Protest and be thankful Written by Malcolm Robertson, founding partner19 September 2020 Good morning, Every week, we try with varying degrees of success to apply a theme to our weekend reading list. My only demand this week was that we lifted our sights from the ongoing chaos surrounding the constitution of the UK and our …
The thorns in our side Written by Harriet Moll, creative director 12 September 2020 Good morning, When will there be good news? I’m afraid I can’t answer that this morning, but I hope this week’s mix of reads and listens from a wide variety of sources do at least provide some understanding and insight into some of the thorniest problems we face together as …
History shot on the wing Written by David Gaffney, partner5 September 2020 Good morning, Great journalism stops us in our tracks. Beyond simply informing us of facts and events we may or may not have been familiar with, like all stories it can elicit strong emotional reactions, making us feel angry, terrified, grateful, hopeless, or …
How did we get here? Written by Kevin Pringle, partner 29 August 2020 Good morning, The theme of this week’s pieces is about how the world has got to where it is and what the future might look like. A few years ago, I picked up a book in a second-hand shop with the unusual title: “Archduke …
Rocky relationships Written by Andrew Wilson, founding partner22 August 2020 Good morning, Opinion polls caused a stir in Scotland and beyond this week as momentum grew behind support for independence. But has the debate changed since 2014 and if so, how? What is certain is that if a second referendum does come it will have …
Two sides of the same coin Written by Malcolm Robertson, founding partner15 August 2020 Good morning, I once provoked a mild-mannered argument with a prominent journalist when I wrote that “sometimes, pictures are better than words”. “No, they’re not”, he replied, and the debate – in as far as it was one – didn’t really get more sophisticated than that. As …
Bitcoin and bananas Written by Harriet Moll, creative director8 August 2020 Good morning, August is traditionally silly season for the newspapers because no business is getting done in parliament, everyone is taking time off and it’s mostly too hot to think. And so we tolerate the commonplace stories of talking dogs and religious faces in …
Nature is reeling Written by David Gaffney, partner1 August 2020 Good morning, While lockdown imperilled our livelihoods, scuppered our social lives, and generally messed with our collective mojo, some of us were comforted by the consolatory news that our green spaces – and the flora and fauna that reside in them – were apparently thriving, …
Travelling tales Written by Kevin Pringle, partner25 July 2020 Good morning, As lockdown restrictions ease – something we all have a responsibility to keep going by sticking to the rules – it’s understandable that people want to get away for a holiday or short change of scene. Or just fantasise about where we might go …
We contain multitudes Written by Harriet Moll, creative director18 July 2020 Good morning, “The times they are a’changing”, is as relevant a song today as it was at its release in 1964. And 2020 isn’t all bad because amongst the eye-popping horrors, it’s also the year Bob Dylan handed us the next chapter in our …