All fired up

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Writing in The Guardian this week, George Monbiot offered an intriguing perspective on the referendum. Imagine a state that was considering surrendering its sovereignty to a larger union, he proposed. It would retain a measure of autonomy but cede key … Continue reading →

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Two million sleepwalkers?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Last weekend I was in Sweden. I like it there. Things work. People are polite and thoughtful and not obsessed with class. The food and climate are good and the woods and the water remind me of home. It feels … Continue reading →

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Getting back to Why

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Back in January I wrote about how it seemed to me that the question Why? is so much more fundamental to the independence referendum than the question How? Yet the mainstream of the debate has been framed almost entirely by … Continue reading →

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Carrot and stick

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

I live at present with a constant ache. In my imagination I can see a different Scotland, I can feel it in my heart, I can almost taste it. In this Scotland I walk taller in the knowledge that we … Continue reading →

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Muddling through

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Halfway through the cross-examination stage of The Debate on Tuesday night I started to write an exasperated Tweet, then realised that Twitter had crashed. The aperçu thus denied to the world was this: can there be any more shameful way … Continue reading →

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In poor health

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

With less than 50 days to go till the referendum I went along this week to a meeting of my local Yes group to offer support. Suddenly, a weekly blog doesn’t seem enough. Like many other people I’ve spoken to, … Continue reading →

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Scared of what?

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Picture a beautiful, mountainous, oil-rich country with warm, welcoming people and a distinct and vibrant culture, which one day soon will have the opportunity to choose independence. Scotland? No. Kurdistan. A couple of days ago I was asked to write … Continue reading →

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Food of love

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

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In the 10 years that we’ve been running our writing courses, many good things have come out of Dark Angels. Along with sharpened senses, there have been new friendships, changes of personal direction, and the  publication of writing of all … Continue reading →

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Family trees

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Last week I wrote about how a story I had concocted for Turnberry Hotel around a true wartime incident had come to the attention of someone who thought a relative might have been involved in the event. Yesterday I spoke … Continue reading →

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Lost and found

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Jamie Jauncey

Two years ago I wrote some stories for a well-known hotel on the Ayrshire coast, the one acquired just the other day by an American collector of golf courses, a big, suspiciously blond billionaire – oh, all right then, the … Continue reading →

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