56 Degrees North

Interview with Bram E Gieben on his new book, The Darkest Timeline from Revol Press.

We speak to activist and organiser Jonathon Shafi about the unfolding nightmare in Palestine, the issue of collective punishment and international law, the latest atrocities and the potential for building a movement of resistance and solidarity in Scotland and around the world.

The SNP are in the throes of a political meltdown. What does it mean for the party, the independence movement and who, if any will benefit? Writer and activist Jonathon Shafi in conversation with Mike Small.

We interview Paul Malgrati on his brand new book, Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics in the second episode of our new podcast.

The first episode to kick-off a brand-new podcast about this strange new world we are living in. Each week we will be asking 'what the hell's going on?' This week we have a ramble about nostalgia, 2000AD, climate denial and space capitalism.

In a tranquil spot near Connell an elderly man overlooks a beautiful loch from his living room with hope, few regrets and an enduring fierce energy. Ian Hamilton reluctantly retells an oft told tale, how he and others reclaimed the Stone of Destiny and returned it to Scotland some sixty-seven years ago. Ian Hamilton was born in Paisley in 1925, went to school in Paisley and Glasgow, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, was called to the Scottish Bar in 1954, appointed Advocate Depute in 1962, and is now a retired author and journalist, but will best remembered for one action. Here’s my interview with him.