As the Scots referendum draws nearer Andy Bevan asks what lessons we can learn from the experiences of Ireland and other Commonwealth countries
Liberty not £500 is the real Scottish question
John Kay unpicks the economic arguments around independence but says that these are not the main reasons to vote Yes or No
What the journalists aren’t writing about in Falkirk West
Adam Ramsay finds the ignorance of the media about the constituency’s electoral history shows how out of touch the London bubble can be
Two BBC days a week for Scotland’s debate
Kenneth Roy criticises James Naughtie’s foreign assignment north of the border
Arts in Scotland have already reached an independent state of mind
Joyce McMillan explains why artists and writers at the Edinburgh Festival are not obsessing with the referendum question
The oil flowed south, Scots went on the dole … no-one cared
Iain Mcwhirter asks where the anger has gone in the independence debate
Sol – a ‘flash fiction’ short story
Tony Bianchi responds to Derek Bainton’s painting Taff Embankment (above), part of the 2012 Imagistic project
In conversation with Tony Bianchi
Katie Harris talks to a Tyneside native about writing in Welsh and getting his own back on the Welsh Arts Council
IWA Eisteddfod Lecture – EU funding: Wales’ latest dependency culture?
The 2013 IWA Eisteddfod lecture delivered by Guto Bebb, MP for Conwy