Jon Owen Jones argues that devolution has been hampered by the absence of responsibility for taxation
The man who came to Neath
Peter Stead gets to grips with Peter Hain’s autobiography
Lessons from a secular rabbi
John Osmond reviews Leo Abse’s last collection of essays, Old Testament Stories with a Freudian Twist
A global Scot of ideas
Gerry Hassan pays tribute to Tom Nairn who turns 80 this year
Scotland Special 2: Scottish Labour searches for a new tune
Gerry Hassan reports on Douglas Alexander’s exploration of his party’s dilemmas north of the border
Will Ed make it?
Anthony Barnett listens in to a discussion around a new book about the Labour leader
The strange death of Labour Scotland
Gerry Hassan explains why Labour needs to reinvent itself north of the border
A dragon at war
John Osmond admires the political memoirs of the Labour MP for Newport West
Barbarians are at the gates
David Marquand analyses an attack on the English public domain of citizenship, service, and equity that is washing against the Welsh border