe in public and feeding

31/08/2013 thomas 2 Comments

In a recent blog posting, Herald journalist David Leask wrote: ‘[T]here are many places […] where the concept of “foreign”

17/02/201317/02/2013 thomas 4 Comments

BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay: May 2008, a photo by J Dee on Flickr. The Acts of Union went to great

10/01/201314/09/2018 thomas 8 Comments

IRVINE WELSH: IN PERSON, a photo by EIFF on Flickr. Bella Caledonia has today published an original article by Irvine

13/03/2012 thomas 0 Comments

The subject Originally uploaded by Simon Collison To what extent is Britain (or the British Isles) the same kind of

Hytte med utstikt til Skiptvet Originally uploaded by Visit Oslofjord There’s an interesting article in The Herald describing how a

30/06/200928/01/2012 thomas 0 Comments

Swedish Guard Originally uploaded by Brendan Plant Charlemagne is quoting Johan Norberg for wondering whether the Swedish model is restricted