19 April 2017
Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand
From the archive
3 March 2017
A Scottish island with links to Australia is a key to the modern world
9 May 2015
A purgative election has cleared the way for even bigger contests to come, says David Hayes
6 May 2015
An odd election campaign ends with nationalists becoming unionists and radicals conservatives, writes David Hayes
2 May 2015
A wary, data-driven, Scotland-focused contest gives voters no lead, says David Hayes
22 April 2015
Britain’s election is a blind date with destiny, says David Hayes
19 September 2014
A clear vote against Scotland’s independence closes a national argument but opens a UK-wide one, says David Hayes in Edinburgh
15 September 2014
Scots hold the United Kingdom’s future in their hands. No wonder nerves are fraying, says David Hayes
Books & arts
11 September 2014
Angela Daly reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities
International
9 September 2014
Tony Abbott intervened in Scotland’s referendum debate last month, worried about the threat to the Anglosphere. But independence is on the cards closer to home, writes …
24 July 2014
The Commonwealth Games meet a host city in flux, says David Hayes
15 May 2014
The debate over Scotland’s future is being shaped by the pro-independence side, says David Hayes
16 December 2013
The polls say no, the mood yes. Scotland’s independence debate is a puzzle, says David Hayes
22 February 2012
A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation of Scotland since the 1950s will help to shape the outcome,…