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Nicola Sturgeon may have fired a starting gun for indyref2, but much about the proposed sequel remains uncertain.
The EU referendum has changed the debate on Scottish independence.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, has indicated that the country will again seek independence – this time against the backdrop of Brexit.
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The stage is set for a constitutional confrontation.
Sony Pictures
The past may be a foreign country, but the way we engage with it determines our present.
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland not being listened to.
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Holyrood won’t get a veto, but the Supreme Court has done the union no favours.
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.
Channel Four Films
As T2 Trainspotting hits cinemas, a great deal has changed since the original.
Dundee’s Burns memorial.
Sandy Stevenson
Scotland’s national poet was seen as having the potential to stir up revolutionary sentiment in the 19th century.
Gina Miller, whose challenge against the government has gone to the Supreme Court.
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Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
Sturgeon popularity.
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With a second Scottish referendum ‘all but inevitable’, here’s a strange pill for the nationalists to swallow.
Caledonia in question.
Bella Caledonia
As a second independence referendum beckons, a counterweight to the unionist-leaning press is hugely important to the Yes side.
The opportunity for emerging political figures to make their mark is considerable.
The Conversation
Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
Bound for glory?
Masson
Despite the political renaissance, Scotland’s literature is in need of new blood.
Rock and roll.
Lightspring
George Kerevan, Stephen Boyd and Katherine Trebeck see a world where employees are treated like just-in-time inventory.
Meet Bench Girl (you’ll have seen her before).
How the news media distorts the reality of alcohol – new findings.
Mission: poverty eradication.
Kunst Bilder
Scotland is the latest place to look at piloting the concept.
‘I’m lovin it.’
Jane Barlow/PA
A fundraising initiative in Scotland has made headlines, but good intentions are not enough when it comes to helping vulnerable people.
Goaty McGoatface.
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Sorry kids, these gift ideas are closer to home.
Any T left?
Jane Barlow/PA
T in the Park is on the rocks. So what else is new?
A student revising class work in Kenya. The quality of maths teaching in schools can have a profound impact on learner interest.
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The quality of what pupils come to know, understand and are able to do has a big impact on students. Low quality leads to boredom as well as fear and anxiety about maths as a subject
Which way forward?
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Nearly six months on from the UK’s shock vote, there looks very little room for manoeuvre in negotiations.