Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland
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For the common people, the Reformation was about Reform. They were fired up by the rhetoric of preachers like John Knox. But for the warlords who backed Knox, it was an opportunity. A fair bit of the land that was stolen back then is still in the hands of the same families 500 years later.
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
For the common people, the Reformation was about Reform. They were fired up by the rhetoric of preachers like John Knox. But for the warlords who backed Knox, it was an opportunity. A fair bit of the land that was stolen back then is still in the hands of the same families 500 years later.
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@andywightman.scot Hi I mention your work in this piece open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Mary Queen of Scots and the massive land grab that set the scene for Scotland today
Scotland is more than a footnote to English history
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December 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@andywightman.scot Hi I mention your work in this piece open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
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Why is Scotland’s history so often presented to us from an English perspective?
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Why is Scotland’s history so often presented to us from an English perspective?
Why is Scotland’s history so often presented to us from an English perspective?
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Why is Scotland’s history so often presented to us from an English perspective?
@andywightman.scot Hi I mention your work in this piece open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Mary Queen of Scots and the massive land grab that set the scene for Scotland today
Scotland is more than a footnote to English history
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@andywightman.scot Hi I mention your work in this piece open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
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While Norway and Denmark are using the managed decline of their oil
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Would the story of North Sea oil have been different in an independent Scotland?
The UK is pushing the sector into accelerated collapse - instead of a just transition
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December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
While Norway and Denmark are using the managed decline of their oil
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
While Norway and Denmark are using the managed decline of their oil
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Would the story of North Sea oil have been different in an independent Scotland?
The UK is pushing the sector into accelerated collapse - instead of a just transition
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
While Norway and Denmark are using the managed decline of their oil
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
and gas reserves to boost European resilience and fund a just transition, Scotland’s situation is very different - thanks to a careless UK gov. open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
I made this wee reel about how ashamed I felt when visiting the Parthenon
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I made this wee reel about how ashamed I felt when visiting the Parthenon
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The State Department said it informed countries involved in the Gaza peace agreement that an attack by Hamas is being planned against Palestinians and that it would be a violation of the ceasefire deal
US Warns of ‘Imminent’ Attack by Hamas Against Palestinians
The US State Department said it informed countries involved in the Gaza peace agreement that an attack by Hamas is being planned against Palestinians and that it would be a violation of the ceasefire deal.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The State Department said it informed countries involved in the Gaza peace agreement that an attack by Hamas is being planned against Palestinians and that it would be a violation of the ceasefire deal
looking good @andywightman.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
looking good @andywightman.bsky.social
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Let's hear it for @theferret.scot says @jackiekemp.bsky.social for doggedly exposing radioactive leaks from Trident into a popular Scottish loch
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Ferreting out radioactive leaks from Trident - Sceptical Scot
"Loch Long is a 20-mile-long seawater loch that flows into the Firth of Clyde. People fish there; they swim and paddleboard. They had a right to know about the leak - and we all had a right to know ab...
sceptical.scot
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Let's hear it for @theferret.scot says @jackiekemp.bsky.social for doggedly exposing radioactive leaks from Trident into a popular Scottish loch
sceptical.scot/2025/09/ferr...
sceptical.scot/2025/09/ferr...
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Fun storm fact. When a storm is incoming, Germans say 'Mach die Schotten dicht' to mean 'Batten down the hatches'.
But it could also mean 'get the Scots drunk'.
Schotten - Scots or bulkheads
dicht - to close tight or to be drunk
#StormEowyn
But it could also mean 'get the Scots drunk'.
Schotten - Scots or bulkheads
dicht - to close tight or to be drunk
#StormEowyn
January 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fun storm fact. When a storm is incoming, Germans say 'Mach die Schotten dicht' to mean 'Batten down the hatches'.
But it could also mean 'get the Scots drunk'.
Schotten - Scots or bulkheads
dicht - to close tight or to be drunk
#StormEowyn
But it could also mean 'get the Scots drunk'.
Schotten - Scots or bulkheads
dicht - to close tight or to be drunk
#StormEowyn
Nicola Sturgeon, Alistair Darling, Fred Goodwin, Stalin, Mountbatten, Jimmy Reid, all glimpsed at the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe
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Big Beasts at the Edinburgh Festivals
Some shows about history within living memory
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August 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nicola Sturgeon, Alistair Darling, Fred Goodwin, Stalin, Mountbatten, Jimmy Reid, all glimpsed at the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe
open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
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